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|caption    =The Japanese poster for The War in Space
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|name        =''The War in Space''
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|jp-title    =''Great Planet War'' (1977)
|dt          =''The War in Space'' (1977)
|director    =[[Jun Fukuda]]
|director    =[[Jun Fukuda]]
|producer    =[[Tomoyuki Tanaka]]<br>Fumio Tanaka
|producer    =[[Tomoyuki Tanaka]], Fumio Tanaka
|writer      =Shuichi Nagahara<br>Ryuzo Nakanishi
|writer      =Shuichi Nagahara, Ryuzo Nakanishi
|composer    =Toshiaki Tsushima
|composer    =Toshiaki Tsushima
|distributor =[[Toho]]{{sup|[[Japan|JP]]}},<br>Gold Key Entertainment{{sup|[[United States|US]]}} {{Small|(TV syndication)}},<br>Video Action{{sup|[[United States|US]]}} (home video)
|distributor =[[Toho]]{{sup|[[Japan|JP]]}},<br>Gold Key Entertainment{{sup|[[United States|US]]}} {{Small|(TV syndication)}},<br>Video Action{{sup|[[United States|US]]}} (home video)
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'''''The War in Space''''' {{Nihongo|惑星大戦争|Wakusei Daisensō|lit. ''Great Planet War''}} is a [[1977]] [[tokusatsu]] [[kaiju]] [[:Category:Kaiju Films|film]] produced by [[Toho]]. The film was released to [[Japan]]ese theaters on December 17, [[1977]].
'''''The War in Space''''' {{Nihongo|惑星大戦争|Wakusei Daisensō|lit. ''Great Planet War''}} is a [[1977]] [[tokusatsu]] science fiction [[:Category:Kaiju Films|film]] produced by [[Toho]]. It was released to [[Japan]]ese theaters on December 17, [[1977]].
{{TOC}}
{{TOC}}
==Plot==
==Plot==
The year is [[1988]], and Earth is recovering from a comet near-miss which released an electromagnetic wave that interfered with some of Earth'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 more worse matters to deal with, with the sudden arrival of the Messiah 13 Aliens and their warships.
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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==
==Staff==
{{Staffs
{{Staffs
|Directed by|[[Jun Fukuda]]
|Directed by|[[Jun Fukuda]]
|Written by|Shuichi Nagahara and Ryuzo Nakanishi
|Written by|Shuichi Nagahara, Ryuzo Nakanishi
|Produced by|[[Tomoyuki Tanaka]] and Fumio Tanaka
|Produced by|[[Tomoyuki Tanaka]], Fumio Tanaka
|Music by|Toshiaki Tsushima
|Music by|Toshiaki Tsushima
|Cinematography by|Yuzuru Aizawa
|Cinematography by|Yuzuru Aizawa
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|Production Design|Kazuo Satsuya
|Production Design|Kazuo Satsuya
|Assistant Directing by|Kyohei Imamura, [[Okihiro Yoneda]]
|Assistant Directing by|Kyohei Imamura, [[Okihiro Yoneda]]
|Special Effects by|Teruyoshi Nakano, Toshimitsu Oneda, Takeshi Yamamoto, Yasuyuki Inoue and Takesaburo Watanabe
|Special Effects by|Teruyoshi Nakano, Toshimitsu Oneda, Takeshi Yamamoto, Yasuyuki Inoue, Takesaburo Watanabe
|Assitant Directer of Special Effects|[[Koichi Kawakita]]
|Assitant Directer of Special Effects|[[Koichi Kawakita]]
}}
}}
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|Ryo Ikebe|Masato Takigawa
|Ryo Ikebe|Masato Takigawa
|Katsutoshi Atarashi|Tadashi Mikasa
|Katsutoshi Atarashi|Tadashi Mikasa
|Masaya Oki|Reisuke Muroi|Hiroshi Miyauchi|Kazuo Fuyuki
|Masaya Oki|Reisuke Muroi
|Hiroshi Miyauchi|Kazuo Fuyuki
|[[Goro Mutsumi]]|[[Commander Hell]]
|[[Goro Mutsumi]]|[[Commander Hell]]
|Hideji Otaki|Doctor Matsuzawa
|Hideji Otaki|Dr. Matsuzawa
|[[Akihiko Hirata]]|Oshi, Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander
|[[Akihiko Hirata]]|Oshi, Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander
|William Ross|Dr. Schmidt
|William Ross|Dr. Schmidt
|Isao Hashimoto|Research Worker
|Isao Hashimoto|Research worker
|Koichi Yoshida|[[Gohten]] Controller
|Koichi Yoshida|[[Gohten]] controller
|Junichi Kudo|Gohten Pilot
|Junichi Kudo|Gohten pilot
|Susumu Otani|Gohten Pilot
|Susumu Otani|Gohten pilot
|Shoji Nakayama|Staff Officer
|Shoji Nakayama|Staff officer
|David Perin|Jimmy
|David Perin|Jimmy
}}
}}
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===Weapons, Vehicles, and Races===
===Weapons, Vehicles, and Races===
*[[Yomi Aliens]]
*[[Gohten]]
*[[Gohten]]
*[[Daimakan]]
*[[Daimakan]]
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*[[Space Fighter]]
*[[Space Fighter]]
*[[Land Rover]]
*[[Land Rover]]
*[[Messiah 13 Alien|Messiah 13 Aliens]]
*[[Space Station Terra]]
*[[Space Station Terra]]
*[[Mitsubishi F-4EJ Phantom II]]
*[[Mitsubishi F-4EJ Phantom II]]
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{{col-end}}
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
{{Main|The War in Space/Gallery}}
{{Main|The War in Space/Gallery}}
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{{Main|The War in Space (Soundtrack)}}
{{Main|The War in Space (Soundtrack)}}
==Alternate Titles==
==Alternate Titles==
*'''''Great Planet War''''' (惑星大戦争; Japan)
*'''''Great Planet War''''' (惑星大戦争; literal Japanese title)
*'''''Great Planet War: THE WAR IN SPACE''''' (惑星大戦争 THE WAR IN SPACE; Japan)
