Invasion of Astro-Monster
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| Directed by | Ishirō Honda |
| Produced by | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
| Screenplay by | Shinichi Sekizawa |
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| Music by | Akira Ifukube |
| Cinematography | Hajime Koizumi |
| Edited by | Ryohei Fujii |
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| Language | Japanese |
Invasion of Astro-Monster (怪獣大戦争 Kaijū Daisensō?, lit. The Giant Monster War) is a 1965 Japanese-American science fiction film directed by Ishirō Honda. It is the sixth film in the Godzilla franchise. The film involves the discovery of Planet X, which leads to an American-Japanese mission into space where the explorers who run into Aliens who state that they are under attack from a power creature named Monster Zero. The aliens propose a deal with astronauts to borrow Godzilla and Rodan to get rid of their monster, and in return, they will cure all diseases on Earth. This plan is a cover for the aliens to invade earth after it is free of Godzilla and Rodan.
Invasion of Astro-Monster was the fourth film in the Godzilla series to receive production suggestions from American producer Henry G. Saperstein which led to new introductions to the film and the inclusion ofan American actor Nick Adams. The film was released five years after its Japanese premiere in the United States with minimal cuts where it was released on a double bill with War of the Gargantuas.
In the year 196X, two astronauts, Fuji and Glenn, are sent to investigate the surface of the mysterious "Planet X". There they encounter advanced and seemingly benevolent human-like beings called the Xiliens and their leader The Controller. The aliens usher the astronauts into their underground base, and moments later the surface is attacked by a creature the Xiliens call "Monster Zero", but which the astronauts recognize as King Ghidorah, a planet-destroying monster that had attacked Earth once before. The monster eventually leaves, but the Controller states that Ghidorah has been attacking repeatedly, forcing them to live underground in constant fear. He requests to borrow the Earth monsters Godzilla and Rodan to act as sentries against Ghidorah's attacks, in return for the cure for cancer (the English dub says the formula can cure any disease). The astronauts return to Earth and deliver the message.
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