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Battle in Outer Space (1959)
Directed by Ishirō Honda
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Overview
In 1965, the space station JSS-3 is destroyed by a fleet of UFOs, which then begin a global siege on Earth, using rays to manipulate gravity and control the minds of men. In response, a global council meeting is held to determine the source of the attacks and prepare a rocket ship armada for a counter-attack, a true battle in outer space. . . The film is a sequel of sorts to Toho’s THE MYSTERIANS in the reprise of the Etsuko Shiraishi character of that film as its heroine. It was edited to 74 minutes for its American release.
Length 90 minutes
Actors
Koreya Senda | Ryô Ikebe | Kyôko Anzai | Yoshio Tsuchiya | Leonard Stanford | Harold Conway | Hisaya Ito | Minoru Takada | Nadao Kirino | Fuyuki Murakami | Malcolm Pearce | Leonard Walsh | Kôzô Nomura | Ikio Sawamura | Tadashi Okabe | Elsie Richter | Takuzô Kumagai | Katsumi Tezuka | Mitsuo Tsuda | Osman Yusuf | George Whyman | Yasuhisa Tsutsumi | Dona Carlson | Kisao Hatamochi | Yasuo Araki | Heinz Bodmer | Rinsaku Ogata | Shigeo Katô | Saburô Kadowaki | Keisuke Yamada | Yukihiko Gondô | Koji Kamimura | Shinjirô Hirota
Viewing History (seen 3 times)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/08/2024 | TV | DVD | Owned | 6 stars |
| 04/11/2022 | TV | Broadcast | TV | 6 stars |
| 12/31/2012 | TV | DVD | Rented | 6 stars |
| (Average) 6 stars |
Viewing Notes
Programmed by DKUTV for their Monday Monstrous Dubs double feature. Since it’s the only Ishiro Honda movie I’ve only logged once I decided to tune in. I do own this on DVD but lord knows where it is so might as well just watch the broadcast which is probably the same transfer just dubbed. The dubbing is fine bc half this movie is non-Japanese anyways.
The movie is a bit dry and mostly worth watching for the sweet miniatures and paintings. Probably why I haven’t bothered to see this again over the last ten years. Amusing that Ifukube repurposed most of this score for future Godzilla flicks.
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