Gorath

Gorath

88 mins | Action, Thriller, Science Fiction | March 21, 1962

In 1980, a giant planetoid named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Even though it is smaller than Earth, its mass is huge enough to crush the Earth and destroy it. A mission sent to observe Gorath is destroyed after all the orbiting ships are drawn into the planetoid. A later mission is sent to observe and the crew barely leaves before suffering the same fate. However Astronaut Tatsuo Kanai is left in a catatonic state due to his near death experience. The Earth's scientists then come up with a desperate plan to build giant rockets at the South Pole to move Earth out of Gorath's path before it is too late.

Gorath

88 mins | Action, Thriller, Science Fiction | March 21, 1962

Gorath
In 1980, a giant planetoid named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Even though it is smaller than Earth, its mass is huge enough to crush the Earth and destroy it. A mission sent to observe Gorath is destroyed after all the orbiting ships are drawn into the planetoid. A later mission is sent to observe and the crew barely leaves before suffering the same fate. However Astronaut Tatsuo Kanai is left in a catatonic state due to his near death experience. The Earth's scientists then come up with a desperate plan to build giant rockets at the South Pole to move Earth out of Gorath's path before it is too late.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers Toho Company, Ltd.
Original title 妖星ゴラス
Directors Ishirō Honda
Writers Jôjirô Okami, Takeshi Kimura

Cast

Ryō Ikebe

as Dr. Tazawa

Yumi Shirakawa

as Tomoko Sonoda

Akira Kubo

as Tatsuma Kanai

Kumi Mizuno

as Takiko Nomura

Hiroshi Tachikawa

as Wakabayashi

Akihiko Hirata

as Endô

Kenji Sahara

as Saiki

Jun Tazaki

as Raizô Sonoda

Ken Uehara

as Dr. Kôno

Takashi Shimura

as Kensuke Sonoda

Seizaburō Kawazu

as Tada - Minister of Finance

Kō Mishima

as Sanada

Sachio Sakai

as Physician

Takamaru Sasaki

as Prime Minister Seki

Kō Nishimura

as Murata - Secretary of Space

Eitarō Ozawa

as Kinami - Minister of Justice

Kôzô Nomura

as Observer of Ôtori

Keiko Sata

as Prime Minister's Secretary

Hideyo Amamoto

as Man in Bar

George Furness

as Hooverman

Ross Benette

as Gibson

Jun'ichirō Mukai

as Space Base Security Guard

Nadao Kirino

as Manabe

Fumio Sakashita

as Hayao Sonoda

Ikio Sawamura

as Taxi Driver

Toshihiko Furuta

as Observer of Ôtori

Yoshiyuki Uemura

as Ôtori Mathematician

Rinsaku Ogata

as Ôtori Engineer

Masayoshi Kawabe

as Ôtori Observer

Yasushi Matsubara

as Ôtori Radio Operator

Tadashi Okabe

as Ôtori Mathematician

Kôji Uno

as Reporter

Yukihiko Gondô

as Ôtori Pilot

Ken'ichirô Maruyama

as Ôtori Engineer

Yasuhiko Saijô

as Ôtori Radio Operator

Katsumi Tezuka

as Ôtori Radio Operator

Akira Yamada

as Hayabusa Engineer

Hiroshi Takagi

as Hayabusa Engineer

Toshitsugu Suzuki

as Hayabusa Pilot

Wataru Ômae

as Hayabusa Mathmatician

Ichirô Shôji

as Hayabysa Observer

Yasuo Araki

as Hayabusa Observer

Hideo Shibuya

as Reporter

Kazuo Imai

as Hayabusa Radio Operator

Takuya Yuki

as Hayabusa Mathematician

Yusuke Suzuki

as Hayabusa Fuel Checkouter

Takuzō Kumagai

as Government Personnel

Hiroshi Akitsu

as Government Personnel/ Man pointing at sky

Enver Altenbay

as South Pole Base Member

Ryûtarô Amami

as Government Personnel/South Pole Worker

Henrî Ban

as Man in convention Hall

Hank Brown

as South Pole Base Personnel

Ichirô Chiba

as Government Personnel

Kenzo Echigo

as Otori Astronaut

Bin Furuya

as Reporter

Ted Gunther

as South Pole Base Personnel

Shinjirô Hirota

as Government Personnel

Hans Horneff

as Dr. Konig

Tsurue Ichimanji

as Sonoda Family Maid

Toku Ihara

as South Pole Base Worker

Saburô Iketani

as Newsanchor

Minoru Itô

as Ôtori Astronaut

Ralph Jesser

as South Pole Base Personnel

Saburô Kadowaki

as Reporter

Kuniyoshi Kashima

as South Pole Base Worker

Yoshio Katsube

as Reporter/Space Station Observer

Keiichirô Katsumoto

as Government Personnel

Shigeo Katô

as South Pole Base Worker

Ikuo Kawamura

as Ôtori Astronaut

Akira Kitchôji

as Government Personnel

Akio Kusama

as Government Personnel

Ed Keane

as USSO Representative

Someshô Matsumoto

as Government Personnel

Masahide Matsushita

as South Pole Base Worker

Jirô Mitsuaki

as Government Personnel

Takashi Narita

as Government Personnel

Junpei Natsuki

as Man at Funeral

Yutaka Oka

as South Pole Base Worker

Keiji Sakakida

as Government Personnel

Haruya Sakamoto

as Reporter

Ryôji Shimizu

as Base Designer

Junnosuke Suda

as Government Personnel

Haruo Suzuki

as Reporter

Kamayuki Tsubono

as Government Personnel

Keisuke Yamada

as Government Personnel

Shin Yoshida

as Government Personnel

Osman Yusuf

as South Pole Base Worker

Yasumasa Ônishi

as Government Personnel

Hideo Ôtsuka

as Reporter

Haruo Nakajima

as Maguma

Koji Suzuki

as Pilot of Hayabusa

Masaya Nihei

as Itô