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The Mysterians

The Mysterians

Space weapons mobilize! A great battle between Earth forces and the gruesome mystery planet people, the Mysterians!

19576.41h 29m

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.

Directed by Ishirō Honda
Written by Jōjirō Okami, Takeshi Kimura, Shigeru Kayama
Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka
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Top Cast

Kenji Sahara

Kenji Sahara

Joji Atsumi

Yumi Shirakawa

Yumi Shirakawa

Etsuko Shiraishi

Akihiko Hirata

Akihiko Hirata

Ryoichi Shiraishi

Momoko Kôchi

Momoko Kôchi

Hiroko Iwamoto

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Leader of the Mysterians

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Dr. Tanjiro Adachi

Yoshio Kosugi

Yoshio Kosugi

Cmdr. Sugimoto

Susumu Fujita

Susumu Fujita

Gen. Morita

Fuyuki Murakami

Fuyuki Murakami

Dr. Nobu Kawanami

Yutaka Sada

Yutaka Sada

Police Capt. Miyamoto

Themes & Keywords

japanflying saucerspacemanalienspacegiant robotalien abductionalien invasionkaijuhuman vs alienray guntokusatsu

About The Mysterians

The Mysterians is a science fiction, action, drama, thriller, war film released in 1957 exploring themes of japan, flying saucer, spaceman, alien, space, giant robot. Directed by Ishirō Honda, it stars Kenji Sahara, Yumi Shirakawa, Akihiko Hirata. 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.

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