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Battle in Outer Space

Original title: Uchû sai sensô
  • 19591959
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 1h 30m
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5.7/10
1.4K
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Battle in Outer Space (1959)
The nations of the Earth unite in a common cause to fight off an invader from outer space.
Play trailer2:34
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The nations of the Earth unite in a common cause to fight off an invader from outer space.The nations of the Earth unite in a common cause to fight off an invader from outer space.The nations of the Earth unite in a common cause to fight off an invader from outer space.
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
1.4K
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    • Ishirô Honda
    • Shin'ichi Sekizawa
    • Jôjirô Okami(story)
  • Stars
    • Ryô Ikebe
    • Kyôko Anzai
    • Minoru Takada
    • Ishirô Honda
    • Shin'ichi Sekizawa
    • Jôjirô Okami(story)
  • Stars
    • Ryô Ikebe
    • Kyôko Anzai
    • Minoru Takada
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 33User reviews
    • 35Critic reviews
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    Dona Carlson and Len Stanford in Battle in Outer Space (1959)
    Dona Carlson and Len Stanford in Battle in Outer Space (1959)
    Battle in Outer Space (1959)
    Len Stanford in Battle in Outer Space (1959)
    Battle in Outer Space (1959)
    Sabel Jameel in Battle in Outer Space (1959)
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    Ryô Ikebe
    Ryô Ikebe
    • Maj. Ichiro Katsumiya
    • (as Ryo Ikebe)
    Kyôko Anzai
    • Etsuko Shiraishi
    • (as Kyoko Anzai)
    Minoru Takada
    • The Commander
    Koreya Senda
    Koreya Senda
    • Professor Adachi
    Len Stanford
    • Dr. Roger Richardson
    Harold Conway
    • Dr. Immerman
    • (as Harorudo Konwei)
    Elise Richter
    • Sylvia
    • (as Erisu Rikutâ)
    Hisaya Itô
    Hisaya Itô
    • Kogure
    • (as Hisaya Ito)
    Yoshio Tsuchiya
    Yoshio Tsuchiya
    • Iwomura
    Nadao Kirino
    • Gravity Man
    • (as Hiro-o Kirino)
    Kôzô Nomura
    • Rocket Commander
    • (as Kozo Nomura)
    Fuyuki Murakami
    • Inspector Iriake
    Ikio Sawamura
    Ikio Sawamura
    • Lantern Man
    Takuzô Kumagai
    • Alien
    • (as Jirô Kumagai)
    Katsumi Tezuka
    Katsumi Tezuka
    • Alien
    • (as Katsumx Tesuka)
    Mitsuo Tsuda
    • Alien
    • (as Mitsuo Isuda)
    Tadashi Okabe
    • Newscaster
    Osman Yusuf
    Osman Yusuf
    • Bystander
    • (as Osuman Yusefu)
      • Ishirô Honda
      • Shin'ichi Sekizawa
      • Jôjirô Okami(story)
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    • Trivia
      This film was the first Japanese science fiction film which had the original Japanese cast and crew listed on the posters and other advertising material in the United States.
    • Goofs
      The funniest bits are the gravity antics. When the first scout ship turns off the thrusters and the crew all unfastens their safety belts, one of them flies up to the ceiling. He is so surprised, clearly no-one told this astronaut that there was no gravity in the spacecraft. They help him down and the chief tells him that there is no gravity in the ship. Then they all begin walking around completely normally.
    • Alternate versions
      The final 16mm prints struck for U.S. television distribution had the final third of the film letterboxed for the widescreen Tohoscope format.
    • Connections
      Featured in Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest: Battle in Outer Space (1966)
    • Soundtracks
      Burlesque-style Rondo
      Composed by Akira Ifukube

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    8/10
    Hey! It was 1959!
    I saw "Uchu daisenso" or as it was titled when I saw it, Battle in Outer Space" when I was a kid- a long time ago. Now of course the inevitable comparison to modern space operas will reduce the impact of this simple picture, but taken in the context in which I first viewed it, this was a really cool movie. For starters, it was in glorious color, a rarity in sci-fi in the late 50's I can tell you. I saw a lot of horror and sci-fi movies when I was kid and color was rare. And like most Japanese sci-fi imports of the time this was the whole world united against the invading alien hordes. Yeah a little like Independence Day but In "Uchu daisenso" the United Earth already existed. It didn't take an invasion from outer space to unite the planet. Good (relatively speaking!) effects, a noble if simple plot, combined with beautiful Eastmancolor and this was the perfect drive-in movie.
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    • D_Idaho
    • Jun 8, 1999

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    • Release date
      • July 8, 1960 (United States)
      • Japan
      • Japanese
      • English
      • Italian
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      • Toho Company
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    • 1 hour 30 minutes
      • Perspecta Stereo

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