Gorath
Gorath

妖星ゴラス
Yōsei Gorasu
Mystery Planet Gorath
Director | Ishiro Honda |
Special Effects Director | Eiji Tsuburaya |
Producer | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
Original Story | Jojiro Okami |
Screenplay | Takeshi Kimura |
Photography | Hajime Koizumi |
Art |
Takeo Kita Teruaki Abe |
Sound | Toshiya Ban |
Lighting | Toshio Takashima |
Music | Kan Ishii |
Editor | Reiko Kaneko |
Special Effects Photography | Sadamasa Arikawa |
Production Companies | Toho |
Release Date | March 21, 1962 |
Runtime | 88 minutes |
![]() 妖星ゴラス Yōsei Gorasu Mystery Planet Gorath |
Director | Ishiro Honda |
Special Effects Director | Eiji Tsuburaya |
Producer | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
Original Story | Jojiro Okami |
Screenplay | Takeshi Kimura |
Photography | Hajime Koizumi |
Art |
Takeo Kita Teruaki Abe |
Sound | Toshiya Ban |
Lighting | Toshio Takashima |
Music | Kan Ishii |
Editor | Reiko Kaneko |
Special Effects Photography | Sadamasa Arikawa |
Production Companies | Toho |
Release Date | March 21, 1962 |
Runtime | 88 minutes |
A rogue space object is on a collision course with Earth. The object, a dense planetoid named “Gorath,” threatens to destroy Earth on impact. Japan begins training astronauts for Gorath-related missions, and Tazawa, a prominent scientist, proposes a plan to save the Earth by shifting its orbit, out of Gorath’s path.
Tazawa oversees the construction of an array of nuclear jets on the South Pole. When the jets are ignited, they begin to push the Earth out of its regular orbit. The change is agonizingly slow, and it seems doubtful that Earth will be moved far enough to avoid Gorath.
Gorath enters the solar system, destroying the rings of Saturn and colliding with the moon. Gorath’s intense gravity causes catastrophic tidal waves to sweep around the globe. Finally, Gorath passes Earth, barely avoiding a collision, and disappears into space. The world rejoices, and Tazawa shuts down the nuclear array. Now he must draft a plan to return Earth to its original orbit.
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Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically
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Top Billed Cast

Dr. Tazawa

Tomoko Sonoda

Tatsuma Kanai

Takiko Nomura

Astronaut Wakabayashi

Captain Endo

Lt. Saiki

Captain Raizo Sonoda

Dr. Kono

Dr. Keisuke Sonoda

Minister Tada

South Pole Engineer Sanada

Doctor

Prime Minister Seki

Minister Murata

Minister Kinami

Astronaut Ito

Satellite Commander

Secretary

Barfly

UN Ambassador

Gibson

Security Guard

Lt. Manabe

Hayao Sonoda

Taxi Driver

Spaceship Crew

Spaceship Crew

Reporter

Spaceship Crew

Spaceship Crew

Spaceship Crew

Magma

Spaceship Crew

Reporter

Minister
Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically

Satellite Crew

Policeman

TV Announcer

Minister

Minister

Funeral Attendant

South Pole Crew

Minister

Minister

Minister

UN Ambassador

Minister

South Pole Crew
製作 Producer |
田中友幸 Tomoyuki Tanaka |
原作 Original Story |
丘美丈二郎 Jojiro Okami |
脚本 Screenplay |
木村武 Takeshi Kimura |
撮影 Photography |
小泉一 Hajime Koizumi |
美術 Art |
北猛夫 Takeo Kita |
安倍輝明 Teruaki Abe |
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録音 Sound |
伴利也 Toshiya Ban |
照明 Lighting |
高島利雄 Toshio Takashima |
音楽 Music |
石井歓 Kan Ishii |
整音 Dubbing |
下永尚 Hisashi Shimonaga |
監督助手 Assistant Director |
梶田興治 Koji Kajita |
編集 Editor |
兼子玲子 Reiko Kaneko |
現像 Developing |
東京現像所 Tokyo Laboratory |
製作担当者 Production Manager |
坂本泰明 Yasuaki Sakamoto |
特殊技術 Special Effects |
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撮影 Photography |
有川貞昌 Sadamasa Arikawa |
富岡素敬 Motoyoshi Tomioka |
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光学撮影 Optical Photography |
幸隆生 Takao Miyuki |
真野田幸雄 Yukio Manoda |
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美術 Art |
渡辺明 Akira Watanabe |
照明 Lighting |
岸田九一郎 Kuichiro Kishida |
合成 Synthesis |
向山宏 Hiroshi Mukoyama |
製作担当者 Production Manager |
成田貫 Nuki Narita |
出演者 Performers |
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池部良 Ryo Ikebe |
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白川由美 Yumi Shirakawa |
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久保明 Akira Kubo |
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水野久美 Kumi Mizuno |
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太刀川寛 Hiroshi Tachikawa |
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平田昭彦 Akihiko Hirata |
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佐原健二 Kenji Sahara |
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田崎潤 Jun Tazaki |
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上原謙 Ken Uehara |
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志村喬 Takashi Shimura |
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河津清三郎 Seizaburo Kawazu |
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三島耕 Ko Mishima |
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堺左千夫 Sachio Sakai |
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佐々木孝丸 Takamaru Sasaki |
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西村晃 Ko Nishimura |
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小沢栄太郎 Eitaro Ozawa |
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二瓶正典 Masanori Nihei |
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野村浩三 Kozo Nomura |
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佐多契子 Keiko Sata |
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天本英世 Hideyo Amamoto |
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ジョージ・ファーネス George Furness |
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ロス・ベネット Ross Bennett |
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向井淳一郎 Junichiro Mukai |
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桐野洋雄 Nadao Kirino |
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坂下文夫 Fumio Sakashita |
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沢村いき雄 Ikio Sawamura |
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古田俊彦 Toshihiko Furuta |
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上村幸之 Yoshiyuki Uemura |
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緒方燐作 Rinsaku Ogata |
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佐藤功一 Koichi Sato |
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河辺昌義 Masayoshi Kawabe |
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松原靖 Yasushi Matsubara |
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岡部正 Tadashi Okabe |
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宇野晃司 Koji Uno |
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権藤幸彦 Yukihiko Gondo |
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丸山謙一郎 Kenichiro Maruyama |
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西条康彦 Yasuhiko Saijo |
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手塚勝巳 Katsumi Tezuka |
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山田彰 Akira Yamada |
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高木弘 Hiroshi Takagi |
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鈴木孝次 Toshitsugu Suzuki |
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大前亘 Wataru Omae |
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庄司一郎 Ichiro Shoji |
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荒木保夫 Yasuo Araki |
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三井紳平 Kenpei Mitsui |
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今井和雄 Kazuo Imai |
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由起卓也 Takuya Yuki |
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石川浩二 Koji Ishikawa |
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鈴木友輔 Yusuke Suzuki |
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熊谷二良 Jiro Kumagai |
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特技監督 Special Effects Director |
円谷英二 Eiji Tsuburaya |
監督 Director |
本多猪四郎 Ishiro Honda |