Guilala: The Later Years
My friend Jules over at Cinematic Damnation posted this and I had to share it with fellow fans of goofy Japanese monster movies. It's been well-publicized recently that American movie stars have a habit of moonlighting in embarrassing Japanese commercials for a quick and easy buck, but who ever thought that long out-of-work Japanese rubber monsters would be doing the same over on our shores. Here, Guilala, the star of the wonderously silly 1967 debacle The X From Outer Space, can be seen plugging an American job search website.
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A fine work of commercial art.
Actually more entertaining than the original movie :)
^^^^
Oh I disagree.
X is one of my favorite works of unintentional cinematic hilarity. It's like the PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE of kaiju films.
I think this commercial got made because they have made a new version of Guiala/X from Outer Space coming out:
http://augustragone.blogspot.com/2008/02/hell-just-froze-over-giant-space.html
I wonder if this insurance company has product placement in the new movie? Do we see their Tokyo HQ squashed? The 1960s Guiala was fun and I hope the new one is too.
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