Country
Japan
Date
Dec 28, 1957
Space weapons mobilize! A great battle between Earth forces and the gruesome mystery planet people, the Mysterians!
1h 29min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
Videos
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Susumu Fujita | Gen. Morita |
| Fuyuki Murakami | Dr. Nobu Kawanami |
| Yutaka Sada | Police Capt. Miyamoto |
| Hisaya Ito | Army Capt. Seki |
| Tetsu Nakamura | Dr. Koda |
| Sōji Ubukata | Dr. Noda |
| George Furness | Dr. Svenson |
| Harold Conway | Dr. De Gracia |
| Heihachirō Ōkawa | Person at Board Meeting |
| Ren Imaizumi | Adachi's Assistant Hayami |
| Rikkie Sanjô | Etsuko's mother |
| Tadao Nakamaru | 1st. Lt. Yamamoto |
| Hideo Saeki | Gen. Emoto |
| Takuzō Kumagai | Colonel Ito |
| Akio Kusama | Police Station Chief Togawa |
| Shin Ōtomo | Policeman Kawada |
| Rinsaku Ogata | Policeman Ogata |
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| Takeo Oikawa | Announcer on TV |
| Mitsuo Tsuda | Person at Defense Meeting |
| Kamayuki Tsubono | Defense Meeting Attendee |
| Senkichi Ōmura | Doomed Villager |
| Haruya Katō | Doomed Villager |
| Yasuhiro Shigenobu | Doomed villager |
| Shōichi Hirose | Detective in Etsuko's house |
| Eisuke Nakanishi | Detective in Etsuko's house |
| Keiichirō Katsumoto | Detective |
| Jirô Mitsuaki | Detective |
| Ryûtarô Amami | Policeman |
| Saburô Kadowaki | Policeman |
| Masayoshi Kawabe | Policeman |
| Mitsuo Matsumoto | Newspaper Reporter |
| Hideo Unagami | Mysterian |
| Katsumi Tezuka | Mysterian |
| Haruo Nakajima | Giant Robot |
| Ikio Sawamura | |
| Sachio Sakai | |
| Gen Shimizu | |
| Yasuhisa Tsutsumi | |
| Jun Tazaki | |
| Hideo Shibuya | |
| Yoshibumi Tajima |
Genres
Science FictionActionDramaThrillerWar
Technical details
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | 地球防衛軍 |
| Lingua originale | 日本語 (JA) |
| Lingue parlate | 日本語, English |
| Paesi di produzione | Japan |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | TOHO, Far East Laboratory |
| Data di uscita | 28 dicembre 1957 |
| Producer | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
| Writer | Jōjirō Okami, Takeshi Kimura, Shigeru Kayama |
| Casting | Kaeko Sakamoto |
| Editors | Kôichi Iwashita |
| Cinematography | Hajime Koizumi, Takashi Nakao |
| Asst. Directors | Koji Kajita, Ishirō Honda |
| Lighting | Kuichiro Kishida, Masao Shirota |
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| Camera Operators | Hajime Koizumi, Takashi Nakao |
| Add. Photography | Hajime Koizumi, Takashi Nakao |
| Production Design | Teruaki Abe |
| Art Direction | Teruaki Abe |
| Set Decoration | Teruaki Abe |
| Special Effects | Eiji Tsuburaya, Masakatsu Asai, Sadamasa Arikawa, Shuzaburo Araki, Masao Shirota |
| Visual Effects | Eiji Tsuburaya, Masakatsu Asai, Hiroshi Mukoyama, Sadamasa Arikawa, Shuzaburo Araki, Masao Shirota, Takashi Nakao, Teizô Toshimitsu, Eizo Kaimai, Fuminori Ōhashi |
| Stunts | Haruo Nakajima |
| Composer | Akira Ifukube, Hector Berlioz, Edvard Grieg, Masanobu Miyazaki, Ichirô Minawa |
| Sound | Akira Ifukube, Masanobu Miyazaki, Ichirô Minawa, Hector Berlioz, Edvard Grieg |
| Costume Design | Teizô Toshimitsu, Eizo Kaimai, Fuminori Ōhashi |
| Makeup | Teizô Toshimitsu, Eizo Kaimai, Fuminori Ōhashi |
| Hairstyling | Teizô Toshimitsu, Eizo Kaimai, Fuminori Ōhashi |
| Collezione | The Mysterians Collection |
Release dates
Theatrical release
Country
Serbia
Date
Jan 01, 1959
Note
Exact date unknown
Country
United Kingdom
Date
Jan 01, 1959
Note
Exact date unknown
Country
United States
Date
May 14, 1959
Note
RKO Radio Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) release. Re-written by Peter Riethof & Carlos Montalbán and dubbed by American Dubbing Co.
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Country
Canada
Date
May 29, 1959
Country
Brazil
Date
Oct 12, 1959
Country
France
Date
Dec 02, 1959
Country
Belgium
Date
Jan 01, 1960
Note
Exact date unknown
Country
Norway
Date
Jan 01, 1960
Note
Exact date unknown
Country
Sweden
Date
Feb 01, 1960
Country
Germany
Date
Feb 05, 1960
Certification
12
Country
Portugal
Date
Jul 29, 1960
Country
Denmark
Date
Mar 02, 1961
Country
Italy
Date
Jan 01, 1973
Note
Re-release. Exact date unknown.
Physical media
Country
United States
Date
Mar 01, 2005
Note
Media Blaters/Tokyo Shock DVD. Includes Japanese, English (Bang Zoom! dub), & Spanish audio, w/EN subs.
Country
United Kingdom
Date
Feb 13, 2006
Certification
PG
Note
British Film Institute (BFI) DVD.
Country
Japan
Date
Mar 19, 2010
Note
TOHO Visual Entertainment Blu-ray.
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