Invasion of the Neptune Men (1961)
Uchû Kaisokusen
74 min
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.
- Release date
- July 19, 1961
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Music
- Hajime Kaburagi, Chumei Watanabe
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Trailer
Cast
- Shin'ichi Chiba as Shinichi Tachibana
- Shinjirô Ehara as Ryota Yanagida BSc
- Mitsue Komiya as Saito BSc
- Seiichirô Kameishi as Yamagata Yukichi
- Shirô Okamoto as Eiji Shindo
- Rin'ichi Yamamoto as Colonel Kazusa Fujimoto
- Kappei Matsumoto as Dr. Tanigawa
- Takashi Kanda as Defence Chief Takita
- Ken Sudô as Chief of Staff Miyake
- Junji Masuda
- Harold Conway as Washington Broadcast Station Chief
- Tadashi Minamikawa
- Kōji Sekiyama
- Gôzô Sôma
- Akikane Sawa
- Kōsaku Okano
- Kenji Todoroki
- Shin'ichi Chiba as Iron-Sharp
- Ryûko Minakami as Tanigawa Yoko
Crew
- Kôji Ohta · Director
- Shin Morita · Writer
- Akihiro Watanabe · Writer
- Hiroshi Ôkawa · Producer
- Hajime Kaburagi · Composer
- Chumei Watanabe · Composer
- Shizuka Fujii · Cinematographer