CHIKYU BOEIGUN (1957)

Film details

Featuring

Kenji Sahara Yumi Shirakawa Momoko Kochi
Director

Ishiro Honda
Country

Japan
Year

1957
Genre

Science Fiction
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

The MYSTERIANS Alternative

Synopsis

Japanese scientist, aided by other world powers, defeat outer space invaders.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Jyoji Atsumi
    
    Kenji Sahara
  - Etsuko Shiraishi
    
    Yumi Shirakawa
  - Hiroko
    
    Momoko Kochi
  - Ryochi Shiraishi
    
    Akihiko Hirata
  - Doctor Adachi
    
    Takashi Shimura
  - Commander Morita
    
    Susumu Fujita
  - Captain Seki
    
    Hisaya Ito
  - Commander Sugimoto
    
    Yoshio Kosugi
  - Doctor Kawanami
    
    Fuyuki Murakami
  - General Hamamoto
    
    Minosuke Yamada
  - Mogera
    
    Haruo Nakajima
  - alien commander
    
    Yoshio Tsuchiya
  - American scientist
    
    Conway, Harold S.
  - cast member
    
    Tetsu Nakamura
  - cast member
    
    Heihachirô Ôkawa
  - cast member
    
    Takeo Ikawa
  - cast member
    
    Haruya Kato
  - cast member
    
    Senkichi Omura
  - cast member
    
    Yutaka Sada
  - cast member
    
    Hideo Mihara
  - cast member
    
    Rikie Sanuo
  - cast member
    
    Shoji Oikita
  - cast member
    
    Mitsuo Tsuda
  - cast member
    
    Ken Imaizumi
  - cast member
    
    Shin Otomo
  - cast member
    
    Jiro Kumagi
  - cast member
    
    Akio Kusuma
  - cast member
    
    Shoichi Hirose
  - cast member
    
    Tadao Nakamura
  - cast member
    
    Kaneyuki Tsubono
  - cast member
    
    Rinsaku Ogata
  - cast member
    
    Yasuhiro Shigenobu
  - cast member
    
    George Farness
  - cast member
    
    Katsumi Tezuka
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Honda, Ishiro
  - Assistant Director
    
    Koji Kajita
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Toho Co. Ltd.
  - Producer
    
    Tomoyuki Tanaka
  - Production Manager
    
    Yasuaki Sakamoto
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Takeshi Kimura
  - Adaptation
    
    Shigeru Kayama
  - Original Story
    
    Jojiro Okami
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Hajime Koizumi
  - Lighting
    
    Kuichiro Kishida
  Special Effects:
  - Special Effects Unit (Director)
    
    Eiji Tsuburaya
  - Special Effects Unit (Photography)
    
    Sadamasa Arikawa
  - Special Effects Unit (Art Direction)
    
    Akira Watanabe
  - [Special Effects Unit (Art Director)]
    
    Shigeru Komatsuzaki
  - Special Effects Unit (Opt'l Photography)
    
    Hidesaburo Araki
  - Special Effects Unit (Matte Process)
    
    Hiroshi Mukoyama
  - Special Effects Unit (Light Effects)
    
    Masao Shiroda
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Iwashita, Hiroichi
  Design:
  - Art Director
    
    Teruaki Abe
  Costumes:
  - [Alien Costumes]
    
    Shigeru Komatsuzaki
  Music:
  - Music
    
    Akira Ifukube
  Sound:
  - Sound Recording
    
    Masanobu Miyazaki
  - Sound
    
    Toho Sound Studio
  - Sound Effects
    
    Ichiro Minawa
  - Sound Effects
    
    Toho Sound Effects Group
  - 1959 English Language Version
    
    Peter Riethof
  - 1959 English Language Version Supervis'n
    
    Jay Bonafield
  - 1959 English Language Version (Voice)
    
    Carlos Montalban