Japan, 1957
89m
35mm film, Tohoscope, Eastmancolor, 2.35:1
Perspecta Stereo, English
A Japanese science fiction film directed by Ishirô Honda.
Premise
A race of aliens, The Mysterians, arrive on Earth looking for some land to set up a colony. But they're really planning a full blown invasion and unleash Moguera, a giant robot, to lay waste to the world's cities.
Credits
Crew
Director: Ishirô Honda
Toho Film Company Ltd
Producer: Tanaka Tomoyuki
Script: Takeshi Kimura
Story: Shigeru Kayama, Jojiro Okami
Director of Photography: Hajime Koizumi
Editor: Koichi Iwashita
Music: Akira Ifukube
Sound Recordist: Masanobu Miyazaki
Director of Special Effects: Eiji Tsuburaya
Art Director: Teruaki Abe
Cast
Kenji Sahara (Joji Atsumi)
Yumi Shirakawa (Etsuko Shiraishi)
Momoko Kôchi (Hiroko Iwamoto)
Akihiko Hirata (Ryoichi Shiraishi)
Takashi Shimura (Dr Tanjiro Adachi)
Susumu Fujita (General Morita)
Hisaya Ito (Captain Seki)
Yoshio Kosugi (Commander Sugimoto)
Fuyuki Murakami (Dr Nobu Kawanami)
Tetsu Nakamura (DrKoda)
Yoshio Tsuchiya (leader of the Mysterians)
Yutaka Sada (Police Captain Miyamoto)
Ren Imaizumi (Adachi's Assistant Hayami)
Takeo Oikawa (announcer on TV)
Tadao Nakamaru (first Lieutenant Yamamoto)
George Furness (Dr Svenson)
Harold Conway (Dr DeGracia)
Haruya Kato, Senkichi Omura, Yasuhiro Shigenobu (doomed villagers)
Shin Otomo (Policeman Kawada)
Akio Kusama (Chief of Police Togawa)
Alternative Titles
Jorden anfalles – Sweden
I misteriani – Italy
Mysterianie – Poland
The Mysterians – UK, USA
Phantom 7000 – West Germany
Prisonnière des Martiens – France
Weltraum-Bestien – Austria
Links
Extracts included in
Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania (1999)
Gojira Fuantajî ~SF Kôkyô Fuantajî~ (1984)
References
Periodicals
- Kine Weekly vol.512 no.2729 (21 January 1960) p.27 – note (Rank FD ‘Mysterians' competition results)
Books
- Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films by Stuart Galbraith IV pp.28-31; 366 – review; credits
- Mushroom Clouds and Mushroom Men: The Fantastic Cinema of Ishiro Honda by Peter H. Brothers pp.119-130; 396 – illustrated chapter; credits
- The Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Handbook by Alan Frank pp.31-32 – credits, review
