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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Kinji Fukasaku (story)
Shotaro Ishinomori (story)
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Release Date:
30 October 1978 (USA) more
Tagline:
Where Fantasies are Real & Reality is Fantastic.
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In this Star Wars take-off, the peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas... more | add synopsis
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1 nomination more
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Another must see earnest skewed sf flick more (27 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Sonny Chiba | ... | Hans |
 | Jerry Ito | ||
 | Vic Morrow | ... | General Garuda |
| Philip Casnoff | ... | Aaron |
| Etsuko Shihomi | ... | Esmeralida |
| Peggy Lee Brennan | ... | Meia |
| Tetsurô Tanba | ... | Noguchi |
| Hiroyuki Sanada | ... | Shiro |
| Mikio Narita | ... | Rockseia XLL |
| Makoto Satô | ... | Urocco |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Eisei Amamoto | ... | Mother Dark (in drag) |
| Seizo Fukumoto | ||
| Noboru Mitani | ... | Kamesasa |
| Masazumi Okabe | ... | Jackie |
| Junkichi Orimoto | ... | Kido |
| Charles Scawthorn | ... | 1st guard, at Headquarters entrance |
| Isamu Shimizu | ... | Beba, the robot |
| Harumi Sone | ... | Lazare |
| Sandâ Sugiyama | ... | Big Samu |
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Message from Space (International: English title)
Message from Space: Galactic Wars
Return to Jelucia (USA) (cable TV title)
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USA:105 min
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This TV movie is in fact the pilot of a short running TV show called "San Ku Kai". San Ku Kai was very popular in France were it was dubbed into French by the same people who dubbed the animated series Capitaine Flam ("Captain Futur"). In fact it was more popular in France than it ever was in Japan. more
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Version of Satomi hakken-den (1983) more
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Reminded me a lot of Battle Beyond the Stars. Same Seven Samuraiish structure, where valiant warriors from all walks of life are thrown together by fate to defend the peaceful townsfolk from the marauding intruders. ('Liabe Gods pick robots too').
Extra points for deadly serious Vic Morrow grimly stalking like Hamlet amidst the leftover Buck Rogers TV series robots, spacegoing sailing galleons with rows of oars, gauzy space princesses, green evil Space Vikings, bad grannies in space wheelchairs, dayglow plastic walnuts from the Liabe Gods, and comical Space Cop pursuing those crazy teenagers playing space chicken in their combination Thunderbirds and Transformers hot rod spaceship.