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Summary
The superhero Starman is sent by the Emerald Planet to protect Earth from belligerent aliens from the Sapphire Galaxy. The Sapphireans (or "Spherions") kidnap Dr. Yamanaka and force him to use his spaceship against the Earth.
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- Friends night
- Party vibe
- Teens
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 39GoodWatch 43
Audience score43%
IMDb3.4
Running time
1 h 16 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 action movies, −32 min on the typical 108
typical 10876Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
Reach
Streams in 137 countries
+127Released
1965
March 6, 1965
61 years ago
Genres
ActionScience FictionTV MovieLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishMade in
- United States
Japan
Directing · 3
- Teruo Ishii Director
- Nagayoshi Akasaka Director
- Akira Miwa Director
Writing · 1
- Ichirō Miyagawa Screenplay
Production · 1
- Walter Manley Producer
Camera · 1
- Takashi Watanabe Director of Photography
Sound · 1
- Chumei Watanabe Original Music Composer
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GoodWatch score 44Film 3
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GoodWatch score 42Film 4
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