Invasion of the Neptune Men | |
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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 |
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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
See also[]
External Links[]
- Invasion of the Neptune Men at AMG
- Invasion of the Neptune Men at IMDB
- Invasion of the Neptune Men at Wikipedia
- Invasion of the Neptune Men at Letterboxd.com
- Invasion of the Neptune Men at Themoviedb.org
References[]
1960s | 1961 | Alien invasion | Alien life forms | Children | Japan | Scientist | Space ship