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*'''''UFOs Coming!''''' (''UFO'Erne Kommer!''; Danish title)
*'''''UFOs Coming!''''' (''UFO'Erne Kommer!''; Danish title)
*'''''The Great War of the Planets''''' (''Der große Krieg der Planeten''; West German title)
*'''''The Great War of the Planets''''' (''Der große Krieg der Planeten''; West German title)
*'''''Planet Wars''''' (''Planeternas Krig''; Swedish title)
==Theatrical releases==
==Theatrical releases==
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The War in Space
The Japanese poster for The War in Space
Alternate titles
Flagicon Japan.png The Great Planet War (1977)

Directed by Jun Fukuda
Producer Tomoyuki Tanaka, Fumio Tanaka
Written by Hachiro Jinguji (story);
Hideichi Nagahara, Ryuzo Nakanishi
Music by Toshiaki Tsushima
Distributor TohoJP,
Gold Key EntertainmentUS (TV syndication),
Video ActionUS (home video)
Rating Not Rated
Budget ¥500,000,000
Box office ¥889,000,000
Running time 90 minutesJP
(1 hour, 30 minutes)
87 minutesUS
(1 hour, 27 minutes)
Aspect ratio 2.35:1
Rate this film!
3.00
(13 votes)

The War in Space (惑星大戦争,   Wakusei Daisensō, lit. The Great Planet War) is a 1977 tokusatsu science fiction film produced by Toho. It was released to Japanese theaters on December 17, 1977.

Plot

The year is 1988, and Earth is recovering from a near-miss with a comet which released an electromagnetic wave that interfered with the planet's technology. Pilot Koji Miyoshi of the J.A.S.D.F. returns home to Japan in response to this incident, only to find that there are much worse matters at hand: the sudden arrival of the Yomi aliens and their fleet of warships.

Staff

Main article: The War in Space/Credits.

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

  • Directed by   Jun Fukuda
  • Written by   Hideichi Nagahara, Ryuzo Nakanishi
  • Based on a story by   Hachiro Jinguji
  • Produced by   Tomoyuki Tanaka, Fumio Tanaka
  • Music by   Toshiaki Tsushima
  • Cinematography by   Yuzuru Aizawa
  • Edited by   Michiko Ikeda
  • Production design by   Kazuo Satsuya
  • 1st assistant director   Ippei Imamura
  • Director of special effects   Teruyoshi Nakano
  • 1st assistant director of special effects   Koichi Kawakita

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

  • Kensaku Morita   as   Koji Miyoshi
  • Yuko Asano   as   Jun Takigawa
  • Ryo Ikebe   as   Masato Takigawa
  • Katsutoshi Atarashi   as   Tadashi Mikasa
  • Masaya Oki   as   Reisuke Muroi
  • Hiroshi Miyauchi   as   Kazuo Fuyuki
  • Goro Mutsumi   as   Commander Hell
  • Hideji Otaki   as   Dr. Matsuzawa
  • Akihiko Hirata   as   Oshi, Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander
  • William Ross   as   Dr. Schmidt
  • Isao Hashimoto   as   Research worker
  • Koichi Yoshida   as   Gohten controller
  • Junichi Kudo   as   Gohten pilot
  • Susumu Otani   as   Gohten pilot
  • Shoji Nakayama   as   Staff officer
  • David Perin   as   Jimmy

Appearances

Monsters

Weapons, vehicles, and races

Gallery

Main article: The War in Space/Gallery.

Soundtrack

Main article: The War in Space (Soundtrack).

Alternate titles

  • The Great Planet War (惑星大戦争; literal Japanese title)
  • The Great Planet War: THE WAR IN SPACE (惑星大戦争 THE WAR IN SPACE; alternate Japanese title)
  • Battle in Outer Space II (Japanese working title)
  • War in Space (La Guerre De L'Espace; French title; Guerra No Espaço; Portuguese title)
  • Galaxies Year 2000 (Galaxias Año 2000; Spanish title)
  • Space War (Guerra Spaziale; Italian title)
  • UFOs Coming! (UFO'Erne Kommer!; Danish title)
  • The Great War of the Planets (Der große Krieg der Planeten; West German title)
  • Planet Wars (Planeternas Krig; Swedish title)

Theatrical releases

  • Japan - December 17, 1977   [view poster]Japanese poster
  • West Germany - January 18, 1978   [view poster]German poster
  • France - March 8, 1978
  • Denmark - March 27, 1978
  • Sweden - June 26, 1978
  • Spain - July 21, 1978   [view poster]Spanish poster
  • Finland - August 7, 1978
  • Portugal - October 10, 1979   [view poster]Portuguese poster

U.S. release

In 1981, Toho's English-dubbed international export version of The War in Space was acquired by Gold Key Entertainment for use in their Galaxy series of local television syndication packages, which also included other, older Toho titles such as The Mysterians and Latitude Zero. Three minutes of footage, consisting of the opening introduction of Koji Miyoshi's return to Japan, and the setup of the love triangle between him, Jun Takigawa, and Reisuke Muroi was deleted, bringing the runtime down to 87 minutes. Gold Key's TV prints rendered the film's title card in white, and left the opening Toho Eiga-Toho Eizo screen, along with the film's end title, textless.

The film was given a home video release on VHS by Video Action in 1984. This release restored the three minutes previously cut in Gold Key's release, and used a different assembly of the international export version that included the text for the Toho Eiga-Toho Eizo and end titles, and also rendered the film's title card in red. A brief shot of Muroi saying the line "Jimmy" during the assault on the Messiah 13 forces on Venus is missing from the print used.

In 2006, Discotek Media gave the film a DVD release, which included the English dub, again with the "Jimmy" line missing, and the audio re-edited to account for its loss.[1]

Video releases

Toho DVD (2004)[2]

  • Region: 2
  • Discs: 1
  • Audio: Japanese

Discotek DVD (2006)[3]

  • Region: 1
  • Discs: 1
  • Audio: Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono and Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
  • Special features: Teruyoshi Nakano interview (32 minutes), booklet, gallery of production and publicity stills
  • Notes: Out of print.

Though The War in Space is not available on Blu-ray, an HD version can be rented or purchased on the Japanese versions of Amazon Video and iTunes.

Videos

Trailers

Japanese The War in Space trailer
German The War in Space trailer
American The War in Space TV spot

Other

The War in Space English export version opening and closing (red title version)
English/texless visuals from the
export version of The War in Space

Trivia

References

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