Message from Space

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Message from Space
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Music by Ken-Ichiro Morioka
Cinematography Toru Nakajima
Release date(s) 1978
Running time 105 minutes
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Message from Space (宇宙からのメッセージ Uchū kara no Messēji?) is a film directed by Kinji Fukasaku.

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[edit] Plot

In this Star Wars influenced film (with a plot inspired by the epic serial Nansō Satomi Hakkenden), the peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders from his mother (played by comic actor Eisei Amamoto in drag) 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.

[edit] Cast

  • Sonny Chiba as Hans
  • Jerry Ito
  • Vic Morrow as General Garuda
  • Philip Casnoff as Aaron
  • Etsuko Shihomi as Esmeralida
  • Peggy Lee Brennan as Meia
  • Tetsuro Tamba as Noguchi
  • Hiroyuki Sanada as Shiro
  • Mikio Narita as Rockseia XLL
  • Makoto Satô as Urocco
  • Hideyo Amamoto as Mother Dark (in drag)
  • Seizo Fukumoto
  • Noboru Mitani as Kamesasa
  • Masazumi Okabe as Jackie
  • Junkichi Orimoto as Kido
  • Charles Scawthorn as 1st guard, at Headquarters entrance
  • Isamu Shimizu as Beba, the robot
  • Harumi Sone as Lazare
  • Norman Rose as Opening Narrator (uncredited)s

[edit] Other credits

  • Special Effects
    • Shotaru Ishinori
    • Minoru Nakano
    • Masahiro Noda
    • Noboru Takanashi
    • Nobuo Yajima
  • Produced by
    • Tôru Hirayama
    • Akira Ito
    • Yusuke Okada
    • Naoyuki Sugimoto
    • Tan Takaiwa
    • Simon Tse
    • Banjiro Uemura
    • Yoshinori Watanabe

[edit] Trivia

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  • A 27 episode television series, Uchu Kara no Messeji: Ginga Taisen (Message From Space: Galactic Battle) followed after the film.
  • In 1983 Director Fukasaku helmed Satomi Hakken-den a period faithful version of Nansō Satomi Hakkenden also starring Sonny Chiba, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Etsuko Shiomi albeit not in roles corresponding to the ones they portrayed in Message From Space.
  • Footage from the movie was used in the creation of the laser disk game Astron Belt and it's sequal Galaxy Ranger.