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Invasion of the Neptune Men
Invasion of the Neptune Men
	Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji	宇宙快速船
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Revised Hepburn	Uchū Kaisokusen
Directed by	Koji Ota
Screenplay by	Shin Morita
Produced by	Hiroishi Okawa
Starring	Sonny Chiba
Cinematography	Shizuka Fujii
Edited by	Kan Suzuki
Music by	Hajime Kaburagi
Production; company	Toei Company
Release date	July 19, 1961 (Japan);
Running time	75 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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Invasion of the Neptune Men (宇宙快速船, Uchū Kaisokusen^[3])^[a] is a 1961 superhero film produced by Toei Company Ltd. The film stars Sonny Chiba as Iron Sharp (called Space Chief in the U.S. version).^[2]

The film was released in 1961 in Japan and was later released in 1964 direct to television in the United States.^[5] Often considered to be one of the worst movies ever made, In 1997, the film was featured on an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Plot

Astronomer Shinichi Tachibana has a secret identity as the superhero "Iron Sharp"^[b] and is well beloved by children. When they are attacked by a group of metallic aliens ("Neptune Men" in English), Iron Sharp drives the aliens away. The resourceful Tachibana helps develop an electric barrier to block the aliens from coming to the Earth. After several losses by the aliens, they announce that they will invade the Earth, throwing the world into a state of panic. The aliens destroy entire cities with their mothership and smaller fighters. After Iron Sharp destroys multiple enemy ships, Japan fires nuclear missiles at the mothership, destroying it.

Cast

Sonny Chiba as scientist Shinichi Tachibana / Iron Sharp
Kappei Matsumoto as Dr. Tanigawa
Ryuko Minakami as Yōko (Tanigawa's daughter)
Shinjirō Ehara as scientist Yanagida
Mitsue Komiya as scientist Saitō

Production

Invasion of the Neptune Men is part of Japan's tokusatsu genre, which involves science fiction and/or superhero films that feature heavy use of special effects.^[6] The film was an early role for Sonny Chiba,^[7] who began working in Japanese television with his first starring role as Seven Color Mask in 1960.^[7] Chiba continued working back and forth between television and film until the late 1960s when he became a more popular star.^[7]

Release

Uchū Kaisokusen was released in Japan on 19 July 1961.^[1] The film was not released theatrically in the United States, but it was released directly to American television by Walter Manley on March 20, 1964, dubbed in English and retitled Invasion of the Neptune Men.^[7]^[8]^[2]^[9]^[10]

The film was also released as Space Chief, Space Greyhound and Invasion from a Planet.^[2]

Reception and legacy

In later reviews of the film, Bruce Eder gave the film a one-star rating out of five, stating that the film was "the kind of movie that gave Japanese science fiction films a bad name. The low-quality special effects, the non-existent acting, the bad dubbing, and the chaotic plotting and pacing were all of a piece with what critics had been saying, erroneously, about the Godzilla movies for years."^[9] The review referred to the film's "cheesy special effects and ridiculous dialogue taking on a sort of so-bad-they're-good charm", and described the film as a "thoroughly memorable (if not necessarily enjoyable, outside of the MST3K continuum) specimen of bad cinema."^[9]

On October 11, 1997 the film was shown on the movie-mocking television show Mystery Science Theater 3000.^[11] In his review of the film, Bruce Eder of AllMovie described the episode as a memorable one, specifically the cast watching the repetitive aerial dogfights between spaceships, and one of the hosts remarking that "Independence Day seems a richly nuanced movie".^[9] Criticism of the film included excessive use of WWII stock footage in the action scenes (especially the obviously noticeable shot featuring a picture of Adolf Hitler in one building).^[12]^[13] near the end of the episode, after the SOL Crew did a segment on Kabuki Theater, the movie nearly drove Mike and the Bots insane, but all it took was a visit from Prince of Space's Krankor to cheer them up.

In his book Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, Stuart Galbraith IV stated that the film "had a few surprises" despite a "woefully familiar script".^[7] Galbraith noted that the film was not as over-the-top as Prince of Space and that the opticals in the film were as strong as anything Toho had produced at the time. Galbraith suggested the effects may have been lifted from Toei's The Final War (aka World War III Breaks Out)^[14] from 1961.^[7]

Notes

^ Also known as The Space Greyhound^[4]
^ Called "Space Chief" in the film's English dub.

