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'''''Konto 55: The Great Outer Space Adventure''''' {{Nihongo|コント55号 宇宙大冒険|Konto Gojūgogō Uchū Daibōken}} is a [[1969]] [[tokusatsu]] science fiction comedy [[:Category:Films|film]] produced by [[Toho]]. It is the fourth and final entry in a series of Toho-produced films starring the comedy duo Konto 55, and the only one to employ special effects techniques. The film was released to [[Japan]]ese theaters on December 20, 1969 as part of the Winter [[Toho Champion Festival]], alongside ''[[All Monsters Attack]]'' and the anime film ''Star of the Giants: Go, Go, Hyuma''. | '''''Konto 55: The Great Outer Space Adventure''''' {{Nihongo|コント55号 宇宙大冒険|Konto Gojūgogō Uchū Daibōken}} is a [[1969]] [[tokusatsu]] science-fiction comedy [[:Category:Films|film]] produced by [[Toho]]. It is the fourth and final entry in a series of Toho-produced films starring the comedy duo Konto 55, and the only one to employ special effects techniques. The film was released to [[Japan]]ese theaters on December 20, 1969, as part of the Winter [[Toho Champion Festival]], alongside ''[[All Monsters Attack]]'' and the anime film ''Star of the Giants: Go, Go, Hyuma''. | ||
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Konto 55: The Great Outer Space Adventure (コント55号 宇宙大冒険 is a Konto Gojūgogō Uchū Daibōken)1969 tokusatsu science-fiction comedy film produced by Toho. It is the fourth and final entry in a series of Toho-produced films starring the comedy duo Konto 55, and the only one to employ special effects techniques. The film was released to Japanese theaters on December 20, 1969, as part of the Winter Toho Champion Festival, alongside All Monsters Attack and the anime film Star of the Giants: Go, Go, Hyuma.
Plot
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Staff
- Main article: Konto 55: The Great Outer Space Adventure/Credits.
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Directed by Jun Fukuda
- Written by James Miki
- Executive producers Kikumaru Okuda, Tadahiro Teramoto, Ryoji Asai
- Music by Kenjiro Hirose
- Cinematography by Yuzuru Aizawa
- Edited by Fumiko Ohashi
- Production design by Shigekazu Ikuno
- 1st assistant director Masayoshi Nemoto
- Director of special effects Yoichi Manoda
- 1st assistant director of special effects Takeharu Ikebuchi
Cast
- Main article: Konto 55: The Great Outer Space Adventure/Credits.
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Kinichi Hagimoto as Keima "Sa" Sakamoto, Shinsengumi warrior
- Jiro Sakagami as Kaku "Se" Serizawa, imperial samurai
- Hiroshi Kawaguchi as Dogma, alien from the planet Pallad
- Noriko Takahashi as Kogiku, Kyoto geisha
- Junzaburo Ban as Bluebeard, alien ruler
- Oh Ranfan as Yang Guifei, Chinese consort
- Emma Sugimoto as Cleopatra, Egyptian monarch
- Maki Carrousel as Joan of Arc, French heroine
- Yukako Honda as Marilyn Monroe, American actress
- Keiko Sawai as Ono no Komachi, Japanese poet
- Toru Yuri as Dr. Dodome, Palladian doctor
- Bokuzen Hidari as Palladian military director
- Sakae Umezu as Palladian physicist
- Toshiaki Minami as Palladian government secretary
- Dankichi Tanku as Palladian sociologist
- Ganta Iwata as Palladian biologist
- Toki Shiozawa as Palladian teacher
- Keisuke Sagawa as Palladian TV commentator
- Shigeru Tsujishi as Man who sees UFO in Kyoto
- Keiko Ozawa, Kinuyo Sado as Palladian protestors
- Setsuko Kawaguchi as Palladian girl
- Midori Uchiyama, Maki Wakayama as Women walking in Ginza
- Keiji Yanoma, Takao Zushi as Protestors in Ginza
Appearances
Characters
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Gallery
- Main article: Konto 55: The Great Outer Space Adventure/Gallery.
