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- DirectorIshirô HondaStarsKenji SaharaYumi ShirakawaMomoko KôchiShortly after a giant robot destroys a village, aliens from outer space arrive offering friendship. Will the people of Earth tie these two events together?
- DirectorIshirô HondaStarsAkira TakaradaJoseph CottenCesar RomeroA journalist is saved by a giant submarine captained by a 200-year-old man who takes him to an underwater paradise city where no one ages. That's when monsters and mutants sent by the captain's rival, a 200-year-old scientist, attack.
- DirectorIshirô HondaStarsYumi ShirakawaKenji SaharaAkihiko HirataWhen a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police question his wife and stake out the nightclub where she works. His disappearance stumps the police - until a young scientist appears who claims that H-Bomb tests in the Pacific, evidenced by a "ghost ship" that has turned up in the harbor, have created radioactive creatures - "H-Men" - who ooze like slime and dissolve anyone they touch.
- DirectorIshirô HondaStarsRyô IkebeYumi ShirakawaAkira KuboA Tokyo scientist and his colleagues shift Earth to avoid a red-hot planet on a collision course.
- DirectorKazui NihonmatsuStarsShun'ya WazakiItoko HaradaShin'ichi YanagisawaWhen a crew of scientists returns from Mars with a sample of the space spores that contaminated their ship, the sample escapes and grows into an enormous, rampaging beaked beast.
- DirectorToshio MasudaShûe MatsubayashiShirô MoritaniStarsTetsurô TanbaToshio KurosawaKaoru YumiA scientist fears that the prophecies of Nostradamus, including the end of all life on Earth, are coming true one after another.
- DirectorKôji ShimaStarsKeizô KawasakiToyomi KaritaBin YagisawaUFOs are seen around Tokyo. Because they look like giant starfish the aliens cannot approach us without creating panic. Hence one of them sacrifices itself and takes the form of a popular female singer. It/she warns mankind that a meteor will crash on Earth. While the approaching meteor causes hotter and hotter weather, mankind runs and builds a last-chance anti-meteor weapon.
- DirectorIshirô HondaStarsAkira KuboKumi MizunoHiroshi KoizumiShipwrecked survivors slowly transform into mushrooms.
- DirectorIshirô HondaStarsRyô IkebeKyôko AnzaiMinoru TakadaThe nations of the Earth unite in a common cause to fight off an invader from outer space.
- DirectorIshirô HondaStarsTatsuya MihashiKaoru YachigusaYoshio TsuchiyaA librarian is subject to a scientific experiment which goes wrong and transforms him into 'The Human Vapour'. He uses his new ability to rob banks to fund the career of his girlfriend, a beautiful dancer. The Human Vapour is ruthless in his quest for money and kills anyone who stands in his way, especially police. He soon becomes Tokyo's most wanted criminal. Can he be stopped before he kills again?
- DirectorJun FukudaStarsKôji TsurutaYumi ShirakawaSeizaburô KawazuMen are being murdered by a psycho called "The Telegian," who uses a matter-transmitting device to locate his victims.
- DirectorShûe MatsubayashiStarsFurankî SakaiAkira TakaradaYuriko HoshiThis Japanese film speculates on the events which lead the U.S. and the Soviet Union into a nuclear Armageddon.
- DirectorShirô MoritaniAndrew MayerStarsLorne GreeneKeiju KobayashiRhonda HopkinsThe shorted re-edited American version of Submersion of Japan, in which Japan slowly sinks into the sea as the US and Japan work together to stop it.
- DirectorIshirô HondaStarsNobuyuki IshidaDaigo KusanoYôko Ichiji
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsRobert HortonLuciana PaluzziRichard JaeckelAfter destroying a giant asteroid heading towards Earth, a group of scientists unknowingly bring back a strange green substance that soon mutates into a monster.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsVic MorrowShin'ichi ChibaPhilip CasnoffAn embattled planet, which is on the edge of doom, sends an S.O.S. and an intergalactic team comes to its rescue.
- DirectorJun FukudaIshirô HondaToshio MasudaStarsKensaku MoritaYûko AsanoRyô IkebeEarth is attacked by alien spacecraft from Venus. But a Japanese scientist has constructed a space craft, the Gohten, with which he may save humanity.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsMasao KusakariTsunehiko WataseIsao NatsuyagiAfter a virus devastates the global human population, survivors in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure and save the human race.