*'''''Great Planet War: THE WAR IN SPACE''''' (惑星大戦争 THE WAR IN SPACE; alternate Japanese title)
*'''''War in Space''''' (''La Guerre De L'Espace''; France)
*'''''Battle in Outer Space II''''' (Japanese working title)
*'''''Galaxies Year 2000''''' (''Galaxias Año 2000''; Spain)
*'''''War in Space''''' (''La Guerre De L'Espace''; French title)
*'''''Space War''''' (''Guerra Spaziale''; Italy)
*'''''Galaxies Year 2000''''' (''Galaxias Año 2000''; Spanish title)
*'''''UFOs Coming!''''' (''UFO'Erne Kommer!''; Denmark)
*'''''Space War''''' (''Guerra Spaziale''; Italian title)
*'''''The Great War of the Planets''''' (''Der große Krieg der Planeten''; West Germany)
*'''''UFOs Coming!''''' (''UFO'Erne Kommer!''; Danish title)
*'''''Cosmo 2000: The Planet Without a Name''''' (America)
*'''''The Great War of the Planets''''' (''Der große Krieg der Planeten''; West German title)
*'''''Battle in Outer Space II''''' (America, Japanese Working Title)
*'''''War of the Planets''''' (America)
==Theatrical Releases==
==Theatrical Releases==
*[[Japan]] - December 17, [[1977]]
*[[Japan]] - December 17, [[1977]]
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*Portugal - October 10, [[1979]]
*Portugal - October 10, [[1979]]
==U.S. Release==
==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 film's title card in white, and left the opening Toho Eiga-Toho Eizo screen along with the film's end title textless.
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.
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.<ref name="The War in Space - Missing Dubbed Dialogue ">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqRvsiDSl3w]</ref>
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.<ref name="The War in Space - Missing Dubbed Dialogue ">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqRvsiDSl3w]</ref>
==Video Releases==
==Video Releases==
'''Toho''' DVD ([[2004]])<ref name="Amazon2">[http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E6%83%91%E6%98%9F%E5%A4%A7%E6%88%A6%E4%BA%89-DVD-%E6%A3%AE%E7%94%B0%E5%81%A5%E4%BD%9C/dp/B0002Z7QDC/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=03838QNHS9XETC6QSFSG Amazon.co.jp: 惑星大戦争 (2004) 東宝]</ref>
'''Toho''' DVD ([[2004]])<ref name="Amazon2">[http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E6%83%91%E6%98%9F%E5%A4%A7%E6%88%A6%E4%BA%89-DVD-%E6%A3%AE%E7%94%B0%E5%81%A5%E4%BD%9C/dp/B0002Z7QDC/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=03838QNHS9XETC6QSFSG Amazon.co.jp: 惑星大戦争 (2004) 東宝]</ref>
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===Trailers===
===Trailers===
{{Videos|
{{Videos|
{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">HzTh_Z-AsDE</youtube>|''The War in Space'' Japanese trailer}}
{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">ejVr_Q1OiCU</youtube>|Japanese ''The War in Space'' trailer}}
{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">wOrlHsz3vl4</youtube>|''The War in Space'' German trailer}}
{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">wOrlHsz3vl4</youtube>|German ''The War in Space'' trailer}}
{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">-3O6lCeKuQM</youtube>|''The War in Space'' American TV spot}}
{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">-3O6lCeKuQM</youtube>|American ''The War in Space'' TV spot}}
}}
}}
===Other===
===Other===
{{Videos|
{{Videos|
{{vid|<dailymotion width="300" height="169">xqz71i</dailymotion>|''The War in Space'' English export version opening and closing (red title version)}}
{{vid|<dailymotion width="300" height="169">xqz71i</dailymotion>|''The War in Space'' English export version opening and closing (red title version)}}
{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">p-wvRoe-hD0</youtube>|''The War in Space'' English/texless visuals<br>from the export version}}
{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">p-wvRoe-hD0</youtube>|English/texless visuals from the<br>export version of ''The War in Space''}}
}}
}}
==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*''The War in Space'' was originally meant to be titled "Battle in Outer Space II" and was supposed to be a sequel to Battle in Outer Space. But, this idea was scrapped during production.
*''The War in Space'' was originally intended to be titled "''Battle in Outer Space II''" and act as a sequel to Toho's 1959 film, ''[[Battle in Outer Space]]''. This idea was scrapped during production.
*The film uses stock footage from Battle in Outer Space, The Last War, [[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]], Submersion of Japan, and [[Prophecies of Nostradamus]].
*The film makes use of stock footage from ''Battle in Outer Space'', ''The Last War'', ''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]'', ''[[Submersion of Japan]]'', and ''[[Prophecies of Nostradamus]]''.
==External Links==
*[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xqz71i_the-war-in-space-1977-international-credits_shortfilms Credits from the international version of the film]
==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