References

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b Galbraith IV 1996, p. 233.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Galbraith IV 1994, p. 328.
^ Sharp 2011, p. 352.
^ "宇宙快速船". 日本映画製作者連盟. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
^ 竹書房 / イオン編, ed. (1995-11-30). 超人画報国産架空ヒーロー40年の歩み (in Japanese). Takeshobo. p. 53. ISBN 4-88475-874-9. C0076.
^ Sharp 2011, p. 263.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Galbraith IV 1994, p. 62.
^ Galbraith IV 1994, p. 63.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Eder, Bruce. "Invasion of the Neptune Men". AllMovie. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
^ 竹書房 / イオン編, ed. (1995-11-30). 超人画報国産架空ヒーロー40年の歩み (in Japanese). Takeshobo. p. 53. ISBN 4-88475-874-9. C0076.
^ "Mystery Science Theater 3000". TV Guide. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
^ Prince of Space/Invasion of the Neptune Men - DVD Drive -In
^ The 10 Most Unwatchable Films Featured on MST3K - Paste Magazine
^ World War III Breaks Out (1960) - IMDb

Sources

Galbraith IV, Stuart (1994). Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. McFarland. ISBN 0-89950-853-7.
Galbraith IV, Stuart (1996). The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0032-3.
Sharp, Jasper (2011). Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0810875418.

External links

Invasion of the Neptune Men at IMDb
Invasion of the Neptune Men at allcinema in Japanese
Invasion of the Neptune Men Archived 2016-08-17 at the Wayback Machine at Japanese cinema db in Japanese
Invasion of the Neptune Men at Kinenote in Japanese

[5] Also known as The Space Greyhound^[4]

[7] Called "Space Chief" in the film's English dub.

[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV1996233-1] Galbraith IV 1996, p. 233.

[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV1994328-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Galbraith IV 1994, p. 328.

[FOOTNOTESharp2011352-3] Sharp 2011, p. 352.

[映連-4] "宇宙快速船". 日本映画製作者連盟. Retrieved 2012-08-19.

[6] 竹書房 / イオン編, ed. (1995-11-30). 超人画報国産架空ヒーロー40年の歩み (in Japanese). Takeshobo. p. 53. ISBN 4-88475-874-9. C0076.

[FOOTNOTESharp2011263-8] Sharp 2011, p. 263.

[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV199462-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Galbraith IV 1994, p. 62.

[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV199463-10] Galbraith IV 1994, p. 63.

[allmovie-11] Eder, Bruce. "Invasion of the Neptune Men". AllMovie. Retrieved September 1, 2015.

[画報-12] 竹書房 / イオン編, ed. (1995-11-30). 超人画報国産架空ヒーロー40年の歩み (in Japanese). Takeshobo. p. 53. ISBN 4-88475-874-9. C0076.

[13] "Mystery Science Theater 3000". TV Guide. Retrieved September 1, 2015.

