Warning from Space (1956)
January 29, 1956Release Date
Warning from Space (1956)
January 29, 1956Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Keizô Kawasaki
Dr. Toru Itsobe
Toyomi Karita
Hikari Aozora
Bin Yagisawa
No. 2 Pairan
Shōzō Nanbu
The Elder Dr. Itsobe
Bontarō Miake
Dr. Kamura
Mieko Nagai
Taeko Kamura
Sachiko Meguro
Kiyoko Hirai
Mrs. Matsuda
Isao Yamagata
Dr. Matsuda
Tetsuya Watanabe
Fumiko Okamura
Japanese Bar' Ucyû-ken' Madam Ohana
Koji Shima
Director
Jay Cipes
Writer
Hideo Oguni
Writer
Masaichi Nagata
Producer
Fujio Nakashiro
Producer
Shigeo Mano
Art Direction
Seitaro Omori
Composer
Kimio Watanabe
Cinematographer
Gentaro Nakajima
Novel
Tarō Okamoto
Color Designer
Toyo Suzuki
Editor
Kenmei Yuasa
Special Effects / Visual Effects Director
Masao Makino
Makeup Artist
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 29, 1956
Original Name宇宙人東京に現わる
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 27m
Genres
Wiki.
Warning from Space (Japanese: 宇宙人東京に現わる, Hepburn: Uchūjin Tōkyō ni arawaru, lit. 'Spacemen Appear in Tokyo') is a Japanese tokusatsu science fiction film directed by Koji Shima. Produced and distributed by Daiei Film, it was the first Japanese science fiction film to be produced in color and predates Daiei's most iconic tokusatsu characters, Gamera and Daimajin. In the film's plot, starfish-like aliens disguised as humans travel to Earth to warn of the imminent collision of a rogue planet and Earth. As the planet rapidly accelerates toward Earth, a nuclear device is created at the last minute and destroys the approaching world.
The film was one of many early Japanese monster films quickly produced after the success of Toho's Godzilla in 1954. After release, the film was met with negative reviews, with critics calling it "bizarre" and accusing it of using science fiction clichés. Warning from Space influenced many other Japanese science fiction films, such as Gorath. The film, along with other 1950s tokusatsu science fiction films, influenced director Stanley Kubrick, who would later direct 2001: A Space Odyssey.