Atomic Rulers (1964)

Directors:

Koreyoshi Akasaka
Teruo Ishii

Writer:

Ichirô Miyagawa (writer)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Starman | Orphan | Super Giant | Surrealism | Manga

Cast

Ken Utsui	...	Super Giant (U.S.: Starman)
Junko Ikeuchi
Shôji Nakayama
Minoru Takada
Sachihiro Ohsawa
Minako Yamada
Kan Hayashi
Utako Mitsuya
Chisako Hara		(as Chisako Tahara)
Akira Tamura
Fumiko Miyata
Kami Ashita
Reiko Seto
Tomohiko Ohtani
Johji Ohhara

Also Known As:

Atomic Rulers of the World
Attack of the Flying Saucers

Runtime:

USA:83 min | Japan:101 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec)

Company:

Shintoho Company

Trivia:

This feature is edited from two episodes of the Sûpâ jaiantsu (1957) serial. The two episodes were a complete story with each episode running approximately 50 minutes each.

Movie Connections:

Features Sûpâ jaiantsu - Kaiseijin no majô (1957)

Go Starman! Go! Go! Go!

Honestly I enjoyed this movie. It was great fun to watch, but I still have the common sense that it's a piece of crap. This original Japanese superhero made exclusively for this film, is the most ridiculous idea ever. The movie takes place in 1964 japan with an alien race attempting to rule the planet earth. A nearby alien race, notices the nuclear yes nuclear threat from the other alien species. So they send their mightiest warrior of peace... Starman! to save the human race. They hand him some device that permits him to fly and understand human languages and stuff like that. The name is lame, so are his powers and special effects of the movie, but that's what makes it so great. Still the acting is terrible and the dubbing does'nt help. I received the film in a 50 movie pack so I really had no other way to watch the film. I doubt it would have been much better. There are a lot of fighting sequences all poorly done. The film has an anti-nuclear feel which keeps it from feeling really out-dated. The film's hero reminds me of Gamera just without the saber teeth, fire breath, hunger for fire, and rocket propulsion flight out of his shell. I guess it's the whole fact that he's a friend of all children. Which I guess makes it more of a kids film now-a-days but it was placed in a film pack with a label that says, For Mature Audiences. If your looking for a movie to laugh at this one is preferably your best bet. 2/10