- DirectorKoji HashimotoSakyô KomatsuIshirô HondaStarsTomokazu MiuraDangely DianeMiyuki OnoWhile extracting water from the Martian polar ice caps, ancient carvings are uncovered describing an alien spacecraft crashing into Jupiter, postponing plans to turn Jupiter into a second Sun.
- DirectorKihachi OkamotoStarsHiroshi KatsunoKeiko TakeshitaEiji OkadaUFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blue. Soon panic and hysteria result in the new "blue-bloods" being persecuted by the rest of mankind, and eventually certain all-too-familiar measures begin to be taken against them.
- DirectorJun FukudaStarsHiroshi FujiokaKaoru YumiMasao KusakariA bad ESP syndicate is planning to kill world leaders through mental telepathy. The good guys are a top secret group called ESPY and they're in charge of stopping the killer psychics.
- DirectorSadao NakajimaStarsToshirô MifuneMariko OkadaBunta SugawaraWhen the patriarch of Japan's most powerful yakuza family is shot, his wife is left to pick up the pieces and carry on the legacy.
- DirectorToshio MasudaStarsMidori EbinaEimei EsumiDennis FaltBased on a science-fiction novel by Sakyo Komatsu. Tokyo is suddendly covered by a dome shaped electromagantic cloud for an unknown reason and is totally blocked and isolated from other parts of the world. The temperature inside the cloud is slowly increasing. The Soviet Pacific fleet is getting closer. The U.S. is forcing Japan to form a new governmemt. Scientists and research workers outside Tokyo have to race against time to find out how to get through the cloud in order to rescue the 12,000,000+ lives in Tokyo and the fate of the country.
- DirectorKôji OhtaStarsShin'ichi ChibaRyûko MinakamiMitsue KomiyaClumsy invaders from Neptune are thwarted by hero Space Chief and a nondescript group of microshort-wearing Japanese kids.
- DirectorHajime SatôStarsShin'ichi ChibaPeggy NealFranz GruberA group of surface dwellers comes upon an underwater city ruled by a mad scientist and his amphibious servants.
- DirectorHajime SatôStarsShin'ichi ChibaOsamu KobayashiWataru YamagawaWhen the Earth is threatened by an evil alien, a group of UN scientists travel to the lost city of Atlantis where they unearth a superhuman mummy named The Golden Bat who is prophesied to help the humans survive this terrible attack.
- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsShin'ichi ChibaKyôsuke MachidaYuriko AzumaA man with a special power attempts to help a cursed woman.
- DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsJô ShishidoNagisa KatahiraShingo YamamotoKomori Tiaki is a budding tennis student. However, one day in training her coach hits the ball into her eye accidentally. She is taken to hospital but is advised that she will never regain the sight in her eye.
- DirectorKôsei SaitôStarsShin'ichi ChibaJun EtôMoeko EzawaA squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun. The squad leader, Lt. Iba, sees this as the perfect opportunity to realize his dream of becoming the ruler of Japan. To achieve this, he teams his troops up with those of Kagatori, a samurai daimyo who also aspires to become Shogun. Are either of these power-hungry warriors to be trusted?
- DirectorMotoyoshi OdaStarsSeizaburô KawazuMiki SanjôMinoru TakadaA car strikes an unseen object. Blood spreads from an invisible source, which becomes visible as the bleeding man dies. He carries with him a suicide note dedicated to his only friend, who is also an invisible man. An eager young reporter tracks down Takemitsu Nanjo, a war veteran who makes his living visibly, painting his face like a clown's and carrying advertising signs. His favorite neighbor is a little blind girl whose mother is running afoul of local gangsters. The gangsters have been terrorizing the city as "the invisible gang," wrapping themselves up in scarves and trenchcoats so as to be visible to their victims, even though they are supposed to be invisible underneath. Once they discover Nanjo, who is defending his only friends, they beat him and leave him for dead.
- DirectorMinoru KanayaKiyosumi KuzakawaStarsTatsuya AzumaMiyuki TanigawaJô ShishidoAn alien is pursued as a traitor by his own race because he refuses to kill humans.
- DirectorMinoru KanayaKiyosumi KuzakawaStarsJô ShishidoTatsuya AzumaMiyuki TanigawaIn this second film compiled from a Japanese TV serial, Captain Joe, the marauder Ken and their crew set off to destroy an alien super-weapon, face off with Ken's vengeful ex-lover Rita and confront the leader of the marauding Star Wolves.
