The X from Outer Space (1967)
Uchû daikaijû Girara (original title)Reference View | Change View
- PG
- 1h 29min
- Horror, Sci-Fi
- 1968 (USA)
- Movie
When a crew of scientists returns from Mars with a sample of the space spores that contaminated their ship, the sample escapes and grows into an enormous, rampaging beaked beast.
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Cast
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Shun'ya Wazaki | ... |
Capt. Sano
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Itoko Harada | ... |
Michiko
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Shin'ichi Yanagisawa | ... |
Miyamoto
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Keisuke Sonoi | ... |
Dr. Shioda
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| Hiroshi Fujioka | ... |
Moon station correspondent A
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| Eiji Okada | ... |
Dr. Kato
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Peggy Neal | ... |
Lisa
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Franz Gruber | ... |
Dr. Berman
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Mike Danning | ... |
Dr. Stein
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Takanobu Hozumi | ... |
FAFC Technical Officer
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Toshiyuki Watanabe |
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Torahiko Hamada | ... |
MR.Kimura
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Mitsuru Ôya |
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Daisuke Nakako |
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Teruo Sudô |
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Sônosuke Oda | ... |
Moon station Correspondent B
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Jun Katô |
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Kôji Nakata |
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Kathy Horan | ... |
Earth base control assistant
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Hideaki Komori |
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Atsushi Yamanaka |
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Terumitsu Kawashima |
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Shûichi Oki |
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Kenji Sonoda |
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Hideki Kato | ... |
Capt. Sano
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Teruko Higa |
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Etsuko Fukuyama |
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| Reiko Mutô | ... |
Lisa (voice)
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Gunter Braun | ... |
Air Force pilot (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Kazui Nihonmatsu | ||
Written by
| Eibi Motomochi | ... | (writer) and |
| Moriyoshi Ishida | ... | (writer) and |
| Kazui Nihonmatsu | ... | (writer) |
| Ryu Mitsuse | ... | (supervisor) |
Produced by
| Saburô Mutô | ... | assistant producer |
| Wataru Nakajima | ... | executive producer |
| Akihiko Shimada | ... | assistant producer |
Music by
| Taku Izumi | ||
Cinematography by
| Shizuo Hirase | ||
| Chitora Ôkoshi | ||
Editing by
| Yoshi Sugihara | ||
Art Direction by
| Shigemori Shigeta | ||
Set Decoration by
| Shojiro Oota | ||
Production Management
| Masayuki Fukuyama | ... | production supervisor |
| Tatsuo Hagiwara | ... | production manager |
| Makoto Naitô | ... | production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Atsumu Itô | ... | assistant director |
| Keiji Shiraki | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| Hiroshi Nakamura | ... | sound recordist (as Kan Nakamura) / sound |
Special Effects by
| Tarô Fukuda | ... | special effects |
| Hiroshi Ikeda | ... | director of special effects |
| Keiji Kawakami | ... | special effects supervisor |
| Kaimai Eizo | ... | special effects (uncredited) |
Visual Effects by
| Tomohiro Ishikawa | ... | opticals |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Tadashi Tsubuki | ... | lighting technician |
| Ichizô Kajimoto | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
| Tadashi Kanada | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
| Toshifumi Takahashi | ... | lighting technician (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| Pedro Komiyama | ... | English dubbing (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Ali Film (1969) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Cinépix Film Properties (CFP) (1970) (Canada) (theatrical) (dubbed)
- American-International Television (AIP-TV) (1968) (United States) (dubbed)
- Argentina Sono Film S.A.C.I. (1969) (Argentina) (Very much seen in 60s)
- Orion Home Video (1989) (United States) (VHS) (dubbed)
- Shochiku Home Video (2014) (Japan) (DVD)
- The Criterion Collection (2012) (United States) (DVD)
- Video Classics (1982) (Australia) (video)
- Video Unlimited (1982) (United Kingdom) (video) (dubbed)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
The spaceship AAB-Gamma is dispatched from FAFC headquarters in Japan to make a landing on the planet Mars and investigate reports of UFOs in the area. As they near the red planet, they encounter a mysterious UFO that coats the ship's hull with unusual spores. Taking one of the specimens back to earth, it soon develops and grows into a giant chicken-lizard-alien monster that tramples Japan.
Written by Jeremy Lunt |
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| Taglines | What Is This Monstrous THING? See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | In the 1990s, after Nikkatsu (the studio responsible for another giant monster film titled Gappa the Triphibian Monster) went out of business, Shochiku supposedly announced a crossover film/sequel to that film and this one titled "Gappa vs. Guilala", which turned out to be a hoax. Guilala has since appeared in an American TV commercial and in a humorous sequel to this film. See more » |
| Goofs | At 49:14 into the film during Guilala's attack, as the model tanks begin shooting, the barrel of one of them explodes. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in The X from Outer Space (1978). See more » |