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Rating: 6 stars

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All movies seen on 01/03/2025

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Invasion of the Neptune Men (1961)

Directed by Koji Ota

Science Fiction | Action | Disaster

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Overview

Astronomer Shinichi Tachibana has a secret identity as the superhero “Iron Sharp” and is well beloved by children. When they are attacked by a group of metallic aliens, Iron Sharp drives the aliens away. The resourceful Tachibana helps develop an electric barrier to block the aliens from coming to the Earth. After several losses by the aliens, they announce that they will invade the Earth, throwing the world into a state of panic.

Length 74 minutes

Actors

Sonny Chiba | Shinjirô Ehara | Ryuko Mizukami | Mitsue Komiya | Seiichirô Kameishi | Shiro Okamoto | Rinichi Yamamoto | Kappei Matsumoto | Takashi Kanda | Ken Sudo | Junji Masuda | Koji Sahara | Harold Conway | Yuji Kitamine | Tadashi Minamikawa | Kôji Sekiyama | Gôzô Sôma | Akikane Sawa | Masazumi Okabe | Shirô Ôki | Jo Moriya | Kosaku Okano | Kenji Todoroki | Kenji Miyako | Akira Katayama

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Kicking off my Year of the Chiba with this one, which is so nice to own and looks very good on the Shout Factory tokusatsu release. It did bring up my irritation on my previous viewing from seeing the low ratings out there for a fun early JP sci-fi film. So my previous notes still stand.

I do love how on the nose this movie is from a post-war into Cold War context. And ofc babyface Sonny Chiba is a delight as Iron Sharp.

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