- DirectorAkio JissôjiStarsShintarô KatsuKyûsaku ShimadaMieko HaradaA demonic reincarnation of a Japanese general from the 10th century appears in the early 20th century Tokyo with a mission to destroy the blooming city.
- DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsYasufumi HayashiAiko AsanoVajra BarzaghiAn international school in Kobe, Japan is catapulted into the future after a time-slip occurs.
- DirectorJunichi MimuraStarsBilly DragoRon MelendezHenry SilvaA spy satellite has malfunctioned and is going to crash into the Earth. The US government bring on line a power laser. When the laser strikes the satellite, it causes a rip and time and sends Monroe High school 20 years into the future, including teachers, students and an escaping criminal. The students find themselves in a barren world, where they are set upon by the escaped criminal and a fierce monster. One of the students has a telepathic link with his mother, 2oo years in the past. She is able to help him find much needed medicines. The students try to find a way back to the past.
- DirectorKoreyoshi AkasakaTeruo IshiiAkira MitsuwaStarsKen UtsuiMinako YamadaJunko IkeuchiA bunch of pernicious salamander men from the planet Kulimon in the Moffit Galaxy plan on taking over Earth by unleashing a lethal plague on mankind. It's up to valiant superhero Starman from the Emerald Planet to save the human race before it's too late.
- DirectorKoreyoshi AkasakaTeruo IshiiAkira MitsuwaStarsKen UtsuiSachihiro OhsawaJunko IkeuchiThe Supreme Council from the Emerald Planet sends the superhero Starman (Super Giant in Japan) to protect Earth from destruction by an evil alien race from the Sapphire Galaxy. The Sapphirians are out to destroy earth using a space station that can hurl a fiery "Death Star" and destroy the entire planet. Starman tries to destroy their ship, but a meteor storm intervenes. Starman arrives on Earth and discovers Dr. Yanamaka, one of Earth's top scientists and his two children have been abducted by human agents of the Sapphirians. Worse, a huge conspiracy is afoot. A secret headquarters underneath a graveyard is the Earth headquarters of the Sapphirian takeover efforts. Starman arrives to rescue Yanamaka and his children, but they have been taken by rocket to the large space station that controls the Death Star. After knocking out the subsurface facility, Starman streaks into space in a second attempt to rescue the abductees. On the space station, Dr. Yanamaka's daughter, Kaoru, and Asami, a loyal team member, have done a lot to throw obstructions in the way of the Sapphirians. They are on the verge of escaping when the Sapphirians gain the upper hand. Yanamaka and the kids are about to be executed when Starman arrives. As Starman keeps the Sapphirian troops engaged, Dr. Yanamaka, his son and Asami escape in the Sapphirian rocket. Starman finishes off the battle and flies Kaoru to the ship. From there, they destroy the Sapphirian space-wheel base.
- DirectorKoreyoshi AkasakaTeruo IshiiAkira MitsuwaStarsKen UtsuiJunko IkeuchiMinoru TakadaA monstrous evil brain from outer space leads his minions on a crusade to conquer the universe, and unleashes hideous monsters on Earth that spread deadly diseases.
- DirectorKoreyoshi AkasakaTeruo IshiiAkira MitsuwaStarsKen UtsuiSachihiro OhsawaJunko IkeuchiSuper criminals are planning to infiltrate Earth with mass nuclear destruction! Only Starman can defend civilization by thwarting evil!
- DirectorEijirô WakabayashiStarsTatsuo UmemiyaHiroko MineTakashi KandaWhen an alien force tries to invade Earth to steal a powerful new rocket fuel, a mysterious hero intervenes.
- DirectorIshirô HondaStarsRhodes ReasonMie HamaLinda MillerThe evil Dr. Who captures King Kong to dig for Element X when his robot duplicate, Mechani-Kong, is unable to do the job, but Kong soon escapes and battles his doppelganger.
- DirectorIshirô HondaStarsNick AdamsKumi MizunoTadao TakashimaNear the end of WWII, Germans transport the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster to Japan, where it is seeming lost in the bombing of Hiroshima. Years later a wild boy is found, born from the immortal heart.
- DirectorAlexander GrasshoffTsugunobu KotaniStarsRichard BooneJoan Van ArkSteven KeatsA wealthy big game hunter and his group become trapped in prehistoric times where they are stalked by a ferocious dinosaur.