Movie
The Mysterians
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1957-12-28
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Action, Drama, Thriller, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- TOHO, Far East Laboratory
- Country
- Japan
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Kenji Sahara as Joji Atsumi
- Yumi Shirakawa as Etsuko Shiraishi
- Akihiko Hirata as Ryoichi Shiraishi
- Momoko Kôchi as Hiroko Iwamoto
- Yoshio Tsuchiya as Leader of the Mysterians
- Takashi Shimura as Dr. Tanjiro Adachi
- Yoshio Kosugi as Cmdr. Sugimoto
- Susumu Fujita as Gen. Morita
- Fuyuki Murakami as Dr. Nobu Kawanami
- Yutaka Sada as Police Capt. Miyamoto
- Hisaya Ito as Army Capt. Seki
- Tetsu Nakamura as Dr. Koda
Crew
- Ishirō Honda - Director
- Takeshi Kimura - Screenplay
- Jōjirō Okami - Story
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