Atomic Rulers (1965)

Super criminals are planning to infiltrate Earth with mass nuclear destruction! Only Starman can defend civilization by thwarting evil!

Directors:

Koreyoshi Akasaka, Teruo Ishii

Writer:

Ichirô Miyagawa (screenplay) (as Ichiro Miyagawa)

Stars:

Ken Utsui, Sachihiro Ohsawa, Junko Ikeuchi

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ken Utsui	...	Super Giant / Starman
Sachihiro Ohsawa
Junko Ikeuchi	...	Toshiko / Sister
Minako Yamada	...	(credit only)
Shôji Nakayama	...	Detective Okamoto
Hiroshi Hayashi	...	Chief of Metropolitan Police (as Kan Hayashi)
Minoru Takada	...	Father
Utako Mitsuya	...	(credit only)
Chisako Hara	...	(as Chisako Tahara)
Reiko Seto	...	Reiko - Okamoto's Sister
Akira Tamura
Tomohiko Ôtani	...	Vice-Head of Atom AB
Fumiko Miyata
Jôji Ôhara	...	Member of Atom AB (as Johji Ohara)
Kami Ashita

Storyline

Super criminals are planning to infiltrate Earth with mass nuclear destruction! Only Starman can defend civilization by thwarting evil!

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Plot Keywords:

non comic book superhero | starman | underwater fight | nuclear radiation | fencing | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Japan USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1965 (USA)

Also Known As:

Atomic Rulers of the World

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walter Manley Enterprises, Shintôhô Pictures, Shintoho Film Distribution Committee

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Atomic Rulers of the World is currently available on two DVD releases. Something Weird Video with Image Entertainment released the film and another Starman film, Invaders from Space on a single disc on December 10, 2002. Alpha Video also released a budget-priced disc of the film by itself on June 22, 2004.

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Connections

Features Sûpâ jaiantsu - Chikyû metsubô sunzen (1957)

User Reviews

Catch a Falling Starman

Ken Utsui stars in his fourth and final outing as Starman, Japan's favorite fruity spandex clad superhero. This time he's out to stop the evil country of Magolia (no not Mongolia) from getting their hands on atomic weapons deadly enough to destroy the entire world. Unlike it's predecessors which featured lots of funny fighting and goofy effects, this flick plays like a third rate version of the George Reeves' Superman show (Starman's alter ego even dresses up like a mild mannered Oriental in a suit and fedora) and it's pretty dull to boot. There's also a lot of rigmarole with a bunch of snotty Japanese Little Rascals types that slow things down considerably as well. And instead of the goofy aliens in Evil Brain from Outer Space, all the villains in this one are a bunch of cheap thugs who are straight out of the forties. (And why is it that all those hired thugs are always dressed so impeccably in their dapper suits?) Anyway, die hard Starman fans (no not you Jeff Bridges enthusiasts out there) will want to check it out, but this one didn't nearly have enough goofy fight scenes for my liking. Oh yeah, and despite the title, there isn't a radioactive yardstick to be seen in this flick.