Question mark and the mysterians, saginaw, michigan. Although the mysterians uses some logical lapses to make the invaders clearly the bad guys just why did they send the giant robot before attempting peaceful coexistance and progresses way too quickly to its rousing finale the world had these plans for superweapons just laying around, the mysterians is an exciting, entertaining addition. Having released six studio albums, the latest being. The mysterians, chikyu boeigun, or earth defense force is a 1957 alien invasion film from toho, directed by ishiro honda, with music by akira ifukube, special effects by eiji tsuburaya, and was produced by tomoyuki tanaka. Personally i think there are better ones out there battle in outer space and atragon come to mind, but the mysterians is still one youd want to have in your collection if you want to branch out from the usual godzilla and kaiju movies. Released by red bitch music in 2016 containing music from the mysterians 1957. In 1959, daily variety called the mysterians a redblooded phantasmagoria and that assessment still holds true. Scientists are dubious about the intentions of these aliens and so. The mysterians, released in japan as chikyu boeigun, lit. Now the aliens have to have earth women to replenish the stock. This leads to an investigation whereby the source is discovered to be moguera, a giant robot, who is then. Oh, the mysterians came to earth because their planet mysteroid was destroyed 100,000 years ago by nuclear war. The film begins with a giant fissure destroying an entire village.
This one comes from the director of godzilla and while its light on the giant robot, it still provides some dopey scifi fun with a great look in colour and a quick. Its one of the first movies savant saw as a kid filmgoer choosing his own fare, and nostalgia is a big factor in overlooking the films flaws what flaws. The film was doublebilled with watusi and released in 15 may 1959 via mgm. But for visuals, the mysterians is eye candy worth the wait. It was released to japanese theaters on december 28, 1957 and to american theaters on may 15, 1959.
Previous video releases of the movie here in the states have been limited to the 4. T9, movie posters, movie poster, free movie posters, free images of movie posters. The mysterians from the dark side of the moon have sent a message to earth via a giant robot. The vox organ leadin on 96 tears is an unmistakable introduction to one of the 60s greatest garage hits. Spread out across a big monitor, its still a big, fun action circus of. A group of scientists accept a request to meet the visitors at their domelike base, but soon discover that the aliens intentions are far from benign. This, combined with its fantastic color palette, makes for one beautiful and fascinatingly deep. After the mysterians land on earth they ask the japanese for some land to settle and a few nubile women to propagate their race. The mysterians soundtrack from 1957, composed by akira ifukube. Straightlaced heroscientist characters, on the other hand, rarely appeared on their own after this. Much of the bands music consisted of electric organdriven garage rock and an enigmatic image inspired by the 1957 japanese science fiction film the mysterians. For the mysterians, a story of invading aliens and the resistance movement to stop them, it was decided that toho would use its widescreen technology, tohoscope. The appearance of a giant destructive robot near mount fuji heralds the arrival of the mysterians, an extraterrestrial race from a planet destroyed by nuclear war.
In japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the wardestroyed planet mysteroid cause an entire village to vanish, then send a giant robot out to storm the city by night, after which they request a small patch of land on earth and the right to. Heres an hd english subtitled version of the mysterians, ripped from the toho bluray. The mysterians 1957 after a japanese town is totally destroyed, the military arrive to investigate. The mysterians 1957 ishiro honda was in top form in 1957, having already helmed gojira 1954 and rodan 1956. The mysterians is the first toho movie released in a cinescopestyle widescreen format, dubbed naturally enough tohoscope. How to survive alone in the wilderness for 1 week eastern woodlands duration. The mysterians is a 1957 japanese science fiction film directed by ishiro honda and stars kenji. Tokyo shock shows how an audio presentation on a dvd should be done. Earth defense force is a 1957 japanese science fiction film directed by ishiro honda and stars kenji sahara, yumi shirakawa and takashi shimura. Brings back great memories of feverishly adjusting the tinfoil enhanced rabbit ear antennas of our first color tv set in the 70s to catch these gems broadcast from a tiny station a few islands away in the caribbean. This leads to an investigation whereby the source is discovered to be moguera, a giant robot, who is then destroyed by the military. Posts about the mysterians 1957 written by monstergirl. The mysterians departed, recording singles for capitol in 1968 and tangerine and super k in 1969, to no commercial avail during this period, bassist mel schacher served a short stint in the group prior to joining grand funk railroad. Adachi and a coworker witness activity on the far side of the moon.
Adachi and atsumi included, and are welcomed into the mysterians base. Themysterians2movieposter, themysteriansmovieposter. Overall, though, the plot is fairly straight forward. Granted, the acting is a bit flat and the story can drag a bit at times. If these names sound familiar, thats because these four men are the four fathers of godzilla and are collectively known as the toho dream.
It is a great example of the alien invaders theme, but has enough other story threads to add depth. Toho must have liked the mysterians very much, because similar alien invaders appeared in godzilla films for the next two decades, including the planet x aliens in godzilla vs. Special effects here are excellent considering that. Or back in the day, you went to the drivein theater to explore in the back seat of your pops chevy impala any double feature, and it was an invigorating and entertaining experience and you didnt even have to. But theyre only making themselves known to us now because earth is preparing to visit the moon and mars ah, the days of hope and the belief in the progress of science and some crazy people are already selling plots on mars this was an actual thing. The mysterians is presented on the disc in its original aspect ratio of 2. In japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the wardestroyed planet mysteroid cause an entire village to vanish, then send a giant robot out to storm the city by night, after which they request a small patch of land on earth and the right to marry earthling women, claiming to be pacifists. Suddenly, a large dome unearths itself from the ground at mt. They encounter a giant robot that is decimating everything in its path. Watch eric church perform john prines long monday in the late songwriters honor. Earth defense force is a 1957 tokusatsu kaiju film produced by toho company ltd. A dome appears out of the ground and a group of scientists are invited to meet the alien mysterians from the planet mysteroid. They also cut an album for ray charles trc label that went unreleased.
A few mysterians survived by moving to mars, but they are contaminated with strontium 90. The mysterians is widely considered a japanese scifi classic. Too many teardrops for one heart to be cryin too many teardrops for one heart to carry on youre way on top now since you left me youre always laughin way down at. Scientists are dubious about the intentions of these aliens and so an offensive is launched against them an offensive that looks like it has no hope of success.
The films starts with astrophysicist ryoichi shiraishi, his. Monster zero 1965 and the killiaks in destroy all monsters 1968. Allmovie praises the film for its excellent special effects. Scientists are dubious about the intentions of these aliens and so an offensive is launched against them, an offensive that looks like it has no hope of success.
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