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4.9/10
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An embattled planet, which is on the edge of doom, sends an S.O.S. and an intergalactic team comes to its rescue.An embattled planet, which is on the edge of doom, sends an S.O.S. and an intergalactic team comes to its rescue.An embattled planet, which is on the edge of doom, sends an S.O.S. and an intergalactic team comes to its rescue.
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
Shin'ichi Chiba
- Prince Hans
- (as Sonny Chiba)
Etsuko Shihomi
- Emeralida
- (as Sue Shiomi)
Takayuki Akutagawa
- Narrator
- (Japanese version)
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFeatures a cameo from crooner Chris Isaak who briefly appeared as a card-playing gambler.
- GoofsAt about 10:32, when the 'roughriders' are doing their mischievous buzzing, pilot 1 calls out to pilot 2 (Shiro) through the window of his spaceship.
A. Both have radio headsets, why yell? B. Yelling won't be heard in the vacuum of space.
- ConnectionsEdited into Space Sheriff Gavan: The Head of Don Horror (1983)
Featured review
Okay, few people could do justice in reviewing this film. It's a horrible film. It's badly made. The story is full of cliches. The acting is bad, and most of the special effects, barring some neat explosions, are pitiful. But the movie is not something that you should avoid -- rather, the worst features of this blatant Star Wars rip-off are the reasons you should see it! It's HILARIOUS!
This movie is the kind of film that the Mystery Science Theater 3000 crowd would have a field day with. The dialog in the movie is so idiotic at times, and so blatantly ripped off of star wars at others, that plenty of Star Wars jokes will be in order during the viewing of this film.
Imagine Vic Morrow in a thick, fluffy fur coat, getting drunk in a bar with his little Robot sidekick, then raising his glass to discover a glowing walnut in it, and exclaiming "I've been selected by the Gods!" Then there's a electric-samurai-sword fight near the end where the dialog is almost verbatum what it was between Darth Vader and Obi Wan Kenobi in Star Wars. Even if you're not a big fan of MST3K, you gotta at least admire the explosions in this film. All the explosions are well done, including a mock atomic mushroom cloud that's quite spectacular.
Yes, it's a bad film -- but it's such a bad film that it's good!
This movie is the kind of film that the Mystery Science Theater 3000 crowd would have a field day with. The dialog in the movie is so idiotic at times, and so blatantly ripped off of star wars at others, that plenty of Star Wars jokes will be in order during the viewing of this film.
Imagine Vic Morrow in a thick, fluffy fur coat, getting drunk in a bar with his little Robot sidekick, then raising his glass to discover a glowing walnut in it, and exclaiming "I've been selected by the Gods!" Then there's a electric-samurai-sword fight near the end where the dialog is almost verbatum what it was between Darth Vader and Obi Wan Kenobi in Star Wars. Even if you're not a big fan of MST3K, you gotta at least admire the explosions in this film. All the explosions are well done, including a mock atomic mushroom cloud that's quite spectacular.
Yes, it's a bad film -- but it's such a bad film that it's good!
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Return to Jelucia
- Filming locations
- Kyoto, Japan(Kyoto International Conference Hall and Toiei Studios, exteriors)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- ¥6,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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