The Mysterians (1957)

Science Fiction
Action
Drama
Thriller
War

In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire village to vanish, then send a giant robot out to storm the city by night, after which they request a small patch of land on Earth and the right to marry earthling women, claiming to be pacifists. Mankind must decide whether to capitulate or to resist.

Cast

Joji Atsumi
Kenji Sahara
Etsuko Shiraishi
Yumi Shirakawa
Army Capt. Seki
H Hisaya Ito
Dr. Koda
Tetsu Nakamura
Dr. Noda
S Sōji Ubukata
Dr. Svenson
G George Furness
Dr. De Gracia
Harold Conway
Person at Board Meeting
Heihachirō Ōkawa
Adachi's Assistant Hayami
R Ren Imaizumi
Etsuko's mother
R Rikkie Sanjô
1st. Lt. Yamamoto
Tadao Nakamaru
Gen. Emoto
H Hideo Saeki
Ryoichi Shiraishi
Akihiko Hirata
Colonel Ito
T Takuzō Kumagai
Police Station Chief Togawa
Akio Kusama
Policeman Kawada
Shin Ōtomo
Policeman Ogata
Rinsaku Ogata
Announcer on TV
T Takeo Oikawa
Person at Defense Meeting
M Mitsuo Tsuda
Defense Meeting Attendee
K Kamayuki Tsubono
Doomed Villager
Senkichi Ōmura
Doomed Villager
Haruya Katō
Doomed villager
Y Yasuhiro Shigenobu
Hiroko Iwamoto
Momoko Kôchi
Detective in Etsuko's house
Shōichi Hirose
Detective in Etsuko's house
E Eisuke Nakanishi
Detective
Keiichirô Katsumoto
Detective
J Jirô Mitsuaki
Policeman
R Ryûtarô Amami
Policeman
S Saburô Kadowaki
Policeman
M Masayoshi Kawabe
Newspaper Reporter
M Mitsuo Matsumoto
Mysterian
H Hideo Unagami
Mysterian
Katsumi Tezuka
Leader of the Mysterians
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Giant Robot [Script name: Moguera]
Haruo Nakajima
Ikio Sawamura
Sachio Sakai
Gen Shimizu
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Jun Tazaki
Hideo Shibuya
Yoshifumi Tajima
Dr. Tanjiro Adachi
Takashi Shimura
Cmdr. Sugimoto
Yoshio Kosugi
Gen. Morita
Susumu Fujita
Dr. Nobu Kawanami
Fuyuki Murakami
Police Capt. Miyamoto
Yutaka Sada

Crew

Director
Ishirō Honda
Story
J Jôjirô Okami
Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Original Music Composer
Akira Ifukube
Director of Photography
H Hajime Koizumi
Editor
K Kôichi Iwashita
Casting
K Kaeko Sakamoto
Production Design
T Teruaki Abe
Special Effects
Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects
Eiji Tsuburaya
Sound Recordist
M Masanobu Miyazaki
Lighting Technician
K Kuichirô Kishida
Sound Effects
I Ichirô Minawa
Production Manager
Y Yasuaki Sakamoto
Screenplay
Takeshi Kimura
Adaptation
Shigeru Kayama
Music
Hector Berlioz
Music
E Edvard Grieg
First Assistant Director
Koji Kajita
Special Effects
M Masakatsu Asai
Special Effects Assistant
M Masakatsu Asai
Visual Effects Director
Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects
M Masakatsu Asai
Visual Effects Director
M Masakatsu Asai
Visual Effects Art Director
A Akira Watanabe
Special Effects Assistant
Yasuyuki Inoue
Visual Effects Art Director
Yasuyuki Inoue
Special Effects
Sadamasa Arikawa
VFX Director of Photography
Sadamasa Arikawa
Special Effects
S Shuzaburo Araki
VFX Director of Photography
S Shuzaburo Araki
Visual Effects
H Hiroshi Mukoyama
Visual Effects Compositor
H Hiroshi Mukoyama
Special Effects
M Masao Shirota
Lighting Technician
M Masao Shirota
VFX Lighting Artist
M Masao Shirota
Special Effects Assistant
Y Yoshio Irie
Visual Effects Art Director
Y Yoshio Irie
Special Effects Assistant
T Takeharu Ikebuchi
Visual Effects Art Director
T Takeharu Ikebuchi
Special Effects Assistant
S Shun Suganuma
Visual Effects Art Director
S Shun Suganuma
Still Photographer
T Takashi Nakao
Special Effects Assistant
T Takashi Nakao
Visual Effects Camera
T Takashi Nakao
Costume Design
Teizô Toshimitsu
Costume Design
Eizo Kaimai
Costume Design
Fuminori Ōhashi
Modeling
Teizô Toshimitsu
Modeling
Eizo Kaimai
Modeling
Fuminori Ōhashi
Stunts
Haruo Nakajima