Atomic Rulers (TV 1965)

Super criminals are planning to infiltrate Earth with mass nuclear destruction! Only Starman can defend civilization by thwarting evil!

Directors:

Koreyoshi Akasaka, Teruo Ishii,

Writer:

Ichirô Miyagawa

Stars:

Ken Utsui, Junko Ikeuchi, Shôji Nakayama

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ken Utsui	...	Super Giant (U.S.: Starman)
Junko Ikeuchi	...	Toshiko / Sister
Shôji Nakayama	...	Okamoto / Detective
Minoru Takada	...	Father
Sachihiro Ohsawa
Reiko Seto	...	Reiko Okamoto / Okamoto's Sister,High School Girl
Minako Yamada	...	(credit only)
Hiroshi Hayashi
Utako Mitsuya	...	(credit only)
Chisako Hara	...	(as Chisako Tahara)
Akira Tamura
Fumiko Miyata
Kami Ashita
Tomohiko Ôtani
Jôji Ôhara

Storyline

Super criminals are planning to infiltrate Earth with mass nuclear destruction! Only Starman can defend civilization by thwarting evil!

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Plot Keywords:

starman | alien invasion | fencing | superhero | douglas dc 6 | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

Japan USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1965 (USA)

Also Known As:

Atomic Rulers of the World

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shintoho Film Distribution Committee, Walter Manley Enterprises

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This feature is edited from two episodes of the Sûpâ jaiantsu serial. The two episodes were a complete story with each episode running approximately 50 minutes each.

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Connections

Edited from Sûpâ jaiantsu (1957)

User Reviews

STARMAN saves the day, campy style!

We're all familiar with the man of steel who fights for truth and justice the American way! However, the infamous Starman is a different story. This is only one of the few movies that currently exist featuring the Japanese superhero who saves the world from certain doom. Now consider this: Starman is not in bold and brilliant form compared to those DC Comics you're reading. It is a vintage trip back about 40+ years ago when superheroes were meant to amuse proud audiences at a Saturday afternoon matinee. Today, a new generation of viewers who may ever get a chance to see this, will see how weird the costumes and sets appear, plus the way Starman fights evildoers. This is probably the best feature of Starman movies as an endless horde of bad guys creates long continuous battles that make it more fun-filled than Superman, but it has its repetition. The outcome is the same where a superhero struggles his way to the end and wins, and it's also ultimately repetitive when our hero does the same things over and over again in each film. This one, ATOMIC RULERS, is more campier than the other Starman movie, ATTACK FROM SPACE, which was close to instant sci-fi. Most of the time, it has nothing to do with saving Earth from peril. A lot of "B" movies such as this rely on useless stock footage to make for a full production. Since this was a Japanese creation, it stood out as fascinating for its time. Although it's still strange, it's no worse than THE PUMAMAN. I'm not certain if anyone is willing to accept movies like this today. Leave those up to the old coot crowd who saw them in their younger generations. The motion picture industry may not have changed, but the times sure have! Whether young or old, if you are in serious desperation for an outdatedly campy experience, then I, Jason, can't fully blame you for that!