Alternate titles
- Konto 55: Grand Outer Space Adventure (alternate translation)
- Konto 55: The Great Space Adventure (alternate translation)
- Konto 55: Space Adventure (alternate translation)
Video releases
Toho DVD (2006)
- Region: 2
- Discs: 1
- Audio: Japanese (mono)
- Subtitles: Japanese
- Special features: audio commentary by Tsutomu Sekine
- Notes: Re-released in 2014 for the Toho DVD Cinema Fanclub
Trivia
- The other three Konto 55 films which preceded The Great Outer Space Adventure are:
- Konto 55: The Weakness of the Century (コント55号 世紀の大弱点, released November 2, 1968 Konto Gojūgogō Seiki no Daijakuten)
- Konto 55: The Weakness of Humanity (コント55号 人類の大弱点, released August 13, 1969 Konto Gojūgogō Jinrui no Daijakuten)
- Konto 55: I Am the Grandson of the Grandson of a Ninja (コント55号 俺は忍者の孫の孫, released October 10, 1969 Konto Gojūgogō Ore wa Ninja no Mago no Mago)
- Screenwriter James Miki would go on to reuse the name of the Pallad aliens in a sci-fi segment of the 1978 anthology film, Pink Lady's Motion Picture.
- The scenes of Planet Pallad's nuclear holocaust are composed entirely of stock footage from Dogora, The Crazy Adventure,[1] The Last War, Invasion of Astro-Monster and Latitude Zero.[2]
External links
- Konto 55: Grand Outer Space Adventure on Toho Kingdom
- Konto 55: The Great Outer Space Adventure on Toho's Movie Database
References
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Konto 55: The Great Outer Space Adventure (1969) image gallery
Image gallery for the film Konto 55: The Great Outer Space Adventure.
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Konto 55: The Great Outer Space Adventure (1969) credits
The following is a transcript of the opening credits of Konto 55: The Great Outer Space Adventure.
Produced by
- Kikumaru Okuda
- Tadahiro Teramoto
- Ryoji Asai
Screenplay by
- James Miki
Photographed by
- Yuzuru Aizawa
Art director
- Shigekazu Ikuno
Sound recording by
- Hideo Ushikubo
Lighting technician
- Kazuo Shimomura
Music by
- Kenjiro Hirose
Assistant director
- Masayoshi Nemoto
Edited by
- Fumiko Ohashi
Processing by
- Tokyo Laboratory
Mixing by
- Echo Studios
Production manager
- Hisayuki Murakami
Special effects by
- Mutsumi Toshima
- Katsuharu Kaneko
- Kazunobu Sanpei
- Shoji Ogawa
- Takeharu Ikebuchi
In association with
- Echo Co., Ltd.
Cast
- Konto 55
- Kinichi Hagimoto
- Jiro Sakagami
- Hiroshi Kawaguchi
- Noriko Takahashi
- Toru Yuri
- Bokuzen Hidari
- Sakae Umezu
- Toshiaki Minami
- Maki Carrousel
- Emma Sugimoto
- Oh Ranfan
- Yukako Honda
- Toki Shiozawa
- Keiko Sawai
- Keisuke Sagawa
- Keiji Yanoma
- Takao Zushi
- Shoji Abe
- Konto 0
- Dankichi Tanku
- Ganta Iwata
- Shinichiro Kamiki
- Riki Harada
- Haruo Kinoshita
- Manabu Hirano
- Kei Imai
- Banjo Oura
- Takanobu Kusunoki
- Mika Katsuragi
- Atsuko Erizu
- Kikue Ono
- Shigeru Tsuji
- Keiko Ozawa
- Hideko Ebata
- Midori Uchiyama
- Wakako Tanabe
- Maki Wakayama
- Setsuko Kawaguchi
- Kinuyo Sado
- Junzaburo Ban
Directed by
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