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The Mysterians, released in Japan as Chikyū Bōeigun (地球防衛軍, lit. "Earth Defense Force"), is a 1957 Science fiction Tokusatsu film directed by Ishirō Honda and produced & released by Toho Studios. It is notable for being the first Tokusatsu filmed in TohoScope and the first Toho film to use Perspecta stereophonic sound. Allmovie praises the film for its excellent special effects. The Mysterians (which inspired Rudy Martinez to name his band Question Mark & the Mysterians) was followed by a sequel, Battle in Outer Space. The Mysterians, Battle in Outer Space, and Gorath are considered Toho's space-opera trilogy. For Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994), special effects director Koichi Kawakita redesigned the giant robot Mogera into an anti-Godzilla mecha called M.O.G.E.R.A. (Mobile Operation Godzilla Expert Robot Aerotype).
Original Release
12/28/1957
US Release
05/15/1959
Cast
Name | Character |
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Kenji Sahara | Joji Atsumi |
Yumi Shirakawa | Etsuko Shiraishi |
Momoko Kôchi | Hiroko Iwamoto |
Akihiko Hirata | Ryoichi Shiraishi |
Takashi Shimura | Dr. Tanjiro Adachi |
Susumu Fujita | Gen. Morita |
Hisaya Itô | Capt. Seki / Army Capt. Seki |
Yoshio Kosugi | Cmdr. Sugimoto |
Fuyuki Murakami | Dr. Nobu Kawanami |
Yoshio Tsuchiya | Leader of the Mysterians |
Directors
Writers
Takeshi Kimura, Jôjirô Okami, Shigeru Kayama
Cast
Name | Character |
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Kenji Sahara | Joji Atsumi |
Yumi Shirakawa | Etsuko Shiraishi |
Momoko Kôchi | Hiroko Iwamoto |
Akihiko Hirata | Ryoichi Shiraishi |
Takashi Shimura | Dr. Tanjiro Adachi |
Susumu Fujita | Gen. Morita |
Hisaya Itô | Capt. Seki / Army Capt. Seki |
Yoshio Kosugi | Cmdr. Sugimoto |
Fuyuki Murakami | Dr. Nobu Kawanami |
Yoshio Tsuchiya | Leader of the Mysterians |
Minosuke Yamada | Hamamoto - Secretary of Defense |
Tetsu Nakamura | Dr. Koda |
Heihachirô Ôkawa | Person at Board Meeting |
Takeo Oikawa | Announcer on TV |
Senkichi Ômura | Doomed Villager |
Harold Conway | Dr. DeGracia / Dr. De Gracia |
Yutaka Sada | Police Capt. Miyamoto |
Hideo Mihara | Gen. Emoto |
Rikie Sanjo | Etsuko's mother |
Sôji Ubukata | Dr. Noda |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Tomoyuki Tanaka | Producer |