Movie Description
地球防衛軍
(1957)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Ishirō Honda
- Producer : Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Editor : Kôichi Iwashita
- Cast : Kenji Sahara,Yumi Shirakawa,Akihiko Hirata,Momoko Kôchi,Yoshio Tsuchiya,Takashi Shimura,Yoshio Kosugi,Susumu Fujita,Fuyuki Murakami,Yutaka Sada,Hisaya Ito,Tetsu Nakamura,Sōji Ubukata,George Furness,Harold Conway,Heihachirō Ōkawa,Ren Imaizumi,Rikkie Sanjô,Tadao Nakamaru,Hideo Saeki,Takuzō Kumagai,Akio Kusama,Shin Ōtomo,Rinsaku Ogata,Takeo Oikawa,Mitsuo Tsuda,Kamayuki Tsubono,Senkichi Ōmura,Haruya Katō,Yasuhiro Shigenobu,Shōichi Hirose,Eisuke Nakanishi,Keiichirō Katsumoto,Jirô Mitsuaki,Ryûtarô Amami,Saburô Kadowaki,Masayoshi Kawabe,Mitsuo Matsumoto,Hideo Unagami,Katsumi Tezuka,Haruo Nakajima,Ikio Sawamura,Sachio Sakai,Gen Shimizu,Yasuhisa Tsutsumi,Jun Tazaki,Hideo Shibuya,Yoshifumi Tajima
Cast
Joji Atsumi
Etsuko Shiraishi
Ryoichi Shiraishi
Hiroko Iwamoto
Leader of the Mysterians
Dr. Tanjiro Adachi
Cmdr. Sugimoto
Gen. Morita
Dr. Nobu Kawanami
Police Capt. Miyamoto
Army Capt. Seki
Dr. Koda
Dr. Noda
Dr. Svenson
Dr. De Gracia
Person at Board Meeting
Adachi's Assistant Hayami
Etsuko's mother
1st. Lt. Yamamoto
Gen. Emoto
Colonel Ito
Police Station Chief Togawa
Policeman Kawada
Policeman Ogata
Announcer on TV
Person at Defense Meeting
Defense Meeting Attendee
Doomed Villager
Doomed Villager
Doomed villager
Detective in Etsuko's house
Detective in Etsuko's house
Detective
Detective
Policeman
Policeman
Policeman
Newspaper Reporter
Mysterian
Mysterian
Giant Robot
Posters
Facts
Original Title地球防衛軍
Status Released
Release Information
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1957-12-28
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 29m
Production CompaniesTOHO,Far East Laboratory
Genres
- Science Fiction
- Action
- Drama
- Thriller
- War
