The Mysterians (1957)
Science FictionActionDramaThrillerWar
In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed 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. Mankind must decide whether to capitulate or to resist.
Director:
Ishirō Honda
Writer:
Takeshi Kimura
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Kenji Sahara as Joji Atsumi |
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Yumi Shirakawa as Etsuko Shiraishi |
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Akihiko Hirata as Ryoichi Shiraishi |
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Momoko Kôchi as Hiroko Iwamoto |
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Yoshio Tsuchiya as Leader of the Mysterians |
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Takashi Shimura as Dr. Tanjiro Adachi |
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Yoshio Kosugi as Cmdr. Sugimoto |
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Susumu Fujita as Gen. Morita |
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Fuyuki Murakami as Dr. Nobu Kawanami |
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Yutaka Sada as Police Capt. Miyamoto |
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Hisaya Ito as Army Capt. Seki |
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Tetsu Nakamura as Dr. Koda |
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Sōji Ubukata as Dr. Noda |
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George Furness as Dr. Svenson |
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Harold Conway as Dr. De Gracia |
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Heihachirō Ōkawa as Person at Board Meeting |
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Ren Imaizumi as Adachi's Assistant Hayami |
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Rikkie Sanjô as Etsuko's mother |
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Tadao Nakamaru as 1st. Lt. Yamamoto |
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Hideo Saeki as Gen. Emoto |
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Takuzō Kumagai as Colonel Ito |
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Akio Kusama as Police Station Chief Togawa |
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Shin Ōtomo as Policeman Kawada |
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Rinsaku Ogata as Policeman Ogata |
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Takeo Oikawa as Announcer on TV |
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Mitsuo Tsuda as Person at Defense Meeting |
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Kamayuki Tsubono as Defense Meeting Attendee |
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Senkichi Ōmura as Doomed Villager |
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Haruya Katō as Doomed Villager |
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Yasuhiro Shigenobu as Doomed villager |
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Shōichi Hirose as Detective in Etsuko's house |
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Eisuke Nakanishi as Detective in Etsuko's house |
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Keiichirō Katsumoto as Detective |
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Jirô Mitsuaki as Detective |
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Ryûtarô Amami as Policeman |
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Saburô Kadowaki as Policeman |
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Masayoshi Kawabe as Policeman |
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Mitsuo Matsumoto as Newspaper Reporter |
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Hideo Unagami as Mysterian |
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Katsumi Tezuka as Mysterian |
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Haruo Nakajima as Giant Robot |
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Ikio Sawamura as |
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Sachio Sakai as |
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Gen Shimizu as |
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Yasuhisa Tsutsumi as |
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Jun Tazaki as |
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Hideo Shibuya as |
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Yoshibumi Tajima as |
| Directing | Ishirō Honda | Director |
| Production | Tomoyuki Tanaka | Producer |
| Art | Teruaki Abe | Production Design |
| Sound | Akira Ifukube | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Kôichi Iwashita | Editor |
| Writing | Jōjirō Okami | Story |
| Crew | Eiji Tsuburaya | Special Effects |
| Production | Kaeko Sakamoto | Casting |
| Camera | Hajime Koizumi | Director of Photography |
| Production | Yasuaki Sakamoto | Production Manager |
| Sound | Masanobu Miyazaki | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Kuichiro Kishida | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Ichirô Minawa | Sound Effects |
| Writing | Takeshi Kimura | Screenplay |
| Visual Effects | Eiji Tsuburaya | Visual Effects |
| Writing | Shigeru Kayama | Adaptation |
| Sound | Hector Berlioz | Music |
| Sound | Edvard Grieg | Music |
| Directing | Koji Kajita | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Masakatsu Asai | Special Effects |
| Crew | Masakatsu Asai | Special Effects Assistant |
| Visual Effects | Eiji Tsuburaya | Visual Effects Director |
| Visual Effects | Masakatsu Asai | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Masakatsu Asai | Visual Effects Director |
| Crew | Akira Watanabe | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Crew | Yasuyuki Inoue | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Yasuyuki Inoue | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Crew | Sadamasa Arikawa | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Sadamasa Arikawa | VFX Director of Photography |
| Crew | Shuzaburo Araki | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Shuzaburo Araki | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Hiroshi Mukoyama | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Hiroshi Mukoyama | Visual Effects Compositor |
| Crew | Masao Shirota | Special Effects |
| Lighting | Masao Shirota | Lighting Technician |
| Visual Effects | Masao Shirota | VFX Lighting Artist |
| Crew | Yoshio Irie | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Yoshio Irie | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Crew | Takeharu Ikebuchi | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Takeharu Ikebuchi | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Crew | Shun Suganuma | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Camera | Takashi Nakao | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Takashi Nakao | Special Effects Assistant |
| Visual Effects | Takashi Nakao | Visual Effects Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Teizô Toshimitsu | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eizo Kaimai | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fuminori Ōhashi | Costume Design |
| Visual Effects | Teizô Toshimitsu | Modeling |
| Visual Effects | Eizo Kaimai | Modeling |
| Visual Effects | Fuminori Ōhashi | Modeling |
| Crew | Haruo Nakajima | Stunts |
| Crew | Shun Suganuma | Special Effects Assistant |
| Visual Effects | Hiroyasu Sunahara | Visual Effects Production Assistant |
