The Mysterians

The Mysterians (1957)

地球防衛軍

Space weapons mobilize! A great battle between Earth forces and the gruesome mystery planet people, the Mysterians!

In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire village to vanish, then send a giant robot out to storm the city by night, after which they request a small patch of land on Earth and the right to marry earthling women, claiming to be pacifists. Mankind must decide whether to capitulate or to resist.

Date of release
1957-12-28
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (65)
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Science Fiction, Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Director
Ishirō Honda

Casting

  • Kenji Sahara — Joji Atsumi
  • Yumi Shirakawa — Etsuko Shiraishi
  • Akihiko Hirata — Ryoichi Shiraishi
  • Momoko Kôchi — Hiroko Iwamoto
  • Yoshio Tsuchiya — Leader of the Mysterians
  • Takashi Shimura — Dr. Tanjiro Adachi
  • Yoshio Kosugi — Cmdr. Sugimoto
  • Susumu Fujita — Gen. Morita
  • Fuyuki Murakami — Dr. Nobu Kawanami
  • Yutaka Sada — Police Capt. Miyamoto
  • Hisaya Ito — Army Capt. Seki
  • Tetsu Nakamura — Dr. Koda

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