Summary
The spaceship AAB-Gamma is dispatched from FAFC headquarters in Japan to make a landing on the planet Mars and investigate reports of UFOs in the area.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Pure escapism
Skip it if
- You scare easily
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 30GoodWatch 37
IMDb4.8
Audience score11%
Running time
1 h 29 min
Shorter than most sci-fi movies, −10 min on the typical 99
typical 9989Half of all sci-fi movies run 90–112 min.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
1967
March 25, 1967
59 years ago
Genres
Science FictionHorrorLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Also spoken
HindiChineseEnglishMade in
- Japan
Rated
- PGUnited States
Not for young kids: it's rated PG in the United States for violence and disturbing imagery, and the viewing guide lists it for teens and adults.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesModerate
- Frightening scenesStrong
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchTeensPure EscapismNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 7 more13 people
- SWShunya WazakiCapt. Sano
- Itoko HaradaMichiko
- Shinichi YanagisawaMiyamoto
- Keisuke SonoiDr. Shioda
- Hiroshi FujiokaMoon Station Correspondent A
- Eiji OkadaDr. Kato
- Peggy NealLisa
- FGFranz GruberDr. Berman
- Mike DaneenStein
- Takanobu HozumiFAFC technical officer
- TWToshiyuki WatanabeFAFC operator
Torahiko HamadaKimura
Yoshino Tani(uncredited)
Directing · 1
- Kazui Nihonmatsu Director, Screenplay
Writing · 2
- Eibi Motomochi Screenplay
- Moriyoshi Ishida Screenplay
Camera · 2
- Chitora Okoshi Director of Photography
- Shizuo Hirase Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Yoshi Sugihara Editor
Sound · 2
- Taku Izumi Original Music Composer
- Hiroshi Nakamura Sound Recordist
Art · 1
- Shigemori Shigeta Art Direction
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