Gorath
Sign in to saveis a 1962 Japanese epic science fiction disaster film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Based on an idea by Jojiro Okami, the film is about mankind's efforts to move Earth out of its orbit to prevent it from colliding with a runaway white dwarf star. The film was extensively edited for its American release.
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6.5In 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.
Released: 1962-03-2188 minDir: Ishirō HondaScience Fiction, Action, Thriller
Cast
- Ryō Ikebe as Dr. Tazawa
- Yumi Shirakawa as Tomoko Sonoda
- Akira Kubo as Tatsuma Kanai
- Kumi Mizuno as Takiko Nomura
- Hiroshi Tachikawa as Wakabayashi
- Akihiko Hirata as Endô
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Gorath
- Film.image
- Gorath 1962.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Ishirō Honda
- Film.producer
- Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Film.screenplay
- Takeshi Kimura
- Film.music
- Kan Ishii
- Film.cinematography
- Hajime Koizumi
- Film.editing
- Reiko Kaneko
- Film.studio
- Toho
- Film.distributor
- Toho
- Film.runtime
- 88 minutes
- Film.country
- Japan
Key dates
- Published
- 10 July 1975
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- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- horror film
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- Japanese
- Director
- Ishirō Honda
- Screenwriter
- Takeshi Kimura
- Composer
- Kan Ishii
- Producer
- Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Production company
- Toho
- Narrative location
- Tokyo
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is a 1962 Japanese epic science fiction disaster film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Based on an idea by Jojiro Okami, the film is about mankind's efforts to move Earth out of its orbit to prevent it from colliding with a runaway white dwarf star. The film was extensively edited for its American release.
==Plot== On September 29, 1979, the Interstellar Exploration Agency launches a Japanese rocket ship, the JX-1 Hawk, into space on a nine-month journey to investigate Saturn. At its conclusion, however, the crew is given a new mission after scientists discover that a runaway star, which the International Astronomical Union nicknamed "Gorath", is somehow running amok. Upon encountering and while investigating Gorath's rapid movement through the Solar System, the JX-1 Hawk crew discover that it is smaller than Earth, yet has 6,000 times its gravity. They manage to transmit their data back to Earth before an enormous gravity well destroys the ship, killing the crew.