Mysterians (1959)
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50% of users liked it
(822 ratings)
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 scientists are invited to meet the alien Mysterians from the planet Mysteroid. The Mysterians have… More 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 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.
- Rating, Runtime
- Unrated, 1 hr. 25 min.
- Directed By
- Ishirô Honda
- Written By
- Takeshi Kimura & Shinichi Sekizawa, Shigeru Kayama
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Classics, Science Fiction & Fantasy
- In Theaters
- May 19, 1959 Limited
- On DVD
- Mar 22, 2005
- Studio
- MGM
Critic Reviews
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Steve Biodrowski, ESplatter
A colorful, reasonably energetic thriller, with some sincere but slightly preachy speeches about the nations of the world learning to put aside its H-bomb arsenal and band together for the common good.
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Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan
It looked good when I was 12. Now it totally bores.
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Perhaps the most intriguing of all Toho sci-fi films.
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