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Kenji Sahara | ... | Joji Atsumi |
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Yumi Shirakawa | ... | Etsuko Shiraishi |
| Momoko Kôchi | ... | Hiroko Iwamoto | |
| Akihiko Hirata | ... | Ryoichi Shiraishi | |
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Susumu Fujita | ... | Gen. Morita |
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Hisaya Itô | ... | Capt. Seki |
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Yoshio Kosugi | ... | Cmdr. Sugimoto |
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Fuyuki Murakami | ... | Dr. Nobu Kawanami |
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Yoshio Tsuchiya | ... | Leader of the Mysterians |
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Minosuke Yamada | ... | The Secretary of Defense Hamamoto |
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Tetsu Nakamura | ... | Dr. Koda |
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Heihachirô Ôkawa | ... | Person at Board Meeting |
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Takeo Oikawa | ... | Announcer on TV |
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Haruya Katô | ... | Doomed Villager |
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Aliens arrive on Earth and ask permission to be given a certain tract of land for their people to live on. But when they are discovered to be invaders, responsible for the giant robot that is destroying cities, the armed forces attempt to stop them with every weapon available. Written by Todd A. Bobenrieth <TAB146@PSUVM.EDU>
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running for one's life | army | helicopter | psychotronic film | giant robot |Taglines:
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Country:
JapanRelease Date:
15 May 1959 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$975,000Company Credits
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Trivia
The Mogera suit, originally worn by Haruo Nakajima, was, after filming, kept in storage in one of Tôhô's visual effects soundstages until 1974, when it was destroyed in a fire on the lot, caused by a pyrotechnical accident during the filming of Nosutoradamusu no daiyogen (1974). See more »Goofs
One of the bicyclist firefighters has a very southern-US accent, when the on-screen actors are obviously Japanese. This occurs is the second English dubbed version done for U.S. DVD release, not the version shown in U.S. theaters starting in 1959. See more »Quotes
Ryoichi Shiraishi: The tragedy of the Mysterians is a good example for us! Don't use science in the wrong way!See more »
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In the original japanese version but edited out for the US release, during the final battle there is a brief scene with a second Mogera (the giant robot). Also, the ending is slightly different. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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There's something endearing about this movie. The plot is good, casting is good (with so many pretty faces, no wonder the Mystery guys wanted to come to earth), and even the score (by Akira Ifukube) remains in your head long after you see the movie. But above all there's a special atmosphere about this movie that won't let you forget it any time soon.
Mogera (Of Godzilla vs Space Godzilla fame almost 40 years later) makes its debut in this movie, and it started its career as weapon of the aliens not a giant UN transformer robot.
Once the fact that the Mysterians showed themselves, earth defense force ( thus the movie's Japanese title Chikyu Boeigun ) musters up all its plans for super weapons and goes on the offensive against the Mysterians (who've shacked up in Japan even before they got official permission from them ).
If military technology can catch up with the aliens so quickly as in this movie, we won't have any problems. In reality from what I understand, we're not even near parity.
Special effects are good, and weapons looks cool (Designed by famous Japanese sci-fi artist Shigeru Komatsuzaki. They have kind of a retro look which still works today) which all adds up to make this movie one of Toho's best.
It's one of a kind movie, and highly recommended to watch.