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| Japanese Title |
地球防衛軍
[Chikyu Boeigun] |
| Production: Toho |
| Distributor: Toho |
Japan: 1957 |
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Time: 88 minutes |
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| Initial US Title |
| The Mysterians |
| US Distributor: RKO (1959) |
Time: 85 minutes |
| Alternate Movie Titles: |
Earth Defense Force [Literal Translation]
Phantom 7000 [German]
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| Box
Office - Stock Footage - DVDs - CDs -
Pictures - Concept
Art - Cut
Scenes - Reviews |
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| Staff |
Directed
by Ishiro
Honda
Writing credits Shigeru Kayama, Takeshi Kimura,
Jojiro Okami
Produced by Tomoyuki
Tanaka
Music by Akira
Ifukube
Stock Music by Hector Berlioz, Edvard Grieg
Cinematography by Hajime Koizumi
Film Editing by Koichi Iwashita
Production Design by Teruaki Abe, Akira Watanabe
Assistant Director Koji Kajita
Director of Special Effects Eiji
Tsuburaya |
| Cast |
Joji
Atsumi Kenji Sahara
Etsuko Shiraishi Yumi Shirakawa
Hiroko Momoko Kochi
Ryoichi Shiraishi Akihiko Hirata
Tanjiro Adachi, Doctor Takashi
Shimura
Morita, General Susumu Fujita
Teko, Captain Hisaya Ito
Sugimoto, Commander Yoshio Kosugi
Tantobo Korda, Doctor Tetsu Nakamura
Nobu Kawanami, Doctor Fuyuki Murakami
Security Officer Yutaka Sada
Adachi's Assistant Ren Imaizumi
Head of Defense Meeting Takeo Oikawa
Soldier Tadao Nakamaru
Svenson, Doctor George Furness
DeGracia, Doctor Harold Conway
Villagers, Caught in Forest Fire Haruya Kato, Shin
Otomo, Senkichi Omura
Army Officer Akio Kusama
Official on Defense Rocket Shoichi Hirose
Scientist Rinsaku Ogata
Announcer Jiro Kumagai
Mysterian Leader Yoshio Tsuchiya |
| Monster Appearances |
Aliens, SDF, Misc |
| Moguera |
Mysterians, Mysterian
Dome, M4A3E8
Sherman Tanks, F86F
Saber Jet, Mysterian
UFO, Mysterian
Station, α
(Alpha), ß
(Beta), Markalite
GYRO, Markalite
Cannon, Honest
John Missile Launcher, Missile
Launcher Trucks, Long Range Missile Launcher,
F-104J Starfighters, 155mm
Howitzer M2, Sikorsky
S-51 Helicopter, M2A1 75mm Howitzer, M-24
Chaffee Tanks, C-124 Globemaster II |
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| Box
Office |
Release Date: December 28th, 1957
(Japan)
Distribution Earning: ¥193,000,000
(Japan, Rough Figure) |
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| DVDs
and Blu-Ray |
| Region
1 The
Mysterians Tokyo Shock (2005) |
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| Region
2 Earth Defense Force Toho (2001) |
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| Region
2 The Mysterians Bfi (2006) |
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| Blu-ray Earth Defense Force Toho (2010) |
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