Revision as of 04:43, 17 July 2019

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The War in Space
The Japanese poster for The War in Space
Alternate titles
Flagicon Japan.png Great Planet War (1977)

Directed by Jun Fukuda
Producer Tomoyuki Tanaka, Fumio Tanaka
Written by Shuichi Nagahara, Ryuzo Nakanishi
Music by Toshiaki Tsushima
Distributor TohoJP,
Gold Key EntertainmentUS (TV syndication),
Video ActionUS (home video)
Rating Unrated
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
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The War in Space (惑星大戦争,   Wakusei Daisensō, lit. 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

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

  • Directed by   Jun Fukuda
  • Written by   Shuichi Nagahara, Ryuzo Nakanishi
  • Produced by   Tomoyuki Tanaka, Fumio Tanaka
  • Music by   Toshiaki Tsushima
  • Cinematography by   Yuzuru Aizawa
  • Edited by   Michiko Ikeda
  • Production Design   Kazuo Satsuya
  • Assistant Directing by   Kyohei Imamura, Okihiro Yoneda
  • Special Effects by   Teruyoshi Nakano, Toshimitsu Oneda, Takeshi Yamamoto, Yasuyuki Inoue, Takesaburo Watanabe
  • Assitant Directer 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

  • Great Planet War (惑星大戦争; literal Japanese title)
  • 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)
  • 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)

Theatrical Releases

  • Japan - December 17, 1977
  • West Germany - January 18, 1978
  • France - March 8, 1978
  • Denmark - March 27, 1978
  • Sweden - June 26, 1978
  • Spain - July 21, 1978
  • Finland - August 7, 1978
  • Portugal - October 10, 1979

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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