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Invasion of the Neptune Men

Original title: Uchû Kaisokusen
  • 19611961
  • 1h 14m
IMDb RATING
2.1/10
2.8K
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Shin'ichi Chiba, Mitsue Komiya, and Ryûko Minakami in Invasion of the Neptune Men (1961)
  • Action
  • Sci-Fi
Clumsy invaders from Neptune are thwarted by hero Space Chief and a nondescript group of microshort-wearing Japanese kids.Clumsy invaders from Neptune are thwarted by hero Space Chief and a nondescript group of microshort-wearing Japanese kids.Clumsy invaders from Neptune are thwarted by hero Space Chief and a nondescript group of microshort-wearing Japanese kids.
IMDb RATING
2.1/10
2.8K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Kôji Ohta
  • Writers
    • Shin Morita
    • Akihiro Watanabe(story)
  • Stars
    • Shin'ichi Chiba
    • Ryûko Minakami
    • Mitsue Komiya
Top credits
  • Director
    • Kôji Ohta
  • Writers
    • Shin Morita
    • Akihiro Watanabe(story)
  • Stars
    • Shin'ichi Chiba
    • Ryûko Minakami
    • Mitsue Komiya
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    • 72User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
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    Shin'ichi Chiba in Invasion of the Neptune Men (1961)
    Invasion of the Neptune Men (1961)
    Invasion of the Neptune Men (1961)
    Invasion of the Neptune Men (1961)
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    Shin'ichi Chiba
    Shin'ichi Chiba
    • Shinichi Tachibana
    • (as Sonny Chiba)
    • …
    Ryûko Minakami
    • Tanigawa Yoko
    Mitsue Komiya
    • Saito - Scientist
    Seiichirô Kameishi
    • Yamagata Yukichi
    Rin'ichi Yamamoto
    • Colonel Fujimoto
    Kappei Matsumoto
    • Dr. Tanigawa
    Takashi Kanda
    Takashi Kanda
    • Defence Chief Takita
    Shirô Okamoto
    • Eiji Shindo
    Junji Masuda
    Junji Masuda
    • Dr. Tamiya
    Hidemichi Ishikawa
    • Dr. Yoshimoto
    Shinjirô Ebara
    • Yanagida - Scientist
    • (as Shinjirô Ehara)
    Harold Conway
    • Washington Broadcast Station Chief
    Genji Kawai
    • The Guard
    Yoshihiko Matsuoka
    • Alien B
    Masazumi Okabe
    • Railway worker
    Kôsaku Okano
    • Reporter A
    Koji Sahara
    • Garrison Chief Mikami
    Shôken Sawa
    • Land Commander Inukai
    • Director
      • Kôji Ohta
    • Writers
      • Shin Morita
      • Akihiro Watanabe(story)
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    • Trivia
      Many of the invasion scenes in Tokyo were edited from an earlier Toei tokusatsu epic, World War III Breaks Out (1960). The appearance of a giant billboard of Adolf Hitler has led some viewers to believe that the stock footage is taken from documentary footage of World War II Japan, which it wasn't.
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    User reviews72

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    Top review
    7/10
    They Took Out The Hitler Building!
    Aliens in bullet-head helmets, young boys running around in short shorts, army soldiers made up like Ru-Paul, Sonny Chiba (!) at his most un-heroic and Thomas the Tank Engine as the alien spaceship - is this any way to make a sci-fi movie?

    It is if you've made this one. "Uchu Kaisoku-sen" (or "Invasion of the Neptune Men", as I know it) is a movie I have mixed feelings about. On one hand, it has a plot that feels like they left a few pages out of the script and replaced it with LOTS of stock footage. On the other hand, this is also a movie that will leave you rolling in the aisles (or your living room floor), gasping for breath at the stupid (dubbed) dialogue, fakey "special" FX, small disc ships that look like evil crab cakes and large groups of Japanese people running around all over the place - with no Godzilla in sight.

    And that Space Chef - excuse me, Space CHIEF - what kind of a mook traipses around in white leotards, cape and a helmet with a corrective sun visor, trying to subdue the bad guys with karate kicks and chops that my two year-old daughter could out-maneuver with ease? To think that this was Sonny Chiba in that spandex is a head-scratcher; we all gotta start somewhere, I suppose.

    You can watch this either way: alone or with Mike and the robots. Doesn't matter 'cause you'll get entertainment value either way. Derisive laughter is derisive laughter, no matter how you take it. Though I still cackle when I think of how the MST3K crew reacted when they blew up the Hitler building ("WHAT?!!") or Servo's song dedicated to the stock footage ("da da da-da da da...EAT IT, MOVIE!!!).

    Anyway, you watch a movie like this on a Saturday afternoon - after the cartoons and before the pro-bowler's tour. Perfect way to waste a couple of hours: laughing hysterically.

    Seven stars (yeah, that's right - SEVEN) for "Uchu Kaisoku-sen". Ten stars, as always, for the MST3K version.

    And, as always, "NE C'EST PAS"!
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    • Release date
      • July 19, 1961 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Space Greyhound
    • Production companies
      • New Toei
      • Toei Company
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 14 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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