History Film / Dogora

* [[OneSceneWonder One Film Wonder]]: Dogora has only appeared in this one film. No other Toho movie has ever referenced it until ''Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters'', in which Dogora features in the intro, attacking London.
** However, the show ''Godzilla Island'' does feature a small appearance by Dogora.
*** According to WordOfGod, Dogora's events occurred in the continuity of ''Film/GodzillaAgainstMechagodzilla'' and ''Film/GodzillaTokyoSOS''.
** Dogora would later make an appearance in the [[Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters first anime movie’s prequel novel]], ''Monster Apocalypse''.

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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The spellings Kommei or Komai are used for the same character in various sources.

''Dogora'', a.k.a. ''Space Monster Dogora'' and debuted in the US television as ''Dagora'', was one of the last giant monster movies produced by Creator/{{Toho}} to feature only one monster in its own movie. It was produced and released in Japan in 1964, after ''Film/MothraVsGodzilla'', but before ''Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster''. 1964 was a very productive year for Toho. Despite the other films in the showa Toho-verse being all connected, the events of Dogora have never been mentioned in any other movie, not even ''Film/DestroyAllMonsters'' or ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' [[note]]though it was planned to appear in the former film, but was cut early on[[/note]]. Because of this, and due to the film's relative obscurity to anyone whose name isn't Series/{{Sanford|AndSon}}, the film's plot will be given a somewhat detailed description below. On a related note, Dogora shares much of the same cast as ''Ghidorah'', albeit in mostly different and unrelated roles.

''Dogora'', a.k.a. ''Space Monster Dogora'' and debuted in the US television as ''Dagora'', was one of the last giant monster movies produced by Creator/{{Toho}} to feature only one monster in its own movie. It was produced and released in Japan in 1964, after ''Film/MothraVsGodzilla'', but before ''Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster''. 1964 was a very productive year for Toho. Despite the other films in the showa Toho-verse being all connected, the events of Dogora have never been mentioned in any other movie, not even ''Film/DestroyAllMonsters'' or ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars''. Because of this, and due to the film's relative obscurity to anyone whose name isn't Series/{{Sanford|AndSon}}, the film's plot will be given a somewhat detailed description below. On a related note, Dogora shares much of the same cast as ''Ghidorah'', albeit in mostly different and unrelated roles.

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''Dogora'', a.k.a. ''Space Monster Dogora'' and debuted in the US television as ''Dagora'', was one of the last giant monster movies produced by Creator/{{Toho}} to feature only one monster in its own movie. It was produced and released in Japan in 1964, after ''Film/MothraVsGodzilla'', but before ''Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster''. 1964 was a very productive year for Toho. Despite the other films in the showa Toho-verse being all connected, the events of Dogora have never been mentioned in any other movie, not even ''Film/DestroyAllMonsters'' or ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars''. Because of this, and due to the film's relative obscurity to anyone whose name isn't [[Series/SanfordandSon Sanford]], the film's plot will be given a somewhat detailed description below. On a related note, Dogora shares much of the same cast as ''Ghidorah'', albeit in mostly different and unrelated roles.

* AchillesHeel: Dogora is impossible to kill with conventional weaponry and barely seems to notice its being attacked. The only thing that can actually kill it is [[spoiler:wasp venom, which kills it by crystallizing its body.]]

''Dogora'', a.k.a. ''Space Monster Dogora'', was one of the last giant monster movies produced by Creator/{{Toho}} to feature only one monster in its own movie. It was produced and released in Japan in 1964, after ''Film/MothraVsGodzilla'', but before ''Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster''. 1964 was a very productive year for Toho. Despite the other films in the showa Toho-verse being all connected, the events of Dogora have never been mentioned in any other movie, not even ''Film/DestroyAllMonsters'' or ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars''. Because of this, and due to the film's relative obscurity to anyone whose name isn't [[Series/SanfordandSon Sanford]], the film's plot will be given a somewhat detailed description below. On a related note, Dogora shares much of the same cast as ''Ghidorah'', albeit in mostly different and unrelated roles.

* NonMaliciousMonster: Dogora lives almost solely to feed on carbon, usually oblivious to anything else happening to or around it, even when blasted by artillery. Indeed, one of its few deliberate acts of aggression is destroying the Wakato Bridge when it appears over Fukuoka, which was out of irritation at being attacked. However, due to its appetite and truly colossal size, it is a threat which has to be dealt with.