Attack from Space

Attack from Space is a 1964 film edited together for American television from films #5 and #6 of the Japanese short film series Super Giant. The superhero Starman is sent by the Emerald Planet to protect Earth from belligerent aliens from the Sapphire Galaxy. The Sapphireans (or "Spherions") kidnap Dr. Yamanaka and force him to use his spaceship against the Earth. The 9 Super Giant films were purchased for distribution to U.S. television and edit... more

Attack from Space is a 1964 film edited together for American television from films #5 and #6 of the Japanese short film series Super Giant. The superhero Starman is sent by the Emerald Planet to protect Earth from belligerent aliens from the Sapphire Galaxy. The Sapphireans (or "Spherions") kidnap Dr. Yamanaka and force him to use his spaceship against the Earth. The 9 Super Giant films were purchased for distribution to U.S. television and edited into 4 films by Walter Manley Enterprises and Medallion Films. The 2 original Japanese films which went into Attack from Space (The Artificial Satellite and the Destruction of Humanity and The Spaceship and the Clash of the Artificial Satellite) were each 39 minutes in duration. The two films were edited into one 76-minute film, resulting in only 2 lost minutes in the combined edit. As a result, this film suffered least among the Super Giant films in its adaptation for American television. Although Riichiro Manabe composed the music to the... less