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The Mysterians was released in Japan by Toho on December 28, 1957. [2] The film earned ¥193 million during its theatrical run, making it Toho's second highest-grossing film of the year, only behind Hiroshi Inagaki 's Rickshaw Man , and was the tenth highest-grossing film in Japan overall. [ 4 ]
Developed as a story proposal in 1957 by Jojiro Okami, the film underwent four script drafts by Shinichi Sekizawa.Though the characters of Dr. Adachi, Dr. Immerman, and Etsuko (the same names of characters that appear prominently in The Mysterians exist in the finished film, it is believed in the first draft they were to be the exact same characters as those from The Mysterians carried over.
Mysterians may refer to: The Mysterians – 1957 Japanese science fiction movie, and the eponymous aliens? and the Mysterians – rock group best known for the 1966 hit "96 Tears" Adherents of new mysterianism, a philosophy proposing that certain problems, like the nature of consciousness, may never be explained
Japanese films released in 1957; Title Director Cast Genre Notes Bokyaku no hanabira (kanketsu hen) Toshio Sugie: Yoko Tsukasa, Hiroshi Koizumi, Mitsuko Kusabue — [1] Chieko sho: Hisatora Kumagai: Setusko Hara, So Yamamura, Kyoko Aoyama — [1] The Crowded Streetcar: Kon Ichikawa: Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Chishū Ryū: Drama [2] Ghost-Cat of Yonaki ...
Honda's only tokusatsu film of 1957, The Mysterians, was released just over a year after Japan joined the United Nations and features affairs reflecting the Japan's return to global politics. [84] The story concerned a young scientist (Kenji Sahara) who becomes involved in a globally threatening alien invasion.
AKA Jujin yukiotoko (Monster Snowman); the original Japanese version was banned due to the depiction of the Ainu people in a negative light; the re-edited American version, featuring added footage of John Carradine, was only released in 1958 [5] and is the only version available on home video worldwide. I Live in Fear
Toho International, Inc. (国際東宝㈱, Kokusai Tōhō Kabushiki Gaisha) [2] is an American company that is a subsidiary of Japanese entertainment company Toho. [3] [4] [5] Founded in May 1953, the company was initially created to sell films by Toho in North and South America; amongst their first features to export overseas were Seven Samurai and Godzilla (both 1954). [3]
Tomoyuki "Yūkō" Tanaka [4] (Japanese: 田中 友幸 （ ともゆき ）, Hepburn: Tanaka Tomoyuki, April 26, 1910 – April 2, 1997) was a Japanese film producer. Widely regarded as the creator of the Godzilla franchise, he produced most of the installments in the series, beginning in 1954 with Godzilla and ending in 1995 with Godzilla vs. Destoroyah.