[14] Prince of Space/Invasion of the Neptune Men - DVD Drive -In

[15] The 10 Most Unwatchable Films Featured on MST3K - Paste Magazine

[16] World War III Breaks Out (1960) - IMDb

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+The film was released in 1961 in Japan and was later released in 1964 direct to television in the United States.<ref>竹書房 / イオン編, ed. (1995-11-30). 超人画報 国産架空ヒーロー40年の歩み (in Japanese). Takeshobo. p. 53. ISBN 4-88475-874-9. C0076.</ref> Often considered to be one of [[list of films considered the worst|the worst movies ever made]], In 1997, the film was featured on an episode of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''.
-==Plot==
-Shinichi Tachibana, a scientist/astronomer who is, in reality, the superhero "Iron-Sharp" (Space Chief in the English dub) is friends with a group of children. When the children are almost attacked by a mysterious group of metallic aliens (called "Neptune Men" in the US version), Iron-Sharp drives away the aliens.  Even in human form, Tachibana is resourceful, as he helps the Japanese government invent a protective electric space barrier to block the aliens from entering the Earth.  When the aliens can stand no more defeat, they announce that they will strengthen their invasion of the Earth (or at least Japan, for that matter), throwing the world into a state of fear and panic.  The invasion begins, and the aliens destroy cities with their awesome mothership (which launches smaller ships from within). Iron-Sharp comes to the rescue.
-== US release ==
+== Plot ==
+Astronomer Shinichi Tachibana has a secret identity as the superhero "Iron Sharp"{{efn|Called "Space Chief" in the film's English dub.}} and is well beloved by children. When they are attacked by a group of metallic aliens ("Neptune Men" in English), Iron Sharp drives the aliens away. The resourceful Tachibana helps develop an electric barrier to block the aliens from coming to the Earth.  After several losses by the aliens, they announce that they will invade the Earth, throwing the world into a state of panic. The aliens destroy entire cities with their mothership and smaller fighters. After Iron Sharp destroys multiple enemy ships, Japan fires nuclear missiles at the mothership, destroying it.
-The US version was titled ''Invasion of the Neptune Men'' and went directly to TV after being cropped to fullscreen from its 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
+== Cast ==
-The film was later featured on the movie-mocking show ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' in 1997, where it was subjected to some unusually brutal jokes (such as calling Space Chief "Space Dink", "Space Feeb", "Space Loser", and "Ineffectual Chicken-Headed Bachelor", among other things ["Hey, you know, Space Chief should actually consider going up into ''space'' sometime."  "Yeah, he's more like Lower-Atmosphere Chief."  "Barely-Off-The-Stupid-Ground Chief."]. The ship the Neptunians flew around in received little better treatment, first described in the riffing as "a pre-fab Lutheran Church," then remarked as possibly running on coal, or, as Crow quipped, "So, they glued wings to a fuel filter."). As''MST3K''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s central concept revolves around (pathetically unsuccesful) attempts to torture an average Joe and his robots into insanity with bad movies, ''Invasion of the Neptune Men'' is significant by genuine effectiveness. The crew is borderline suicidal by the third host segment, only being saved by a surprise visit from the Phantom Dictator/Chicken Man of Krankor from ''[[Prince of Space]]''. Host Mike and robot Crow leave the theater for a few moments, and only came back when madwoman Pearl Forrester shuts off the oxygen supply to the rest of the satellite.
+*[[Sonny Chiba]] as scientist Shinichi Tachibana / Iron Sharp
+*[[Kappei Matsumoto]] as Dr. Tanigawa
+*[[Ryuko Minakami]] as Yōko (Tanigawa's daughter)
+*[[Shinjirō Ehara]] as scientist Yanagida
+*[[Mitsue Komiya]] as scientist Saitō
+== Production ==
-A multi-story picture of [[Adolf Hitler]] with some Japanese writing (along with ''[[Mein Kampf]]'', mistransliterated as ''Mine Kampf'') is clearly visible on the side of one building before it is destroyed. ''MST3K'' passes by with ordinary riffing ("''They took out the Hitler Building! Where is everyone going to see Hitler memorabilia?''").
+[[File:Invasion of the Neptune Men 1.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Sonny Chiba as Iron Sharp fighting aliens.]]
+''Invasion of the Neptune Men'' is part of Japan's ''[[tokusatsu]]'' genre, which involves science fiction and/or superhero films that feature heavy use of [[special effects]].{{sfn|Sharp|2011|p=263}} The film was an early role for [[Sonny Chiba]],{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=62}} who began working in Japanese television with his first starring role as [[Seven Color Mask]] in 1960.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=62}} Chiba continued working back and forth between television and film until the late 1960s when he became a more popular star.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=62}}
+== Release ==
-No such leniency was given to the use of actual [[World War II]] bombing footage for some of the "destruction of [[Tokyo]]" scenes. The writers for ''MST3K'' found its incorporation into a kids' movie to be abhorrent. The footage was not broadcast in the ''MST3K'' version, but caused some of the riffing, such as Servo's breakdown, to be especially harsh.
