Summary
In 1965, the space station JSS-3 is destroyed by a fleet of UFOs, which then begin a global siege on Earth, using rays to manipulate gravity and control the minds of men.
Good for
- Friends night
- Party vibe
- Teens
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 50GoodWatch 52
Letterboxd · 3 K ratings2.9/5
IMDb5.6
Audience score36%
Running time
1 h 30 min
A typical length for sci-fi movies, −9 min on the typical 99
typical 9990Half of all sci-fi movies run 90–112 min.
Reach
Streams in 138 countries
+128Released
1959
December 26, 1959
67 years ago
Genres
Science FictionActionLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Also spoken
GermanEnglishMade in
- Japan
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightParty VibePublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensPure EscapismNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 15 more33 people
- Koreya SendaProfessor Adachi
- Ryō IkebeMajor Ichiro Katsumiya
- Kyōko AnzaiEtsuko Shiraishi
- Yoshio TsuchiyaIwomura
- LSLeonard StanfordDr. Roger Richardson
- Harold ConwayDr. Immerman
- Hisaya ItoKogure
- Minoru TakadaThe Commander
- Nadao KirinoGravity Man
Fuyuki MurakamiInspector Iriake- MPMalcolm PearceDr. Achmed
- LWLeonard WalshThomas Sheldon
Kōzō NomuraRocket Commander
Ikio SawamuraLantern Man
Tadashi OkabeNewscaster- ERElsie RichterSylvia
Takuzō KumagaiNatari
Katsumi TezukaNatari- MTMitsuo TsudaNatari
Osman YusufBystander- GWGeorge WhymanRoger
Yasuhisa TsutsumiOfficial- DCDona CarlsonRoger's Wife
- KHKisao HatamochiNatari
Directing · 2
- Ishirō Honda Director
- Koji Kajita Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Shinichi Sekizawa Screenplay
- Jōjirō Okami Story
Production · 2
- Tomoyuki Tanaka Producer
- Yasuaki Sakamoto Production Manager
Camera · 1
- Hajime Koizumi Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Kazuji Taira Editor
Sound · 4
- Akira Ifukube Original Music Composer
- Yosaku Suma Original Music Composer
- Chôshichirô Mikami Sound Recordist
- Masanobu Miyazaki Sound Recordist
Art · 1
- Teruaki Abe Production Design, Art Direction
Visual Effects · 5
- Eiji Tsuburaya Visual Effects Director, Visual Effects, Special Effects
- Sadamasa Arikawa Visual Effects Camera
- Hiroshi Mukoyama Visual Effects
- Shigeru Komatsuzaki Mechanical Designer
- Shuzaburo Araki Visual Effects
Lighting · 2
- Kuichiro Kishida Lighting Technician
- Rokuro Ishikawa Lighting Technician
Other crew · 2
- Akira Watanabe Visual Effects Art Director
- Masakatsu Asai Special Effects
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