The X from Outer Space

Infobox Film | name = The X from Outer Space


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director = Kazui Nihonmatsu
producer = Wataru Nakajima
writer = Moriyoshi Ishida
Eibi Motomochi
Kazui Nihonmatsu
starring = Eiji Okada
Toshiya Wazaki
music = Taku Izumi
cinematography = Shizuo Hirase
Chitora Oshoki
editing = Yoshi Sugihara
distributor = Shochiku Kinema Kenkyu-jo
released =
runtime = 89 minutes
language = Japanese
followed_by = "The Monster X Strikes Back/Attack the G8 Summit"
budget =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0062411

"The X from Outer Space" (1967) is a Japanese science fiction film, released by the studio, Shochiku Kinema Kenkyu-jo, in response to the popularity of the Toho Studios Godzilla franchise. It was also the first monster movie released by Shochiku.

The film was directed by Kazui Nihonmatsu and starred Eiji Okada and Toshiya Wazaki. It has gone under many alternative titles, including "Big Space Monster Guiala". The monster also has the alternative spelling "Giala" and "Girara". It was released in the United States in 1968 as "The X from Outer Space".

Plot

The spaceship "AAB Gamma" is dispatched from Japan to land on Mars and investigate reports of UFOs in the area. When the Gamma nears the red planet, it finds a mysterious UFO that begins to coat the Gamma with unsual spores. One of these spores is taken back to earth, but begins to develop.

The spore grows into a giant, chicken-lizard-looking alien monster called Guilala that begins a rampage across Tokyo. It spits fireballs, feeds on nuclear fuel, turns into a giant energy ball when it wants to fly, and destroys airplanes and tanks along its rampage. The monster is finally defeated by jets dropping bombs, coating Guilala in a fictional substance known as "Guilalalium" that causes it to shrink back down to spore size. They promptly launch the spore back into space, where it will supposedly circle the sun in an endless orbit.

2008 Sequel

, Directed by Minoru Kawasaki, the follow-up film nihongo|"Girara no gyakushû: Tôya-ko Samitto kikiippatsu"|ギララの逆襲/洞爺湖サミット危機一発|The Monster X Strikes Back/Attack the G8 Summit was released in 2008, and unlike its '67 predecessor, is meant as a pure comedy with some political satire. Climaxing with a battle between Guilala and a new monster dubbed "Demon-Man Take" (Take-Majin), a giant golden statue warrior who is heavily based upon and portrayed by Takeshi Kitano.　　　　　　　　　　　

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*imdb title|0062411