The Mysterians

The Mysterians

89 mins | Drama, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction, War | Dec. 28, 1957

In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire village to vanish, then send a giant robot out to storm the city by night, after which they request a small patch of land on Earth and the right to marry earthling women, claiming to be pacifists. Mankind must decide whether to capitulate or to resist.

The Mysterians

89 mins | Drama, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction, War | Dec. 28, 1957

The Mysterians
In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire village to vanish, then send a giant robot out to storm the city by night, after which they request a small patch of land on Earth and the right to marry earthling women, claiming to be pacifists. Mankind must decide whether to capitulate or to resist.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Toho Company, Ltd.
Original title 地球防衛軍
Directors Ishirō Honda
Writers Jôjirô Okami, Shigeru Kayama, Takeshi Kimura

Cast

Kenji Sahara

as Joji Atsumi

Yumi Shirakawa

as Etsuko Shiraishi

Akihiko Hirata

as Ryoichi Shiraishi

Momoko Kôchi

as Hiroko Iwamoto

Yoshio Tsuchiya

as Leader of the Mysterians

Takashi Shimura

as Dr. Tanjiro Adachi

Yoshio Kosugi

as Cmdr. Sugimoto

Susumu Fujita

as Gen. Morita

Fuyuki Murakami

as Dr. Nobu Kawanami

Yutaka Sada

as Police Capt. Miyamoto

Hisaya Itô

as Army Capt. Seki

Tetsu Nakamura

as Dr. Koda

Sôji Ubukata

as Dr. Noda

George Furness

as Dr. Svenson

Harold Conway

as Dr. De Gracia

Heihachirô Ôkawa

as Person at Board Meeting

Ren Imaizumi

as Adachi's Assistant Hayami

Rikkie Sanjô

as Etsuko's mother

Tadao Nakamaru

as 1st. Lt. Yamamoto

Hideo Mihara

as Gen. Emoto

Takuzō Kumagai

as Colonel Ito

Akio Kusama

as Police Station Chief Togawa

Shin Ôtomo

as Policeman Kawada

Rinsaku Ogata

as Policeman Ogata

Takeo Oikawa

as Announcer on TV

Mitsuo Tsuda

as Person at Defense Meeting

Kamayuki Tsubono

as Defense Meeting Attendee

Senkichi Ômura

as Doomed Villager

Haruya Katō

as Doomed Villager

Yasuhiro Shigenobu

as Doomed villager

Shôichi Hirose

as Detective in Etsuko's house

Eisuke Nakanishi

as Detective in Etsuko's house

Keiichirô Katsumoto

as Detective

Jirô Mitsuaki

as Detective

Ryûtarô Amami

as Policeman

Saburô Kadowaki

as Policeman

Masayoshi Kawabe

as Policeman

Mitsuo Matsumoto

as Newspaper Reporter

Hideo Unagami

as Mysterian

Katsumi Tezuka

as Mysterian

Haruo Nakajima

as Giant Robot [Script name: Moguera]