“The crisis of the colliding mystery star is imminent! Can the Earth break free of its orbit?”
In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although it is smaller than Earth, its enormous mass is enough to destroy the planet totally. A mission sent to observe Gorath is destroyed after the ship is drawn into the star, with a later mission barely escaping the same fate. However, Astronaut Tatsuma Kanai is left in a catatonic state due to his near death experience. Unable to destroy the invading star, Earth's scientists undertake a desperate plan to build giant rockets at the South Pole to move the planet out of Gorath's path before it is too late.
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Cast
91 people
Ryō Ikebe
Dr. Tazawa
Known for
Pale Flower
Early Spring
Yumi Shirakawa
Tomoko Sonoda
Known for
Rodan
The Mysterians
Akira Kubo
Tatsuma Kanai
Known for
Destroy All Monsters
Throne of Blood
Kumi Mizuno
Takiko Nomura
Known for
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
The War of the Gargantuas
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Wakabayashi
Known for
Throne of Blood
Yojimbo
Akihiko Hirata
Endô
Known for
Godzilla
Rodan
Kenji Sahara
Saiki
Known for
All Monsters Attack
Rodan
Jun Tazaki
Raizô Sonoda
Known for
High and Low
Destroy All Monsters
Ken Uehara
Dr. Kôno
Known for
Repast
Mothra
Takashi Shimura
Kensuke Sonoda
Known for
Seven Samurai
Ikiru
Seizaburō Kawazu
Tada - Minister of Finance
Known for
Yojimbo
New Tale of Zatoichi
Kō Mishima
Sanada
Known for
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Ishirō Honda Director · Takeshi Kimura Screenplay Jōjirō Okami Story
United States release November 27, 1963 · Produced in Japan · Languages Chinese, English, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
Production
TOHO
Production
Tokyo Laboratory
Production
Japan
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Original title
妖星ゴラス
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Chinese · English · Indonesian · Italian · Japanese · Russian
Release dates
Japan · March 21, 1962
Theatrical
United States · November 27, 1963
Limited theatrical
Germany
March 19, 2021 · Physical · Anolis Entertainment Blu-ray release titled "Gorath - Ufos Destroy the Earth". Includes DE subtitled Japanese version & W. German dubbed theatrical version.
Hong Kong SAR China
September 21, 1962 · Theatrical
Japan
February 27, 2004 · Physical · "DVD Toho" DVD
June 15, 2022 · Physical · TOHO Visual Entertainment Blu-ray pack titled "Toho Kaiju / Tokusatsu". Packaged with "Varan", "Dogora", & "Space Amoeba".
Singapore
December 22, 1962 · Theatrical
Thailand
January 1, 1963 · Theatrical · Date outside the year is currently unknown.
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