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Invasion of the Neptune Men
Invasion of the Neptune Men
Credits
Title: Invasion of the Neptune Men
Director: Koji Ota
Writers: Shin Morita; Akihiro Watanabe
Producers: Hiroshi Okawa
Composer: Hajime Kaburagi
Cinematography: Shizuka Fujii
Production
Production company: New Toei
Distributed by: Toei Company
Released: July 19th, 1961
Running time: 74 min.
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
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Invasion of the Neptune Men is a Japanese feature film of the science fiction & superhero fantasy genres. It was directed by Koji Ota with a screenplay written by Shin Morita based on a story by Akihiro Watanabe. It was produced by New Toei and released in Japan on July 19th, 1961. The film stars Sonny Chiba as science teacher turned caped hero Iron Sharp, who must defend Earth against an unforeseen alien menace.

Plot[]

Japan tries to enter the space race with the advances of their new satellite technology, but the space race comes to them first as an alien rocket from the planet Neptune lands. Six school children discover the alien invaders, but fortunately for them, their science teacher Shinichi Tachibana is secretly a super-hero whom the children have named Iron Sharp!

Cast[]

Actor Role
Sonny Chiba Shinichi Tachibana
Ryuko Minakami Tanigawa Yoko
Mitsue Komiya Saito
Seiichiro Kameishi Yamagata Yukichi
Rin'ichi Yamamoto Colonel Fujimoto
Kappei Matsumoto Doctor Tanigawa
Takashi Kanda Defence Chief Takita
Shiro Okamoto Eiji Shindo
Junji Masuda Doctor Tamiya
Hidemichi Ishikawa Doctor Yoshimoto
Shinjiro Ehara Yanagida
Harold Conway Washington broadcast chief
Genji Kawai The guard
Yoshihiko Matsuoka Alien
Masazumi Okabe Railway worker
Kosaku Okano Reporter
Koji Sahara Garrison chief Mikami
Koji Sawada Cosmos man
Koji Sekiyama Karimasu
Ken Sudo Staff chief Miyake
Teruyoshi Takenaka Alien
Kenji Todoroki Alien

Notes & Trivia[]

  • There are a total of twenty-three credited cast members in this film.
  • This movie was released the same month as Mothra. Guess which one got noticed more?

Recommendations[]

  • Golden Bat, The
  • Kamen Rider
  • Magic Serpent
  • Terror Beneath the Sea

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External Links[]

References[]

1960s | 1961 | Alien invasion | Alien life forms | Children | Japan | Scientist | Space ship

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