Gorath (1962) [N/A]

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

The crisis of the colliding mystery star is imminent! Can the Earth break free of its orbit?

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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