Movie Cosmos - Invasion of the Neptune Men

Description:

Astronomer Shinichi Tachibana has a secret identity as the superhero "Iron Sharp" and is well beloved by children. When they are attacked by a group of metallic aliens, Iron Sharp drives the aliens away. The resourceful Tachibana helps develop an electric barrier to block the aliens from coming to the Earth. After several losses by the aliens, they announce that they will invade the Earth, throwing the world into a state of panic.

Top Cast >

Sonny Chiba

As Tachibana - Scientist / Space Chief

Shinjirō Ehara

Ryuko Mizukami

As Tanigawa Yoko

Mitsue Komiya

Seiichirō Kameishi

Shiro Okamoto

Rinichi Yamamoto

Kappei Matsumoto

As Tanigawa Hiroshi

Takashi Kanda

Ken Sudo

Junji Masuda

Koji Sahara

As Garrison Chief Mikami

Harold Conway

As Washington Broadcast Station Chief

Yuji Kitamine

Tadashi Minamikawa

Kōji Sekiyama

Gōzō Sōma

Akikane Sawa

Masazumi Okabe

Shirō Ōki

Jo Moriya

Kosaku Okano

Kenji Todoroki

Kenji Miyako

Akira Katayama

Top Crew >

Koji Ota

Director

Nobuo Yajima

Special Effects

Keigo Shimozawa

Art Direction

Masanobu Otani

Sound Recordist

Shizuka Fujii

Director of Photography

Toshiaki Morisawa

Lighting Technician

Akihiro Watanabe

Original Concept

Hajime Kaburagi

Original Music Composer

Junya Satō

Assistant Director

Shin Morita

Screenplay

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (4/10)

Yikes, but this is an howler. Some aliens from Neptune want to invade Earth, but luckily we have "Space Chief" in his slightly enhanced version of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and his gang of weans. Even more fortunately, the Neptunians are pretty hopeless at the old invasion lark and the planet is in no more danger of domination than we are of being entertained. The production is too bad to be basic, the acting likewise and the whole thing a total waste of celluloid - but, it did make me smile now and again.

2022-06-29