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Destroy All Monsters (12A) + introduction by Kazuko Hohki

All Kaiju Attack!

,Cinema 1
A movie poster for Destroy All Monsters with lots of monsters over Japanese writing in red.

Kaiju assemble! Over 10 monsters battle it out in this excitement-packed extravaganza, featuring King Ghidorah, Rodan, Mothra, Anguirus and, of course, Godzilla.

It’s the end of the 20th century and all of the world’s kaiju have been confined and monitored on Monster Island. Peace is short-lived, however, when evil aliens invade and take control of the monsters and send them to attack the world’s cities. Worse still, the aliens have a secret kaiju weapon up their sleeves. Is Earth doomed?

Despite their nefarious rampages in previous movies, here all the monsters, with one exception, are the good guys, battling to save Earth from invasion. The epic final battle, packed with monster mayhem, is a blast, while the scenes of kaiju wrecking the world’s cities show off the fine model work so key to the early Toho monster films.

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Japan 1968 dir Ishirō Honda 89 min, in Japanese with English subtitles

Kazuko Hohki

Kazuko Hohki moved to London from Tokyo in 1978. She is a founder member of the pop/punk performance group Frank Chickens and Japanese American Toy Theatre of London. Since the late 90s she has made several award-winning theatre works based on her experience of being a Japanese woman living in England. 

Frank Chickens has been organising an annual festival “Ura Matsuri” since 2016, to celebrate the unique culture of East and South East Asian artists in the UK. kazukohohki.com, uramatsuri.com

Cinema 1

Location
Barbican Cinema 1 is located within the main Barbican building on Level -2. Head to Level G and walk towards the Lakeside Terrace where you’ll find stairs and lifts to take you down to the venue floor.   

Address
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EC2Y 8DS

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