''Invaders from Space'' is a 1964 film edited together for American television from films #3 and #4 of the 1957 Japanese short film series ''
Super Giant
is a Japanese superhero featured in a successful series of serial-like tokusatsu short feature films produced between 1957 and 1959 by Shintoho (the non-union branch of Toho). He is also known in Japan as , is known in The United States as ...
''.
Plot
The story involves the superhero Starman who is sent by the Emerald Planet to protect Earth from the Salamander Men of the planet Kulimon in the Moffit galaxy who plan to destroy Earth.
American adaptation
The 9 ''Super Giant'' films were purchased for distribution to U.S. television and edited into 4 films by Walter Manley Enterprises and Medallion Films. The 2 original Japanese films which went into ''Invaders from Space'' (''The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic Castle'' and ''Earth on the Verge of Destruction'') were 48 minutes and 39 minutes in duration. The two films were edited into one 78-minute film, resulting in a total of 9 minutes being cut from the two films during the re-editing. Also, most of the original music was replaced by library cues.
DVD release
''Invaders from Space'' is currently available on DVD.
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Image Entertainment
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released the film and another Starman film, ''
Atomic Rulers of the World
''Atomic Rulers of the World'' (or just ''Atomic Rulers'') is a 1965 film edited together for American television from films #1 and #2 of the 1957 Japanese short film series '' Super Giant''.
Plot
The story involves the superhero Starman (Sup ...
'' on a single disc on December 10, 2002.
See also
* ''
Super Giant
is a Japanese superhero featured in a successful series of serial-like tokusatsu short feature films produced between 1957 and 1959 by Shintoho (the non-union branch of Toho). He is also known in Japan as , is known in The United States as ...
''
* ''
Atomic Rulers of the World
''Atomic Rulers of the World'' (or just ''Atomic Rulers'') is a 1965 film edited together for American television from films #1 and #2 of the 1957 Japanese short film series '' Super Giant''.
Plot
The story involves the superhero Starman (Sup ...
''
* ''
Attack from Space
''Attack from Space'' is a 1965 science fiction compilation film produced for American television. It is the third film, following ''Atomic Rulers of the World'' (1 and 2) and '' Invaders from Space'' (3 and 4), to be comprised from the six instal ...
''
* ''
Evil Brain from Outer Space
''Evil Brain from Outer Space'' is a 1964 film edited together for American television from films #7, #8 and #9 of the 1957/1958 Japanese Super Giant film series.
Synopsis
The film concerns Starman's efforts to save the Earth from the follower ...
''
References
*Ragone, August. ''THE ORIGINAL "STARMAN": The Forgotten Supergiant of Steel Who Fought for Peace, Justice and the Japanese Way'' Originally published in ''Planet X Magazine'', included in
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DVD
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