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Invasion of the Neptune Men

Original title: Uchû Kaisokusen
  • 1961
  • 1h 14m
IMDb RATING
2.3/10
2.9K
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Shin'ichi Chiba, Mitsue Komiya, and Ryûko Minakami in Invasion of the Neptune Men (1961)
JapaneseSuperheroActionSci-Fi

Clumsy invaders from Neptune are thwarted by hero Space Chief and a nondescript group of microshort-wearing Japanese kids.Clumsy invaders from Neptune are thwarted by hero Space Chief and a nondescript group of microshort-wearing Japanese kids.Clumsy invaders from Neptune are thwarted by hero Space Chief and a nondescript group of microshort-wearing Japanese kids.

  • Director
    • Kôji Ohta
  • Writers
    • Shin Morita
    • Akihiro Watanabe
  • Stars
    • Shin'ichi Chiba
    • Ryûko Minakami
    • Mitsue Komiya
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    2.3/10
    2.9K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Kôji Ohta
    • Writers
      • Shin Morita
      • Akihiro Watanabe
    • Stars
      • Shin'ichi Chiba
      • Ryûko Minakami
      • Mitsue Komiya
    • 73User reviews
    • 25Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Shin'ichi Chiba
    Shin'ichi Chiba
    • Shinichi Tachibana
    • (as Sonny Chiba)
    • …
    Ryûko Minakami
    • Tanigawa Yoko
    Mitsue Komiya
    • Saito - Scientist
    Seiichirô Kameishi
    • Yamagata Yukichi
    Rin'ichi Yamamoto
    • Colonel Fujimoto
    Kappei Matsumoto
    • Dr. Tanigawa
    Takashi Kanda
    Takashi Kanda
    • Defence Chief Takita
    Shirô Okamoto
    • Eiji Shindo
    Junji Masuda
    Junji Masuda
    • Dr. Tamiya
    Hidemichi Ishikawa
    • Dr. Yoshimoto
    Shinjirô Ebara
    • Yanagida - Scientist
    • (as Shinjirô Ehara)
    Ken Sudô
    • Staff Chief Miyake
    Kôji Sahara
    • Garrison Chief Mikami
    • (as Koji Sahara)
    Genji Kawai
    • The Guard
    Kôsaku Okano
    • Reporter A
    Masazumi Okabe
    • Railway worker
    Akikane Sawa
    Akikane Sawa
    • Land Commander Inukai
    Harold Conway
    • Washington Broadcast Station Chief
    • Director
      • Kôji Ohta
    • Writers
      • Shin Morita
      • Akihiro Watanabe
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews73

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    1Droopy!!!

    Space Chef rides again!

    Gather round the campfire, children, and listen to the story of the great Space Chief!! Who sucked. He rode around in a bumpy car that, when lit on fire, sent him into space. But enough about me, let's talk about the children!! They were the real heroes here and the next time some crazy dj-aliens with records stuck to their heads come through the electro-barrier, I'm hoping those kids'll be around to get into level 5 security areas and figure that baby out all on their own. Cause goshdarnit, they've done it before.
    lurk3000

    A tragic waste of the human spirit...

    Wow! This movie (I use the term loosely) really, really sucked. Thankfully I saw it with Mike and the 'bots...and they could barely make it through this abortion. I could barely make it through. Waaaaaay too much stock footage, waaaaay to many annoying kids. What made "Prince of Space" at least mildly amusing was the phantom of Krankor. At least he had a personality. The neptune suppositories down even talk.
    dootuss

    Makes "Prince of Space" look like a masterpiece, and that's saying a LOT!

    Sure, I thought "Prince of Space" was a TERRIBLE film, but after seeing "Invasion of the Neptune Men", well, that changed. This movie's even WORSE than "Prince of Space" to me. Why you ask? Well let's see...

    First off, all of those annoying kids running around in a group wearing shorts. I just wanted to go berserk after a while of listening to those annoying, dubbed voices.

    Second of all, Krankor doesn't appear in this movie. He was the only good point of "Prince of Space", and not having him in this film only made it worse (who didn't like that evil laugh that Krankor did).

    Third of all, The stock footage. They used the same stock footage scenes so much in this movie. It was just aggrivating after awhile.

    and fourth of all... no Prince of Space! Sure, he was a lame hero in the self titled previous film, but this new hero sucked.

    The movie overall is god awful. Mike and the bots did a great job bashing this piece of cheese from Japan. I suggest to anyone who wants to see this to check it out on MST3K. The only non-painful way to endure this.
    Amazing Colossal Puma Man

    Prince of Space...Chief

    All right, what the #$^# could ANYBODY be thinking that made this movie. It's actually worse than "Prince of Space." The dubbing on the kids is far more annoying than Krankor's laugh. Oh yeah, the reason I'm comparing these two is because they're the SAME movie!

    This movie isn't all bad, though. It does have some nice cameos, such as the one made by the Fürher himself, Adolf Hitler. Plus it introduces us to stop-short-from-ten-feet-away fighting.

    Well, I'm going to seek revenge on the idiots who made this movie. See you later.
    1zmaturin

    There is no joy anymore

    Remember "Prince of Space"? MST3K # 816? Okay. This is basically a remake of that. Instead of Prince of Space, though, we get Space Chief, another effeminent, hopping hero. Instead of the chicken-men of Krankor, we get mute, bullet-headed robots who have trouble walking and fall down at the tiniest hint of danger. And instead of two annoying, gravely voiced, tiny-shorts-wearing kids we get SIX annoying, gravely voiced, tiny-shorts-wearing kids. Slow the whole thing down, add lots of scenes of Japanese people talking in poorly lit rooms, and actual war footage instead of special effects, and you've got one of the worse movies ever made. I know that phrase is over-used and has little or no impact anymore, but this movie really is almost unbearable. It's amazing! It's joyless, depressing, AND technically inept!

    Enjoy the Hitler building.

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    • Trivia
      Many of the invasion scenes in Tokyo were edited from World War III Breaks Out (1960). The appearance of a giant billboard of Adolf Hitler has led some viewers to believe that the stock footage is taken from documentary footage of World War II Japan. The Hitler billboard is actually an ad for a Japanese translation of Mein Kampf.
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      Featured in Chiller Theatre: Invasion of the Neptune Men (1974)

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    • Release date
      • July 19, 1961 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Space Greyhound
    • Filming locations
      • Nagasawa Water Treatment Plant in Kawasaki, Japan(Where the final scene was shot)
    • Production companies
      • New Toei
      • Toei Company
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 14m(74 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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