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Uchû Kaisokusen

  • 19611961
  • 1h 15m
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2.1/10
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Shin'ichi Chiba, Mitsue Komiya, and Ryûko Minakami in Uchû Kaisokusen (1961)
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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
POPULARITY
65,795
7,373
  • Director
    • Kôji Ohta
  • Writers
    • Shin Morita
    • Akihiro Watanabe(story)
  • Stars
    • Shin'ichi Chiba
    • Ryûko Minakami
    • Mitsue Komiya
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  • 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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    Uchû Kaisokusen (1961)
    Uchû Kaisokusen (1961)
    Shin'ichi Chiba in Uchû Kaisokusen (1961)
    Uchû Kaisokusen (1961)
    Uchû Kaisokusen (1961)
    Uchû Kaisokusen (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, Dai-sanji sekai taisen: Yonju-ichi jikan no kyofu (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.
    • Connections
      Featured in Chiller Theatre: Invasion of the Neptune Men (1974)

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    A tragic waste of the human spirit...
    Wow! This movie (I use the term loosely) really, really sucked. Thankfully I saw it with Mike and the 'bots...and they could barely make it through this abortion. I could barely make it through. Waaaaaay too much stock footage, waaaaay to many annoying kids. What made "Prince of Space" at least mildly amusing was the phantom of Krankor. At least he had a personality. The neptune suppositories down even talk.
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    • Sep 22, 2002

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 19, 1961 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Invasion of the Neptune Men
    • Production companies
      • New Toei
      • Toei Company
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 15 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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