+''Uchū Kaisokusen'' was released in Japan on 19 July 1961.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=233}} The film was not released theatrically in the United States, but it was released directly to American television by [[Walter Manley]] on March 20, 1964, dubbed in English and retitled ''Invasion of the Neptune Men''.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=62}}{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=63}}{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=328}}<ref name="allmovie" /><ref name = "画報">{{Cite book |language=Japanese |editor = 竹書房 / イオン編 |date = 1995-11-30 |title = 超人画報 国産架空ヒーロー40年の歩み |publisher =Takeshobo|pages = 53 |id = C0076 |isbn = 4-88475-874-9 |ref = 超人画報}}</ref>
+The film was also released as ''Space Chief'', ''Space Greyhound'' and ''Invasion from a Planet''.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=328}}
-==Trivia==
-*The alien mothership prop was actually {{convert|6|ft|m}} long.  It was designed by veteran [[Toru Narita]], best known for his design work on ''[[Ultra Q]]'', ''[[Ultraman]]'', ''[[Ultra Seven]]'' and ''[[War of the Gargantuas]]''.  At the same period, he was an art director for the Toei superhero series ''[[National Kid]]''.
+== Reception and legacy ==
-==External links==
+In later reviews of the film, Bruce Eder gave the film a one-star rating out of five, stating that the film was "the kind of movie that gave Japanese science fiction films a bad name. The low-quality special effects, the non-existent acting, the bad dubbing, and the chaotic plotting and pacing were all of a piece with what critics had been saying, erroneously, about the Godzilla movies for years."<ref name="allmovie">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/invasion-of-the-neptune-men-v63598/review|publisher=[[AllMovie]]|title=Invasion of the Neptune Men|access-date=September 1, 2015|last=Eder|first=Bruce}}</ref> The review referred to the film's "cheesy special effects and ridiculous dialogue taking on a sort of so-bad-they're-good charm", and described the film as a "thoroughly memorable (if not necessarily enjoyable, outside of the MST3K continuum) specimen of bad cinema."<ref name="allmovie" />
-* {{cite web |url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1961/ck003400.htm|title=宇宙快速船 (Uchû Kaisokusen)|accessdate=2007-07-16|language=Japanese|publisher=[[Japanese Movie Database]]}}
-* {{imdb title|0055562|Invasion of the Neptune Men}}
-* {{Amg movie|63598|Invasion of the Neptune Men}}
+On October 11, 1997 the film was shown on the movie-mocking television show ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/mystery-science-theater-3000/episodes-season-8/203329/|work=[[TV Guide]]|title=Mystery Science Theater 3000|access-date=September 1, 2015}}</ref> In his review of the film, Bruce Eder of [[AllMovie]] described the episode as a memorable one, specifically the cast watching the repetitive aerial dogfights between spaceships, and one of the hosts remarking that "''[[Independence Day (1996 film)|Independence Day]]'' seems a richly nuanced movie".<ref name="allmovie" /> Criticism of the film included excessive use of [[World War II|WWII]] [[stock footage]] in the action scenes (especially the obviously noticeable shot featuring a picture of [[Adolf Hitler]] in one building).<ref>[http://www.dvddrive-in.com/reviews/n-s/princeofspaceneptune5961.htm Prince of Space/Invasion of the Neptune Men - DVD Drive -In]</ref><ref>[https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/the-10-most-unwatchable-films-featured-on-mystery-science-theater-3000/ The 10 Most Unwatchable Films Featured on MST3K - Paste Magazine]</ref> near the end of the episode, after the SOL Crew did a segment on [[Kabuki|Kabuki Theater]], the movie nearly drove Mike and the Bots insane, but all it took was a visit from ''[[Prince of Space]]'''s Krankor to cheer them up.
-[[Category:Tokusatsu films]]
+In his book ''Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films'', [[Stuart Galbraith IV]] stated that the film "had a few surprises" despite a "woefully familiar script".{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=62}} Galbraith noted that the film was not as over-the-top as ''[[Planet Prince|Prince of Space]]'' and that the opticals in the film were as strong as anything [[Toho]] had produced at the time. Galbraith suggested the effects may have been lifted from Toei's ''The Final War'' (aka ''World War III Breaks Out'')<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0127496/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv World War III Breaks Out (1960) - IMDb]</ref> from 1961.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=62}}
+== See also ==
+* [[List of Japanese films of 1961]]
+* [[List of Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes]]
+* [[List of science fiction films of the 1960s]]
+==Notes==
+{{notelist}}
+== References ==
+===Footnotes===
+{{reflist}}
+===Sources===
+{{Refbegin}}
+* {{cite book |last=Galbraith IV |first=Stuart |title=Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films |publisher=McFarland |date=1994 |isbn=0-89950-853-7 |author-link=Stuart Galbraith IV}}
+* {{cite book |last=Galbraith IV |first=Stuart |title=The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994 |publisher=McFarland |date=1996 |isbn=0-7864-0032-3 }}
+* {{cite book |last=Sharp |first=Jasper |title=Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema |publisher=Scarecrow Press |date=2011 |isbn=978-0810875418 }}
+{{Refend}}
+== External links ==
+* {{IMDb title|0055562}}
+* [http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=85959 Invasion of the Neptune Men] at allcinema in Japanese
+* [https://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/Details?id=8657 Invasion of the Neptune Men] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817153736/https://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/Details?id=8657 |date=2016-08-17 }} at Japanese cinema db in Japanese
+* [http://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/detail.aspx?cinema_id=20369 Invasion of the Neptune Men] at Kinenote in Japanese
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+[[Category:Neptune in film]]
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