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The War in Space

1977-12-17 · 91 min · ★ 6.0

Adventure · Science Fiction · Action

The year is 1988, and in the midst of recovering from a near-miss with a large comet, Earth finds that there are much worse matters at hand: the sudden arrival of a strange army of aliens and their fleet of unstoppable warships.

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Directors
Jun Fukuda
Production companies
Toho Pictures, Toho Eizo Bijutsu, Tokyo Laboratory
Countries
Japan
Status
Released
Budget
USD 2,000,000
Revenue
USD 4,000,000

Top Cast

Kensaku MoritaKensaku MoritaKoji Miyoshi
Yuko AsanoYuko AsanoJun Takigawa
Ryō IkebeRyō IkebeProfessor Masato Takigawa
Masaya OkiMasaya OkiReikai Muroi
Hiroshi MiyauchiHiroshi MiyauchiKazuo Fuyuki
Hideji ŌtakiHideji ŌtakiDr. Matsuzawa
Katsutoshi AtarashiTadashi Mikasa
Akihiko HirataAkihiko HirataDefense Countermeasure Supreme Commander Oshi
Gorō MutsumiGorō MutsumiHell Commander
David PerinJimmy
Shoji NakayamaShoji NakayamaStaff officer
Susumu ÔtaniGohten pilot
Junichi KudoGohten pilot
Koichi YoshidaGohten controller
Isao HashimotoIsao HashimotoResearch worker
William RossWilliam RossDr. Schmidt

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