Message from Space (1978)
ActionAdventureScience Fiction
The peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders from his mother rather than the Emperor. King Kaiba sends out eight Liabe holy seeds, each to be received by a chosen one to defend the Gavanas. Each recipient, ranging from hardened General Garuda to Gavana Prince Hans to young Terrans Meia, Kido, and Aaron all have different reactions to being chosen.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku
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Vic Morrow as General Garuda |
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Sonny Chiba as Prince Hans |
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Philip Casnoff as Aaron Solar |
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Peggy Lee Brennan as Meia Long |
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Etsuko Shihomi as Emeralida |
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Tetsuro Tamba as Ernest Noguchi |
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Mikio Narita as Rockseia XII |
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Makoto Satō as Urocco |
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Seizō Fukumoto as Guerilla |
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Hiroyuki Sanada as Shiro Hongo |
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Jerry Itō as Commander |
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Isamu Shimizu as Robot Beba |
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Masazumi Okabe as Jack |
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Noboru Mitani as Kamesasa |
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Hideyo Amamoto as Dark |
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Junkichi Orimoto as Kido |
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Harumi Sone as Lazare |
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Takayuki Akutagawa as Narrator (voice) |
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Shōtarō Hayashi as EFF Captain |
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Nenji Kobayashi as Officer Fox |
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Hiroshi Mizushima as Commander-In-Chief (voice) |
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Hirohisa Nakata as Aide |
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Masataka Naruse as Hikiroku |
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Mari Okamoto as Meia Long (voice) |
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Machiko Soga as Beba-2 (voice) |
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Thunder Sugiyama as Big Sam |
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Genzō Wakayama as General Garuda (voice) |
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Shozo Iizuka as Big Sam (voice) |
| Directing | Kinji Fukasaku | Director |
| Sound | Ken'ichirō Morioka | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Tôru Nakajima | Director of Photography |
| Production | Tōru Hirayama | Producer |
| Production | Yusuke Okada | Producer |
| Production | Simon Tse | Producer |
| Production | Naoyuki Sugimoto | Producer |
| Production | Akira Ito | Producer |
| Writing | Kinji Fukasaku | Story |
| Writing | Shotaro Ishinomori | Story |
| Writing | Hirō Matsuda | Writer |
| Writing | Masahiro Noda | Story |
| Production | Banjiro Uemura | Producer |
| Production | Tan Takaiwa | Producer |
| Production | Yoshinori Watanabe | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Hiroyuki Hayashi | Visual Effects |
| Crew | Shotaru Ishinori | Special Effects |
| Crew | Michio Mikami | Special Effects |
| Crew | Minoru Nakano | Special Effects |
| Crew | Masahiro Noda | Special Effects |
| Crew | Noboru Takanashi | Special Effects |
| Crew | Nobuo Yajima | Special Effects |
| Crew | Tetsuzô Ôsawa | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Shotaro Ishinomori | Mechanical Designer |