Battle in Outer Space
“Will the Earth be reduced to space dust? A giant battle unfolds on the other side of the moon!”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 55, rated by 1 admin.
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An alien attack sends Earth's nations into a brightly coloured space counteroffensive. Rockets, lunar excursions and city destruction arrive with the confidence of a toy box granted military funding. This is skilled vintage spectacle with enough improbable space science to keep the conversation going.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 4/10
- Plot
- 7/10
- Effects
- 3.5/10
- Dialogue
- 5/10
- Rewatchability
- 8/10
“International cooperation works best with matching moon rockets.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 55
Synopsis and movie facts
In 1965, the space station JSS-3 is destroyed by a fleet of UFOs, which then begin a global siege on Earth, using rays to manipulate gravity and control the minds of men. In response, a global council meeting is held to determine the source of the attacks and prepare a rocket ship armada for a counter-attack, a true battle in outer space. . . The film is a sequel of sorts to Toho's THE MYSTERIANS in the reprise of the Etsuko Shiraishi character of that film as its heroine. It was edited to 74 minutes for its American release.
- Released
- 1959
- Directed by
- Ishirō Honda
- Running time
- 90 min
- Original title
- 宇宙大戦争
Starring
- Koreya Senda as Professor Adachi
- Ryō Ikebe as Major Ichiro Katsumiya
- Kyōko Anzai as Etsuko Shiraishi
- Yoshio Tsuchiya as Iwomura
- Leonard Stanford as Dr. Roger Richardson
- Harold Conway as Dr. Immerman
- Hisaya Ito as Kogure
- Minoru Takada as The Commander
Research behind this pick
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- Film reference · themoviedb.org
TMDB identity and credits retrieved on 2026-11-10: Battle in Outer Space (1959), directed by Ishirō Honda. The importer rechecks identity, poster, synopsis, release date, runtime, genres and cast against live metadata.
- Review · millionmonkeytheater.com
The reviewer enjoys the film's inventive details and spectacle, while noting the primitive attempts to depict weightlessness. Full review text consulted on 2026-11-10.
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