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The Mysterians
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1072
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The Mysterians (1959)
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They come from another World...They want 3 kilometres of land-and...FIVE of your WOMEN!
Space monsters invade the Earth!
Join mankind's most treacherous battle for survival!
From behind the moon they come... To invade the earth! Abduct its women! Level its cities.
The Greatest Science-Fiction Picture Ever Conceived By the Mind of Man.
Most famous for his original Godzilla film in 1956, director Inoshiro Honda is primarily a screenwriter and quite seldom a director. One of his recurrent themes -- the deadly or mutant effects of atomic radiation (as in Godzilla), is also featured in this otherwise routine sci-fi film. The title characters are from a planet that has been destroyed by nuclear bombs. After the Mysterians land on Earth they ask the Japanese for some land to settle and a few nubile women to propagate their race. Scientists are dubious about the intentions of these aliens and so an offensive is launched against them, an offensive that looks like it has no hope of success. Special effects here are excellent considering that computer-generated effects were far in the future. The large robot may be the one exception.
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.[2]
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).
The film was released in the U.S. in May 1959. The New York Times called the film "an ear-splitting Japanese-made fantasy, photographed in runny color and dubbed English," and concluded: "This Metro release is crammed with routine footage of death rays and scrambling civilians, not one of whom can act. Tomoyuki Tanaka produced the mess and Inoshiro Honda directed it. Peter Riethof and Carlos Montalban are responsible for the 'English version,' and may it spread no further linguistically."[3]
The original English dubbed version was released at least twice on VHS in the US. Media Blasters released the Japanese version on DVD in 2005 and recorded new English and Spanish audio tracks for the disc. Toho claims it doesn't own the original English dub anymore and thus it was not included on the DVD.
The original story of The Mysterians had no monster in it. Mogera's inclusion was a last minute idea as producer Tomoyuki Tanaka felt the film needed a kaiju. Mogera's original concept can still be seen in story board stills, which depicted him as a half mole half reptilian monster. Though the design was never used, some key details were later used in the monster Baragon for the film Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965). Most notably was the monster's burrowing ability, heat ray, and a ridged back. Director Ishiro Honda reworked Moguera into being a robot as a way to further demonstrate the technological power the Mysterians possessed.
The Mysterians Dome was originally to come out of a lake but was changed to coming out of the ground.
Release Date: July 1, 1959
Distrib: MGM
Space monsters invade the Earth!
Join mankind's most treacherous battle for survival!
From behind the moon they come... To invade the earth! Abduct its women! Level its cities.
The Greatest Science-Fiction Picture Ever Conceived By the Mind of Man.
Most famous for his original Godzilla film in 1956, director Inoshiro Honda is primarily a screenwriter and quite seldom a director. One of his recurrent themes -- the deadly or mutant effects of atomic radiation (as in Godzilla), is also featured in this otherwise routine sci-fi film. The title characters are from a planet that has been destroyed by nuclear bombs. After the Mysterians land on Earth they ask the Japanese for some land to settle and a few nubile women to propagate their race. Scientists are dubious about the intentions of these aliens and so an offensive is launched against them, an offensive that looks like it has no hope of success. Special effects here are excellent considering that computer-generated effects were far in the future. The large robot may be the one exception.
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.[2]
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).
The film was released in the U.S. in May 1959. The New York Times called the film "an ear-splitting Japanese-made fantasy, photographed in runny color and dubbed English," and concluded: "This Metro release is crammed with routine footage of death rays and scrambling civilians, not one of whom can act. Tomoyuki Tanaka produced the mess and Inoshiro Honda directed it. Peter Riethof and Carlos Montalban are responsible for the 'English version,' and may it spread no further linguistically."[3]
The original English dubbed version was released at least twice on VHS in the US. Media Blasters released the Japanese version on DVD in 2005 and recorded new English and Spanish audio tracks for the disc. Toho claims it doesn't own the original English dub anymore and thus it was not included on the DVD.
The original story of The Mysterians had no monster in it. Mogera's inclusion was a last minute idea as producer Tomoyuki Tanaka felt the film needed a kaiju. Mogera's original concept can still be seen in story board stills, which depicted him as a half mole half reptilian monster. Though the design was never used, some key details were later used in the monster Baragon for the film Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965). Most notably was the monster's burrowing ability, heat ray, and a ridged back. Director Ishiro Honda reworked Moguera into being a robot as a way to further demonstrate the technological power the Mysterians possessed.
The Mysterians Dome was originally to come out of a lake but was changed to coming out of the ground.
Release Date: July 1, 1959
Distrib: MGM
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