Mysterians (1957)
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49% of users liked it
(848 ratings)
Most famous for his original Godzilla film in 1956, director Inoshiro Honda is primarily a screenwriter and quite seldom a director. One of his recurrent themes -- the deadly or mutant effects of atomic radiation (as in Godzilla), is also featured in this otherwise routine sci-fi film. The title… More Most famous for his original Godzilla film in 1956, director Inoshiro Honda is primarily a screenwriter and quite seldom a director. One of his recurrent themes -- the deadly or mutant effects of atomic radiation (as in Godzilla), is also featured in this otherwise routine sci-fi film. The title characters are from a planet that has been destroyed by nuclear bombs. After the Mysterians land on Earth they ask the Japanese for some land to settle and a few nubile women to propagate their race. Scientists are dubious about the intentions of these aliens and so an offensive is launched against them, an offensive that looks like it has no hope of success. Special effects here are excellent considering that computer-generated effects were far in the future. The large robot may be the one exception. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- Ishirô Honda
- Written By
- Takeshi Kimura, Shigeru Kayama, Takeshi Kimura & Shinichi Sekizawa
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Classics, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 19, 1959 Limited
- 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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Cast
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Kenji Sahara
as Joji Atsumi
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Yumi Shirakawa
as Etsuko Shiraishi
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Momoko Kochi
as Hiroko
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Akihiko Hirata
as Ryoichi Schiraishi
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Susumu Fujita
as Cmdr. Morita
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Hisaya Ito
as Capt. Seki
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Yoshio Kosugi
as Cmdr. Sugimoto
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Fuyuki Murakami
as Dr. Kawanami
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Minosuke Yamada
as Gen. Hamamoto
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Haruo Nakajima
as Mogera
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Takashi Shimura
as Dr. Adachi
- Harold Conway
- Tetsu Nakamura
- Yoshio Tsuchiya
