Gorath
“The crisis of the colliding mystery star is imminent! Can the Earth break free of its orbit?”
Synopsis
In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although it is smaller than Earth, its enormous mass is enough to destroy the planet totally. A mission sent to observe Gorath is destroyed after the ship is drawn into the star, with a later mission barely escaping the same fate. However, Astronaut Tatsuma Kanai is left in a catatonic state due to his near death experience. Unable to destroy the invading star, Earth's scientists undertake a desperate plan to build giant rockets at the South Pole to move the planet out of Gorath's path before it is too late.
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Edited by Reiko KanekoShot by Hajime KoizumiScored by Kan IshiiDesigned by Teruaki Abe
Also known as
- Ufos zerstören die Erdede
- Gorathen
- Suspicious Star Gorathes
- Astronaut 1980fr
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20 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Ryo Ikebe
as Dr. Tazawa - Astrophysicist
Yumi Shirakawa
as Tomoko Sonoda
Akira Kubo
as Tatsuma Kanai - Cadet Astronaut
Kumi Mizuno
as Takiko Nomura
Hiroshi Tachikawa
as Wakabayashi - Pilot of Ôtori
Akihiko Hirata
as Endô - Captain of Ôtori
Kenji Sahara
as Saiki - Vice Captain of Ôtori
Jun Tazaki
as Raizô Sonoda - Tomoko's Father
Ken Uehara
as Dr. Kôno - Astrophysicist
Takashi Shimura
as Kensuke Sonoda - Paleontologist
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