Invaders from Space

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Invaders from Space
Opening title to Invaders from Space (1964)
Directed by	Teruo Ishii
Produced by	Mitsugi Okura
Written by	Ichiro Miyagawa
Starring	Ken Utsui
Distributed by	Walter Manley Enterprises Inc.
Release date(s)	1964
Running time	78 min. (USA)
Language	English (dubbed)
Preceded by	Atomic Rulers of the World
Followed by	Attack from Space
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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.

1 Plot
2 American adaptation
3 DVD release
4 See also
5 External links
6 References

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] See also

Super Giant

[edit] External links

Invaders from Space at the Internet Movie Database

[edit] 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.