Akihiko Hirata, Fuyuki Murakami, Hisaya Ito

After a Japanese town is totally destroyed, the military arrive to investigate. They encounter a giant robot that is decimating everything in its path. A dome appears out of the ground and a group of ...( read more  read more... )scientists are invited to meet the alien Mysterians from the planet Mysteroid. The Mysterians have come in peace; all they ask humanity for is three-square kilometers of land and the right to interbreed with Earth women to repopulate their species. Outraged at such a suggestion, humanity declares war on the Mysterians.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 25 min.

Directed by: Ishirô Honda

Release Date: May 19, 1959

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DVD Release Date: March 22, 2005

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  • May 5, 2008
    This is an OK movie.
  • August 5, 2007
    Ishiro Honda's tale of alien invasion tries very hard but ultimately comes up a bit short. Humanoid aliens arrive in Japan and demonstrate their techniological superiority by sending Mogera, their giant robot, on a rampage through rural Japan. The robot is very quickly dispatched...( read more) by the Japanese military, but now the aliens have Earth'sd attention. Their demands are simple; they want a stretch of land 2 miles in radius--and to be allowed to marry our women! Understandably, Japan is not about to accept these terms. The film is certainly entertaining, but in the end it just never quite lives up to its potential promise. There are no major city destruction set pieces apart from some destroyed villages and the battles between Earth's military and the aliens are almost woefully brief. Mogera, while an interesting concept, is much too goofy a design and only appears twice in the film and is quickly destroyed in both appearances. The film is entertaining, certainly, but just not as good as it could have been.
  • April 19, 2007
    Another childhood favourite that has not lost an ounce of its appeal. For years it made me think aliens look like Asian people!
  • March 19, 2007
    The Mysterians is a film that one might call a true sci-fi classic. A race of aliens from the dying planet of Mysteriod comes to earth seeking shelter, and the legal right to mate with earth women.... but there's more to this than meets the eye!

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