The War in Space
The War in Space
惑星大戦争
Wakusei Daisensō
Great Planet War
Director | Jun Fukuda |
Special Effects Director | Teruyoshi Nakano |
Producer |
Tomoyuki Tanaka Fumio Tanaka |
Original Story | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
Screenplay |
Ryuzo Nakanishi Shuichi Nagahara |
Photography | Yuzuru Aizawa |
Art | Kazuo Satsuya |
Sound | Toshiya Ban |
Lighting | Shinji Kojima |
Music | Toshiaki Tsushima |
Editor | Michiko Ikeda |
Special Effects Art | Yasuyuki Inoue |
Special Effects Assistant Director | Koichi Kawakita |
Production Companies | Toho |
Release Date | December 17, 1977 |
Runtime | 91 minutes |
惑星大戦争 Wakusei Daisensō Great Planet War |
Director | Jun Fukuda |
Special Effects Director | Teruyoshi Nakano |
Producer |
Tomoyuki Tanaka Fumio Tanaka |
Original Story | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
Screenplay |
Ryuzo Nakanishi Shuichi Nagahara |
Photography | Yuzuru Aizawa |
Art | Kazuo Satsuya |
Sound | Toshiya Ban |
Lighting | Shinji Kojima |
Music | Toshiaki Tsushima |
Editor | Michiko Ikeda |
Special Effects Art | Yasuyuki Inoue |
Special Effects Assistant Director | Koichi Kawakita |
Production Companies | Toho |
Release Date | December 17, 1977 |
Runtime | 91 minutes |
Space pilot Miyoshi returns to Japan after an extended tour in the US. He reunites with his former lover Jun, who is now engaged to his best friend Muroi. The festivities are cut short when unknown alien forces destroy the Terra space station. Miyoshi meets with Jun’s father, Takigawa, and discusses the Goten plan. The Goten was a space vessel designed by Takigawa that may be the only weapon capable of defending the earth from this new alien threat, but Takigawa is reluctant to reactivate it. Takigawa is also visited by his old colleague Schmidt, who urges him to either reactivate Goten or appoint a new authority to carry out the project. Takigawa outs Schmidt as an alien double, and Miyoshi dispatches it. Realizing that the aliens are fearful of the Goten project, Takigawa decides to reactivate it.
The alien attacks on earth intensify as the Goten is readied for launch. The Goten easily defeats the invading forces and sets course for Venus. On the way the Goten stops at the wreckage of the Terra satellite and retrieves the corpse of one of the crew. The corpse is revealed to be another alien in disguise, who kidnaps Jun and whisks her to the aliens’ base on Venus. Commander Hell, leader of the aliens, tries to use Jun as leverage to force the Goten to stand down, but Takigawa is undeterred.
Miyoshi and Muroi locate Jun on Venus and lead an task force to rescue her and deactivate the shields around Hell’s ship. Muroi sacrifices himself so that Miyoshi and Jun can return safely to the Goten. Afterwards, Takigawa dismisses the crew from the bridge and boards a secret cockpit to launch Goten’s weapon of last resort: a flying bomb capable of destroying planets. He leaves behind a message explaining that hew as reluctant to use Goten because of the destructive power of this weapon, but neither could he let it fall into Hell’s hands. The Goten and its crew escapes while Takigawa remains behind to destroy Hell’s ship, along with the rest of planet Venus.
Top Billed Cast
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Top Billed Cast
Koji Miyoshi
Jun Takigawa
Kazuo Fuyuki
Tadashi Mikasa
Dr. Matsuzawa
Defense Force Commander
Researcher
Defense Force Officer
Commander Hell
Gotengo Pilot
Space Beastman
Dr. Schmidt
Jimmy
Tetsuo Kusaka
Reisuke Muroi
Masato Takigawa
製作 Producer |
田中友幸 Tomoyuki Tanaka |
田中文雄 Fumio Tanaka |
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原案 Original Story |
神宮寺八郎 Hachiro Jinguji |
脚本 Screenplay |
中西隆三 Ryuzo Nakanishi |
永原秀一 Shuichi Nagahara |
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撮影 Photography |
逢沢譲 Yuzuru Aizawa |
美術 Art |
薩谷和夫 Kazuo Satsuya |
録音 Sound |
伴利也 Toshiya Ban |
照明 Lighting |
小島真二 Shinji Kojima |
音楽 Music |
津島利章 Toshiaki Tsushima |
サントラ盤 Soundtrack |
東宝レコード Toho Records |
電子音響デザイン Electronic Acoustic Design |
大野松雄 Matsuo Ono |
効果 Effects |
東宝効果集団 Toho Effects Group |
整音 Dubbing |
東宝録音センター Toho Sound Center |
監督助手 Assistant Director |
今村一平 Ippei Imamura |
編集 Editor |
池田美千子 Michiko Ikeda |
スチール Stills |
石月美徳 Yoshinori Ishizuki |
現像 Developing |
東京現像所 Tokyo Laboratory |
製作担当者 Production Manager |
橋本利明 Toshiaki Hashimoto |
特殊技術 Special Effects |
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撮影 Photography |
山本武 Takeshi Yamamoto |
美術 Art |
井上泰幸 Yasuyuki Inoue |
照明 Lighting |
森本正邦 Masakuni Morimoto |
スチール Stills |
田中一清 Kazukiyo Tanaka |
合成 Synthesis |
三瓶一信 Kazunobu Sanpei |
監督助手 Assistant Director |
川北紘一 Koichi Kawakita |
光学撮影 Optical Photography |
宮西武史 Takeshi Miyauchi |
作画 Illustrations |
塚田猛昭 Takeaki Tsukada |
操演 Physical Effects |
松本光司 Koji Matsumoto |
特殊効果 Sound Effects |
渡辺忠昭 Tadaaki Watanabe |
製作担当者 Production Manager |
篠田啓助 Keisuke Shinoda |
出演者 Performers |
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森田健作(松竹) Kensaku Morita (Shochiku) |
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浅野ゆう子 Yuko Asano |
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宮内洋 Hiroshi Miyauchi |
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新克利 Katsutoshi Atarashi |
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大滝秀治 Hideji Otaki |
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平田昭彦 Akihiko Hirata |
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橋本功 Isao Hashimoto |
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中山昭二 Shuji Nakayama |
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睦五郎 Goro Mutsumi |
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山本亘 Sen Yamamoto |
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遠藤剛 Tsuyoshi Endo |
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マンモス・鈴木 Mammoth Suzuki |
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ウィリアム・ロス William Ross |
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デビット・ペーレン David Palen |
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兼松隆 Takashi Kanematsu |
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菊池太 Futoshi Kikuchi |
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早田文次 Bunji Hayata |
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村嶋修 Osamu Murashima |
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竹村洋介 Yosuke Takemura |
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川端真二 Shinji Kawabata |
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森田川利一 Toshikazu Moritagawa |
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吉田耕一 Koichi Yoshida |
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大谷進 Susumu Otani |
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江藤純一 Junichi Eto |
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吉宮慎一 Shinichi Yoshiyama |
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瀬戸山功 Isao Setoyama |
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直木悠 Yu Naoki |
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技斗 Action |
ジャパン・アクション・クラブ Japan Action Group |
沖雅也 Masaya Oki |
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池部良 Ryo Ikebe |
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特技監督 Special Effects Director |
中野昭慶 Teruyoshi Nakano |
監督 Director |
福田純 Jun Fukuda |