Edition |
Special ed. |
Description |
1 videodisc (155 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, Dual Layer Format, Dolby Digital Mono. |
Cast |
Ken Utsui, Sachihiro Ohsawa, Junko Ikeuchi, Minako Yamada, Shoji Nakayama, Kan Hayashi, Minoru Takada, Utako Mitsuya. |
Credits |
Photography, Takashi Watanabe ; music, Chumei Watanabe. |
Note |
Videodisc release of two 1965 movies created from episodes of the Japanese television series "Super Giant." |
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Distributed as part of a four-DVD set: Cosmic Superheroes. |
Summary |
Science fiction epics in which an inter-galactic superhero named Starman battles alien evildoers in the kind of scientifically-askew universe where one can easily breathe the fresh air of outer space. Complete with corny costume, super strength, and the ability to fly from planet to planet, Starman clobbers the bad guys with a frenzied fighting style that looks like a cross between martial arts and a berserk ballet. Trying to get a spare part of their daddy's rocket ship, two kids stumble upon an "Attack from space" when they're captured by Space Fascists from the Sapphire Galaxy. "The most brilliant mind in the universe" tries to conquer the earth with an army of mutants, monsters, mad doctors, and a "super germ" that turns into a white-faced-witch-like woman with killer-claws in "Evil brain from outer space." |
Note |
Special features include the shorts "My milkman, Joe" and "Prince planet" (episode of a cartoon show), the essay "The original Starman : the forgotten supergiant of steel who fought for peace, justice and the Japanese way" by August Ragone, and theatrical trailers. |
Subject |
Science fiction films.
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Science fiction television programs.
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Motion pictures, Japanese.
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Foreign films.
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Added Author |
Ishii, Teruo, 1924-2005.
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Mitsuwa, Akira.
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Akasaka, Koreyoshi.
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Utsui, Ken, 1931-2014.
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Walter Manley Enterprises.
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Something Weird Video (Firm)
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Added Title |
Attack from space.
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Evil brain from outer space.
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Standard No. |
014381119329 |
Music No. |
ID1193SWDD Something Weird Video |
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