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Gorath

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Calorie Rating: 124
Released: 1962-03-21
Running Time: 88 Minutes
Studios: TOHO,


In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although it is smaller than Earth, its enormous mass is enough to destroy the planet totally. A mission sent to observe Gorath is destroyed after the ship is drawn into the star, with a later mission barely escaping the same fate. However, Astronaut Tatsuma Kanai is left in a catatonic state due to his near death experience. Unable to destroy the invading star, Earth's scientists undertake a desperate plan to build giant rockets at the South Pole to move the planet out of Gorath's path before it is too late.

Director / Directors

Koji Kajita
Assistant Director


Cast

Ryō Ikebe
Character: Dr. Tazawa
Yumi Shirakawa
Character: Tomoko Sonoda
Akira Kubo
Character: Tatsuma Kanai

Kumi Mizuno
Character: Takiko Nomura
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Character: Wakabayashi
Akihiko Hirata
Character: Endô

Kenji Sahara
Character: Saiki
Jun Tazaki
Character: Raizô Sonoda
Ken Uehara
Character: Dr. Kôno

Takashi Shimura
Character: Kensuke Sonoda
Seizaburō Kawazu
Character: Tada - Minister of Finance
Kō Mishima
Character: Sanada

Sachio Sakai
Character: Physician
Takamaru Sasaki
Character: Prime Minister Seki
Kō Nishimura
Character: Murata - Secretary of Space

Eitarō Ozawa
Character: Kinami - Minister of Justice
Kōzō Nomura
Character: Observer of Ôtori
Keiko Sata
Character: Prime Minister's Secretary

Hideyo Amamoto
Character: Man in Bar
George Furness
Character: Hooverman
Ross Benette
Character: Gibson

Jun'ichirō Mukai
Character: Space Base Security Guard
Nadao Kirino
Character: Manabe
Fumio Sakashita
Character: Hayao Sonoda

Ikio Sawamura
Character: Taxi Driver
Toshihiko Furuta
Character: Observer of Ôtori
Yoshiyuki Uemura
Character: Ôtori Mathematician

Rinsaku Ogata
Character: Ôtori Engineer
Masayoshi Kawabe
Character: Ôtori Observer
Yasushi Matsubara
Character: Ôtori Radio Operator

Tadashi Okabe
Character: Ôtori Mathematician
Kôji Uno
Character: Reporter
Yukihiko Gondô
Character: Ôtori Pilot

Ken'ichirō Maruyama
Character: Ôtori Engineer
Yasuhiko Saijô
Character: Ôtori Radio Operator
Katsumi Tezuka
Character: Ôtori Radio Operator

Akira Yamada
Character: Hayabusa Engineer
Hiroshi Takagi
Character: Hayabusa Engineer
Toshitsugu Suzuki
Character: Hayabusa Pilot

Wataru Ōmae
Character: Hayabusa Mathmatician
Ichirô Shôji
Character: Hayabysa Observer
Yasuo Araki
Character: Hayabusa Observer

Hideo Shibuya
Character: Reporter
Kazuo Imai
Character: Hayabusa Radio Operator
Takuya Yuki
Character: Hayabusa Mathematician

Yusuke Suzuki
Character: Hayabusa Fuel Checkouter
Takuzō Kumagai
Character: Government Personnel
Hiroshi Akitsu
Character: Government Personnel/ Man pointing at sky

Enver Altenbay
Character: South Pole Base Member
Ryûtarô Amami
Character: Government Personnel/South Pole Worker
Henrî Ban
Character: Man in convention Hall

Hank Brown
Character: South Pole Base Personnel
Ichirō Chiba
Character: Government Personnel
Kenzo Echigo
Character: Otori Astronaut

Bin Furuya
Character: Reporter
Ted Gunther
Character: South Pole Base Personnel
Shinjirô Hirota
Character: Government Personnel

Hans Horneff
Character: Dr. Konig
Tsurue Ichimanji
Character: Sonoda Family Maid
Toku Ihara
Character: South Pole Base Worker

Saburô Iketani
Character: Newsanchor
Minoru Itō
Character: Ôtori Astronaut
Ralph Jesser
Character: South Pole Base Personnel

Saburô Kadowaki
Character: Reporter
Kuniyoshi Kashima
Character: South Pole Base Worker
Yoshio Katsube
Character: Reporter/Space Station Observer

Keiichirô Katsumoto
Character: Government Personnel
Shigeo Katô
Character: South Pole Base Worker
Ikuo Kawamura
Character: Ôtori Astronaut

Akira Kitchôji
Character: Government Personnel
Akio Kusama
Character: Government Personnel
Ed Keane
Character: USSO Representative

Someshō Matsumoto
Character: Government Personnel
Masahide Matsushita
Character: South Pole Base Worker
Jirô Mitsuaki
Character: Government Personnel

Takashi Narita
Character: Government Personnel
Junpei Natsuki
Character: Man at Funeral
Yutaka Oka
Character: South Pole Base Worker

Keiji Sakakida
Character: Government Personnel
Haruya Sakamoto
Character: Reporter
Ryôji Shimizu
Character: Base Designer

Junnosuke Suda
Character: Government Personnel
Haruo Suzuki
Character: Reporter
Kamayuki Tsubono
Character: Government Personnel

Keisuke Yamada
Character: Government Personnel
Shin Yoshida
Character: Government Personnel
Osman Yusuf
Character: South Pole Base Worker

Yasumasa Ônishi
Character: Government Personnel
Hideo Ôtsuka
Character: Reporter
Haruo Nakajima
Character: Maguma

Kōji Suzuki
Character: Pilot of Hayabusa
Masaya Nihei
Character: Itô


Production and Crew

Hajime Koizumi
Director of Photography
Takeshi Kimura
Screenplay
Takeo Kita
Production Design

Motoyoshi Tomioka
Special Effects
Teruaki Abe
Production Design
Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects

Yasuaki Sakamoto
Production Manager

Toshio Takashima
Lighting Technician
Motoyoshi Tomioka
Visual Effects Camera

Toshiya Ban
Sound Recordist
Takao Miyuki
Visual Effects
Jôjirô Okami
Original Story

Hiroshi Mukoyama
Visual Effects Compositor
Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects Director
Yukio Manoda
Visual Effects

Kuichirô Kishida
Lighting Technician
Akira Watanabe
Visual Effects Art Director
Sadamasa Arikawa
Visual Effects Camera

Teruyoshi Nakano
Visual Effects
Takeo Kita
Art Direction
Kan Narita
Visual Effects Production Manager

Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects
Teruaki Abe
Art Direction
Teruyoshi Nakano
Special Effects

Kan Ishii
Original Music Composer