WARNING FROM SPACE-1956- Aliens shaped
like stars seek Dr. Kamura (Bontaro Miake) because Earth has made too
many mistakes. While Dr. Matsuda (Isao Yamagata) and his young
assistant Toro (Keizo Kawasaki) discuss what to do when a flying saucer
crashes into Tokyo bay. Matsuda and Toru’s father Dr. Itsobe (Shozo
Nanbu) work with other scientists on sending a rocket into space to
investigate but some of the star creatures rise from the water and
terrorize folks. Later on the star creatures transform a star female
into an earthling who looks like a famous night club singer and the
scientists in Japan believe the alien threat is over. However while
canoeing Toru finds the transformed star lady floating in a lake
claiming amnesia. Dr. M's wife convinces him to take the woman in and
she exhibits some out of this world jumping skills while playing
tennis. After she's mobbed by some school girls who think she's the
famous performer, she visits Dr. I and destroys a formula he's
working on. Later she explains that she is from a hidden planet and
they want to stop the scientists from harnessing a new kind of
energy. The story takes a different turn when it's discovered that a
giant asteroid is going to collide with Earth and Matsuda is
kidnapped by a gangster named Sato who wants his energy formula. The
population panics. When it seems all hope is lost the aliens reappear
and rescue Matsuda who gives them his formula. They make a nuclear
rocket that destroys the threat. Children are reunited with their
parents! The final scene has the female turning back into a star
creature.
Koji Shima directed this weird early Japanese science
fiction film (the first in color) with the cushion like star
creatures created by Taro Okamoto, a famous abstract painter. The
movie didn't fare well on it's initial release but influenced many
Japanese Sci-Fi films to come. Some say it even influenced Kubrick on
2001!
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