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The Mysterians (1957)

Directed by Ishirō Honda

Science Fiction | Action | War

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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.

Length 89 minutes

Actors

Kenji Sahara | Yumi Shirakawa | Akihiko Hirata | Momoko Kôchi | Yoshio Tsuchiya | Takashi Shimura | Yoshio Kosugi | Susumu Fujita | Fuyuki Murakami | Yutaka Sada | Hisaya Ito | Tetsu Nakamura | Sôji Ubukata | George Furness | Harold Conway | Heihachirô Ôkawa | Ren Imaizumi | Rikkie Sanjô | Tadao Nakamaru | Hideo Saeki | Takuzô Kumagai | Akio Kusama | Shin Ôtomo | Rinsaku Ogata | Takeo Oikawa | Mitsuo Tsuda | Kamayuki Tsubono | Senkichi Ômura | Haruya Katô | Yasuhiro Shigenobu | Shôichi Hirose | Eisuke Nakanishi | Keiichirô 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

Viewing History (seen 3 times)

Viewing Notes

Been itching to watch more Ishiro Honda films. Been a few years since I’ve seen this (last time at G-Fest 2009) so it’s a good one to revisit. Forgot that corny bit w/the Mysterians wanting all the women to mate with them. Also so heavy handed w/that “don’t use science for evil” bit.

Not the best Honda film but it does have a great cast and a great score. I really want to own that Ifukube score (the DVD even has a separate score track). It’s amusing to hear the American actors attempt at speaking Japanese. In the film, they speak the language as if they are intended to be fluent. Yet it sounds so stilted and rehearsed it’s obvious they’re not.

Anyways, fun comfort film.

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