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

Kensaku Morita
Koji Miyoshi
Yuko Asano
Jun Takigawa
Hiroshi Miyauchi
Kazuo Fuyuki
Katsutoshi Atarashi
Tadashi Mikasa
Hideji Otaki
Dr. Matsuzawa
Akihiko Hirata
Defense Force Commander
Isao Hashimoto
Researcher
Shuji Nakayama
Defense Force Officer
Goro Mutsumi
Commander Hell
Sen Yamamoto
Gotengo Pilot
Mammoth Suzuki
Space Beastman
William Ross
Dr. Schmidt
David Palen
Jimmy
Takashi Kanematsu
Tetsuo Kusaka
Masaya Oki
Reisuke Muroi
Ryo Ikebe
Masato Takigawa
Top Billed Cast

Koji Miyoshi
Kensaku Morita

Jun Takigawa
Yuko Asano

Kazuo Fuyuki
Hiroshi Miyauchi

Tadashi Mikasa
Katsutoshi Atarashi

Dr. Matsuzawa
Hideji Otaki

Defense Force Commander

Researcher
Isao Hashimoto

Defense Force Officer
Shuji Nakayama

Commander Hell

Gotengo Pilot
Sen Yamamoto

Space Beastman
Mammoth Suzuki

Dr. Schmidt
William Ross

Jimmy
David Palen

Tetsuo Kusaka
Takashi Kanematsu

Reisuke Muroi
Masaya Oki

Masato Takigawa
製作
Producer
田中友幸
Tomoyuki Tanaka

田中文雄
Fumio Tanaka
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
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

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


森田健作(松竹)
Kensaku Morita (Shochiku)

浅野ゆう子
Yuko Asano

宮内洋
Hiroshi Miyauchi

新克利
Katsutoshi Atarashi

大滝秀治
Hideji Otaki

平田昭彦
Akihiko Hirata

橋本功
Isao Hashimoto

中山昭二
Shuji Nakayama

睦五郎
Goro Mutsumi

山本亘
Sen Yamamoto

遠藤剛
Tsuyoshi Endo

マンモス・鈴木
Mammoth Suzuki

ウィリアム・ロス
William Ross

デビット・ペーレン
David Palen

兼松隆
Takashi Kanematsu

菊池太
Futoshi Kikuchi

早田文次
Bunji Hayata

村嶋修
Osamu Murashima

竹村洋介
Yosuke Takemura

川端真二
Shinji Kawabata

森田川利一
Toshikazu Moritagawa

吉田耕一
Koichi Yoshida

大谷進
Susumu Otani

江藤純一
Junichi Eto

吉宮慎一
Shinichi Yoshiyama

瀬戸山功
Isao Setoyama

直木悠
Yu Naoki
技斗
Action
ジャパン・アクション・クラブ
Japan Action Group

沖雅也
Masaya Oki

池部良
Ryo Ikebe
特技監督
Special Effects Director
中野昭慶
Teruyoshi Nakano
監督
Director
福田純
Jun Fukuda