Invaders from Space

Infobox_Film
name = Invaders from Space


caption = Opening title to "Invaders from Space" (1964)
director = Teruo Ishii
producer = Mitsugi Okura
writer = Ichiro Miyagawa
starring = Ken Utsui
music =
cinematography =
editing =
distributor =Walter Manley Enterprises Inc.
released = 1964
runtime = 78 min. (USA)
language = English (dubbed)
budget =
preceded_by = "Atomic Rulers of the World"
followed_by = "Attack from Space"
imdb_id = 0048957|

"Invaders from Space" is a 1964 film edited together for American television from films #3 and #4 of the Japanese short film series "Super Giant".

Plot

The story involves the superhero Starman who is sent by the Emerald Planet to protect Earth from the Salamander Men from the Planet Kulamon.

American adaptation

The 9 "Super Giant" films were purchased for distribution to U.S. television and edited into 4 films by Walter Manley Enterprises and Medallion Films. The 2 original Japanese films which went into "Invaders from Space" ("The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic Castle" and "Earth on the Verge of Destruction") were 48 minutes and 39 minutes in duration. The two films were edited into one 78-minute film, resulting in a total of 9 minutes being cut from the two films during the re-editing. Also, most of the original music was replaced by library cues.

DVD release

"Invaders from Space" is currently available on DVD. Something Weird Video with Image Entertainment released the film and the other Starman film, "Atomic Rulers of the World" on a single disc on December 10, 2002.

See also

* "Super Giant"

External links

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References

*Ragone, August. "THE ORIGINAL "STARMAN"; the Forgotten Supergiant of Steel Who Fought for Peace, Justice and the Japanese Way" Originally published in Planet X Magazine, included in Something Weird Video's DVD release.