What is "dogora"

Dogara, the Space Monster, released in Japan as , is a 1964 Japanese tokusatsu science fiction film produced and released by Toho Studios. Directed by Ishirō Honda and featuring special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya, the film starred Nobuo Nakamura, Akiko Wakabayashi, and Hollywood actor Robert Dunham. The film tells the story of a huge jellyfish-like creature from space that attacks Japan.

The film was released straight to television in the United States, in the Winter of 1966 by American International Television as Dagora, the Space Monster.