Planet R
Warning from Space (Japanese: 宇宙人東京に現わる, Hepburn: Uchūjin Tōkyō ni arawaru; lit. 'Spacemen Appear in Tokyo') is a 1956 Japanese tokusatsu science fiction film directed by Koji Shima. It was written by Hideo Oguni based on Gentaro Nakajima's novel. Produced and distributed by Daiei Film, it was the first Japanese science fiction film to be produced in color, and was also the nation's first full-scaled science fiction film to feature an extraterrestrial race. The film also predates Daiei's most iconic tokusatsu characters, Gamera and Daimajin. In the film's plot, starfish-like aliens disguised as humans travel to Earth to warn of the imminent collision of a rogue planet and Earth. As the planet rapidly accelerates toward Earth, a nuclear device is created at the last minute and destroys the approaching world. Its special effects director was Toru Matoba, a notable figure among the tokusatsu genre, and the prominent avant-garde artist Tarō Okamoto was Pairan's designer.
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