UFOs are seen around Tokyo. Because they look like giant starfish the aliens cannot approach us without creating panic. Hence one of them sacrifices itself and takes the form of a popular ...
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Keizô Kawasaki | ... | Dr. Toru Itsobe |
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Toyomi Karita | ... | Hikari Aozora / Ginko |
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Bin Yagisawa | ... | No. 2 Pairan |
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Shôzô Nanbu | ... | The Elder Dr. Itsobe |
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Bontarô Miake | ... | Dr. Kamura (as Bontaro Miake) |
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Mieko Nagai | ... | Taeko Kamura |
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Kiyoko Hirai | ... | Mrs. Matsuda |
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Yûzô Hayakawa | ... | Policeman |
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Kanji Kawahara | ... | Dr. Takashima |
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Sachiko Meguro | ... | Mrs. Tokuko Isobe |
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Toshiyuki Obara | ... | News Repoter Hoshino (USA) / Hideno (Japan) |
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Fumiko Okamura | ... | Japanese Bar' Ucyû-ken' Madam Ohana |
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Shikô Saitô | ... | Mystery Man (as Shiko Saito) |
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UFOs are seen around Tokyo. Because they look like giant starfish the aliens cannot approach us without creating panic. Hence one of them sacrifices itself and takes the form of a popular female singer. It/she warns mankind that a meteor will crash on Earth. While the approaching meteor causes hotter and hotter weather, mankind runs and builds a last-chance anti-meteor weapon. Written by <phs@lsv.ens-cachan.fr>
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ufo | outer space | monster disguised as human | space station | end of the world |Genres:
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Country:
JapanLanguage:
JapaneseRelease Date:
29 January 1956 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
Warning from Space See more »Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Color:
Color (Daieicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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The Pairan aliens were designed by the prominent avant-garde artist Taro Okamoto, which used a single eye that is common among science fiction aliens. See more »Alternate Versions
The U.S. English dubbed version titled "Warning From Space" (1956) is quite faithful to the original Japanese version. However, at the final fade-out an additional sequence is added showing Ginko (Toyomi Karita) transforming from the human form back to the Pairan form. They simply took the transformation sequence, showing Ginko transforming into the human form, from earlier in the film and printed it in reverse. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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I remember watching this film when I was a kid. Ironically, it was before I saw When Worlds Collide or The Day the Earth Stood Still (ironically, I still have yet to see the latter). This film is successful for two reasons. The first one is the fears of the Japanese about nuclear holocaust. Like so many science fiction films that the Japanese released during this era, it was pretty much inspired by the events that had happened the previous decade. Also, this film also spreads the message of world cooperation, especially when there is a threat of total extinction either by aliens or a runaway planetoid (see Gorath). This was a pretty interesting film and its too bad that it is not being shown on television anymore.