A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
March 21, 1962
Original Title:
妖星ゴラス
Alternate Titles:
Astronaut 1980
Calamity Star Gorath
Clash of the Planets
Gorath: Calamity Star
Le choc des planètes
Ominous Star Gorath
UFOs Destroy the Earth
Ufos zerstören die Erde
Yôsei Gorasu
Genres:
Action | Science Fiction | Thriller
Production Companies:
TOHO
Tokyo Laboratory
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12
Runtime: 88
In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although it is smaller than Earth, its enormous mass is enough to destroy the planet totally. A mission sent to observe Gorath is destroyed after the ship is drawn into the star, with a later mission barely escaping the same fate. However, Astronaut Tatsuma Kanai is left in a catatonic state due to his near death experience. Unable to destroy the invading star, Earth's scientists undertake a desperate plan to build giant rockets at the South Pole to move the planet out of Gorath's path before it is too late.
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Art Direction:
Takeo Kita
Teruaki Abe
Assistant Director:
Koji Kajita
Director:
Ishirō Honda
Director of Photography:
Hajime Koizumi
Editor:
Reiko Kaneko
Lighting Technician:
Toshio Takashima
Kuichirô Kishida
Original Music Composer:
Kan Ishii
Original Story:
Jôjirô Okami
Producer:
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Production Design:
Teruaki Abe
Takeo Kita
Production Manager:
Yasuaki Sakamoto
Screenplay:
Takeshi Kimura
Sound Mixer:
Hisashi Shimonaga
Sound Recordist:
Toshiya Ban
Special Effects:
Eiji Tsuburaya
Motoyoshi Tomioka
Teruyoshi Nakano
Visual Effects:
Takao Miyuki
Yukio Manoda
Eiji Tsuburaya
Teruyoshi Nakano
Visual Effects Art Director:
Akira Watanabe
Visual Effects Camera:
Sadamasa Arikawa
Motoyoshi Tomioka
Visual Effects Compositor:
Hiroshi Mukoyama
Visual Effects Director:
Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects Production Manager:
Kan Narita
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