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Battle in Outer Space (1959)

Uchû daisensô (original title)
| Sci-Fi | 8 July 1960 (USA)
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The nations of the Earth unite in a common cause to fight off an invader from outer space.

Director:

Ishirô Honda

Writers:

Shin'ichi Sekizawa, Jôjirô Okami (story)

Stars:

Ryô Ikebe, Kyôko Anzai, Minoru Takada | See full cast & crew »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ryô Ikebe Ryô Ikebe ... Maj. Ichiro Katsumiya
Kyôko Anzai Kyôko Anzai ... Etsuko Shiraishi
Minoru Takada Minoru Takada ... The Commander
Koreya Senda Koreya Senda ... Professor Adachi
Len Stanford Len Stanford ... Dr. Roger Richardson
Harold Conway Harold Conway ... Dr. Immerman (as Harorudo Konwei)
Elise Richter Elise Richter ... Sylvia (as Erisu Rikutâ)
Hisaya Itô Hisaya Itô ... Kogure
Yoshio Tsuchiya Yoshio Tsuchiya ... Iwomura
Nadao Kirino Nadao Kirino ... Gravity Man
Kôzô Nomura Kôzô Nomura ... Rocket Commander
Fuyuki Murakami Fuyuki Murakami ... Inspector Iriake
Ikio Sawamura Ikio Sawamura ... Lantern Man
Takuzô Kumagai Takuzô Kumagai ... Alien (as Jirô Kumagai)
Katsumi Tezuka ... Alien
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Storyline

Munchkin-like aliens invade Earth full force with their flying saucers and laser weapons, rendering cities helpless. All eyes turn to the most powerful nations on Earth as they unite to concoct a plan to vanquish the aliens and return Earth to the hands of humans, thus, resulting in the most fierce and ultimate battle royale in outer space the galaxy as ever seen. Written by Oliver Chu

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Plot Keywords:

outer space | iranian | year 1965 | near future | tokusatsu | See All (20) »

Taglines:

SEE! Space-shaking last battle of earth rockets vs. flying war saucers! See more »

Genres:

Sci-Fi

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Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | English | Italian

Release Date:

8 July 1960 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Battle in Outer Space See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Toho Company See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

| (original cut)

Sound Mix:

Perspecta Stereo

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

The film takes place in 1965. See more »

Goofs

The strings holding the flying machines (rocket ships and flying saucers) aloft are clearly visible in several scenes. See more »

Connections

Referenced in The War in Space (1977) See more »

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A fun movie, worth seeing
29 November 2005 | by rudge49 – See all my reviews

Saw this when I was 11 years old, I recall the rocket fighters sent up by the Earth Forces are based on the X-15 rocket plane. One thing I remember-and it moved me at the time, and is one of the movie's strengths-is the scene where the earth space ships go past the area where the space station was destroyed-and you see the bodies of the crew. The action moves at a brisk pace, no long winded speeches or philosophizing. The SFX are pretty good for the time. As a side issue, I got a chuckle when I saw "Star Wars" in 1977, I recognized the "futuristic weapons" as being models of British Lee Enfields, German MG-42 machine guns, Heckler & Koch submachine guns.
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