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Director:

Kinji Fukasaku

Writers:

Kinji Fukasaku (story)
Shotaro Ishinomori (story)
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Contact:

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Release Date:

30 October 1978 (USA) more

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | War more

Tagline:

Where Fantasies are Real & Reality is Fantastic.

Plot:

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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Awards:

1 nomination more

User Comments:

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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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Message from Space (International: English title)
Message from Space: Galactic Wars
Return to Jelucia (USA) (cable TV title)
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Runtime:

USA:105 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.00 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Super Space Sound

Filming Locations:

Kyoto, Japan

Company:

Toei Company more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

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

Movie Connections:

Version of Satomi hakken-den (1983) more


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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Another must see earnest skewed sf flick, 29 July 2004
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Author: zzz05 from New haven, ct, usa

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.

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