Battle in Outer Space
5.6
“Will the Earth be reduced to space dust? A giant battle unfolds on the other side of the moon!”
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.
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Part of The Mysterians Collection
3 films
Cast
33 people
Koreya Senda
Professor Adachi
Known for
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Gate of Hell
Ryō Ikebe
Major Ichiro Katsumiya
Known for
Pale Flower
Early Spring
Kyōko Anzai
Etsuko Shiraishi
Also in
Love Letter
Vampire Moth
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Iwomura
Known for
Seven Samurai
Funeral Parade of Roses
Leonard Stanford
Dr. Roger Richardson
No other roles listed
Harold Conway
Dr. Immerman
Known for
Crazed Fruit
Hisaya Ito
Kogure
Known for
Destroy All Monsters
The War of the Gargantuas
Minoru Takada
The Commander
Known for
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Atragon
Nadao Kirino
Gravity Man
Known for
Destroy All Monsters
The War of the Gargantuas
Fuyuki Murakami
Inspector Iriake
Known for
Godzilla
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Malcolm Pearce
Dr. Achmed
Leonard Walsh
Thomas Sheldon
No other roles listed
Ishirō Honda Director · Shinichi Sekizawa Screenplay Jōjirō Okami Story
United States release July 8, 1960 · Produced in Japan · Languages English, German, Japanese
Production
TOHO
Production
Far East Laboratory
Production
Columbia Pictures
Studio
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
宇宙大戦争
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
English · German · Japanese
Release dates
Japan · December 26, 1959
Theatrical
United States · July 8, 1960
Theatrical
Canada
July 25, 1960 · Theatrical
Finland
December 16, 1960 · Theatrical
Germany
November 30, 1960 · Theatrical
Italy
January 12, 1961 · Theatrical
Mexico
January 5, 1961 · Theatrical
Portugal
July 13, 1961 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
April 15, 1962 · Theatrical
November 16, 2020 · Physical · Eureka! Entertainment Blu-ray release entitled "Ishirō Honda Double Feature". Packaged with The H-Man (JP & US cuts).
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