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| Credits | |
| Title: | Gorath |
| Director: | Ishirô Honda |
| Writers: | Takeshi Kimura; Jôjirô Okami |
| Producers: | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
| Composer: | Kan Ishii |
| Cinematography: | Hajime Koizumi |
| Editors: | Reiko Kaneko |
| Production | |
| Distributed by: | Toho Company, Ltd. Brenco Pictures Company MGM |
| Released: | March 21st, 1962 |
| Rating: | Unrated |
| Running time: | 83 min. |
| Country: | Japan |
| Language: | Japanese |
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Gorath (妖星ゴラス) is a Japanese feature film of the science fiction genre. It was directed by Ishirô Honda with a screenplay by Takeshi Kimura based on a story treatment by Jôjirô Okami. It was produced by Toho Company and first released in Japan on March 21st, 1962. It was re-released for the U.S. market with English dubbing by the Brenco Pictures Company and premiered on May 15th, 1964.
Plot[]
In 1980, a giant planetoid named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Even though it is smaller than Earth, its mass is huge enough to crush the Earth and destroy it. A mission sent to observe Gorath is destroyed after all the orbiting ships are drawn into the planetoid. A later mission is sent to observe and the crew barely leaves before suffering the same fate. However Astronaut Tatsuo Kanai is left in a catatonic state due to his near death experience. The Earth's scientists then come up with a desperate plan to build giant rockets at the South Pole to move Earth out of Gorath's path before it is too late.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Ryô Ikebe | Doctor Tazawa |
| Yumi Shirakawa | Tomoko Sonoda |
| Akira Kubo | Tatsuma Kanai |
| Kumi Mizuno | Takiko Nomura |
| Hiroshi Tachikawa | Wakabayashi |
| Akihiko Hirata | Endo |
| Kenji Sahara | Saiki |
| Jun Tazaki | Raizô Sonoda |
| Ken Uehara | Doctor Kono |
| Takashi Shimura | Kensuke Sonoda |
| Seizaburô Kawazu | Tada |
| Kô Mishima | Sanada |
| Sachio Sakai | Physician |
| Takamaru Sasaki | Prime Minister Seki |
| Kô Nishimura | Murata |
| Eitarô Ozawa | Kinami |
| Masaya Nihei | Ito |
| Kôzô Nomura | Observer of Ôtori |
| Keiko Sata | Prime Minister's secretary |
| Hideyo Amamoto | Man in bar |
| Jôji Fânesu | Hooverman |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The original Japanese title for this film is Yôsei Gorasu, which redirects to this page.
- The tagline for this film is "See! the world doomed by an invading wild sun 6000 times bigger than earth!"
- Gorath (1962) redirects to this page.
- Brenco Pictures Company distributed Gorath in the U.S. market through Allied Artists Pictures.
- In U.S. releases of the film, Gorath was often double-billed along with The Human Vapor.
- There are a total of forty-nine credited cast members in this film.
- Script re-writes for the American version was done by John Meredyth Lucas.
Recommendations[]
See also[]
External Links[]
- Gorath at IMDB
- Gorath at Wikipedia
- Gorath at Letterboxd.com
- Gorath at Themoviedb.org
- Gorath at Horrormovies.org