Spoonatects Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Bea Swanson This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

mark.waltz Another badly dubbed, statically moving and deliberately silly science fiction is a rip off of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" with star-fish shaped aliens who can turn themselves into humans. These creatures which look the same as each other (assembly line costumes) have both female and male voices so at least the people who cast their dubbers were at least equal opportunity. This is another film expressing protest against nuclear power with the danger of a planet collision at the core of its conflict. While there are seconds running out, ruthless leaders strive to get their hands on a new nuclear formula. There are moments of incredible dullness followed by moments of incredible silliness, such as when a Japanese nightclub is shown with Japanese male and female tap dancers. Of course x there's the inclusion of children in danger, an obvious pre-requisite for all of these films.The creatures are shown almost immediately, lacking any surprise for what they look like. The more serious it tries to be, the more outlandish it becomes. If this was the Japanese government's attempt for atonement for their part in World War II, it would be not accepted. More likely revenge for the bombs we dropped on them that killed millions but did manage to end the war. The conclusion featuring some natural disasters thanks to the rising temperatures are pretty realistic and well done, but it seems to take forever to get there.

wes-connors "The citizens of Tokyo panic when they see UFOs in the sky. The aliens are benign, however, and have come to warn of a meteor on a collision course with Earth. As the meteor approaches, the Earth's atmosphere begins to heat up, and mankind must race to construct a weapon to destroy it," according to the DVD sleeve's well-spotted synopsis. Yes, the Japanese take Michael Rennie's warning from "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951) and pad it out with "When Worlds Collide" (1951). The "Warning from Space" gets better as it goes along, as this disaster brings along a few good visuals, in color.*** Uchujin Tokyo ni arawaru (1/29/56) Koji Shima ~ Keizo Kawasaki, Shozo Nanbu, Bontaro Miake, Isao Yamagata

synthwiz Well, I just viewed this Japanese film for the first time on the ALPHA VIDEO DVD release and was able to sit through it without being completely bored.So, all is good with this film. But keep in mind: It's nowhere near as good as "THE MYSTERIONS" (Toho's alien film from the late fifties). There are NO GIANT MONSTERS IN THIS FILM.I understand it's Japan's FIRST COLOR SCI-FI MOVIE; so that's something to keep in mind. The budget was quite high for this movie.And here's an open letter to ALPHA VIDEO: What's with the video transfer that looks like it was copied from a VHS tape? It's not as bad as numerous generation dubs of some schlock I've seen because the audio and video are a bit noisy yet passable, but could your company not find a better master copy?? Just curious...Anyways, the star creatures from some UFOs try to warn Earth that a planet is going to collide with the Earth (or something like that), and they try to help the Earthlings with this by sharing the news. The problem is that most people find human-sized Starfish to be quite shocking and won't be inviting any over for sushi anytime soon. So, the Star creatures realize that "sex sells" and decide to transform one of their own as Japan's version of Celine Dion (or Charro, depending on your preference) and this "woman" tries to warn Earth of what's happening.If you're into this sort of thing, by all means check it out for its historical film merit.

tday-1 Neat little epic about starfish shaped aliens coming to Earth to warn it of impending Clayson with another planet. Oddly enough,viewers complains about the cheap costumes of the aliens,if they listened to the story,the aliens wore protective costumes to function in Earth's atmosphere because their actual shape would horrify the earth people. The special effects are very good,par for the course for fifties sci-fi. Definitely a must for your video shelf. The color is a bit faded but it's still a nice film to watch. The dubbing is well done and the musical numbers are fun. Probably not the classic film one would like but it still good. I'm a big fan of Japanese sci-fi.so it goes well with my collection.