# Invaders from Space > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Invaders_from_Space > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Invaders_from_Space.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invaders_from_Space > Source revision: 1330033145 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (September 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message) 1964 Japanese film Invaders from Space Opening titles Directed by Teruo Ishii Written by Ichiro Miyagawa Produced by Mitsugi Okura Starring Ken Utsui Distributed by Walter Manley Enterprises Inc. Release date 1964 (1964) [1] Running time 78 minutes (U.S.) Country Japan Language English (dubbed) ***Invaders from Space*** is a 1964 film edited together for American television from films #3 and #4 of the 1957 Japanese short film series *[Super Giant](/source/Super_Giant)*. ## Plot The story involves the superhero Starman who is sent by the Emerald Planet to protect Earth from the Salamander Men of the planet Kulimon in the Moffit galaxy who plan to destroy Earth. ## American adaptation 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 *Invaders from Space* (*The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic Castle* and *Earth on the Verge of Destruction*) were 48 minutes and 39 minutes in duration. The two films were edited into one 78-minute film, resulting in a total of 9 minutes being cut from the two films during the re-editing. Also, most of the original music was replaced by library cues. ## DVD release *Invaders from Space* is currently available on DVD. [Something Weird Video](/source/Something_Weird_Video) with [Image Entertainment](/source/Image_Entertainment) released the film and another Starman film, *[Atomic Rulers of the World](/source/Atomic_Rulers_of_the_World)* on a single disc on December 10, 2002. ## See also - *[Super Giant](/source/Super_Giant)* - *[Atomic Rulers of the World](/source/Atomic_Rulers_of_the_World)* - *[Attack from Space](/source/Attack_from_Space)* - *[Evil Brain from Outer Space](/source/Evil_Brain_from_Outer_Space)* ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Galbraith IV, Stuart (1994). Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. McFarland. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-89950-853-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-89950-853-7). - Ragone, August. *THE ORIGINAL "STARMAN": The Forgotten Supergiant of Steel Who Fought for Peace, Justice and the Japanese Way* Originally published in *Planet X Magazine*, included in [Something Weird Video](/source/Something_Weird_Video)'s [DVD](/source/DVD) release. ## External links - [*Invaders from Space*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048957/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [*Invaders from Space*](https://archive.org/details/InvadersFromSpace1965) is available for free viewing and download at the [Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive) This 1960s science fiction film–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:1960s-sf-film-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3A1960s-sf-film-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1960s-sf-film-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Invaders from Space](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invaders_from_Space) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invaders_from_Space?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.