

A floating amorphous life-form descends from the atmosphere to consume carbon in the form of diamonds.
Practical Effects
The Dogora puppet looks like sentient cotton candy and it's glorious.
Direction
Honda somehow makes diamond thieves sympathetic before cosmic annihilation.

Director
Ishirō Honda
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dogora's design was inspired by deep-sea comb jellies—Toho's effects team studied aquarium footage for the translucent, pulsing movement.
Released during Japan's economic boom, the diamond obsession reads as satire of nouveau riche materialism getting literally devoured by forces beyond control.