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The Mysterians, known in Japan as Chikyu Boeigun ("Earth Defense Force"), is a tokusatsu science fiction film produced and released by Toho Studios in 1957. It was directed by the "Golden Duo" of Ishirō Honda (drama) and Eiji Tsuburaya (special effects). It is notable for being the first tokusatsu filmed in TohoScope and the first Toho film to use stereophonic sound. It is also known for its use of color, in particular its heavy use of day-for-night shots and bright alien costumes.

Plot

Scientifically advanced wanderers from the destroyed planet Mysteroid request a patch of land on Earth and the right to marry earthling women. After a demonstration of their destructive abilities, humankind must decide whether to capitulate or to resist.

Cast

Kenji Sahara
- Joji Atsumi
Yumi Shirakawa - Etsuko Shiraishi
Momoko Kōchi - Hiroko Iwamoto
Akihiko Hirata - Ryoichi Shiraishi
Takashi Shimura
- Dr. Tanjiro Adachi
Susumu Fujita - General Morita
Hisaya Ito - Captain Seki
Yoshio Kosugi - Commander Sugimoto
Fuyuki Murakami - Dr. Nobu Kawanami
Tetsu Nakamura - Dr. Koda
Yoshio Tsuchiya - Mysterian Leader

Cultural references

The aliens in this film inspired Rudy Martinez to name his band ? & the Mysterians.
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
(1994) special effects director Koichi Kawakita
redesigned the giant robot Moguera into an anti-Godzilla mecha for the later film.
Ryuhei Kitamura's Godzilla: Final Wars
features an anti-kaiju defense organization called the Earth Defense Force (Chikyu Boeigun).

Category:1957 films Category:Tokusatsu films

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