Gorath (妖星ゴラス) 62 years old
The crisis of the colliding mystery star is imminent! Can the Earth break free of its orbit?
In 1980, a giant planetoid named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Even though it is smaller than Earth, its mass is huge enough to crush the Earth and destroy it. A mission sent to observe Gorath is destroyed after all the orbiting ships are drawn into the planetoid. A later mission is sent to observe and the crew barely leaves before suffering the same fate. However Astronaut Tatsuo Kanai is left in a catatonic state due to his near death experience. The Earth's scientists then come up with a desperate plan to build giant rockets at the South Pole to move Earth out of Gorath's path before it is too late.
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Gorath Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Hideyo Amamoto He was 36, 77 years old when he died | as Man in Bar |
| Takashi Shimura He was 59, 76 years old when he died | as Kensuke Sonoda |
| Eitaro Ozawa He was 55, 79 years old when he died | as Kinami - Minister of Justice |
| Akihiko Hirata He was 36, 56 years old when he died | as Endô |
| Ikio Sawamura He was 58, 70 years old when he died | as Taxi Driver |
| Osman Yusuf He was 43, 62 years old when he died | as South Pole Base Worker |
| Kumi Mizuno She was 27, now 87 years old | as Takiko Nomura |
| Yumi Shirakawa She was 27, 79 years old when she died | as Tomoko Sonoda |
| Akira Kubo He was 27, now 88 years old | as Tatsuma Kanai |
| Kô Nishimura He was 41, 74 years old when he died | as Murata - Secretary of Space |
| Seizaburô Kawazu He was 55, 74 years old when he died | as Tada - Minister of Finance |
| Ryō Ikebe He was 46, 92 years old when he died | as Dr. Tazawa |
| Sachio Sakai He was 38, 72 years old when he died | as Physician |
| Ted Gunther | as South Pole Base Personnel |
| Kenji Sahara He was 32, now 92 years old | as Saiki |
| Takuzô Kumagai | as Government Personnel |
| Jun Tazaki He was 50, 72 years old when he died | as Raizô Sonoda |
| Koji Suzuki He was 7, now 67 years old | as Pilot of Hayabusa |
| Ken Uehara He was 54, 82 years old when he died | as Dr. Kôno |
| Hiroshi Tachikawa He was 33, now 93 years old | as Wakabayashi |
| Wataru Ômae | as Hayabusa Mathmatician |
| Nadao Kirino | as Manabe |
| Haruya Sakamoto He was 33, now 96 years old | as Reporter |
| Rinsaku Ogata He was 37, now 99 years old | as Ôtori Engineer |
| George Furness He was 141, 79 years old when he died | as Hooverman |
| Minoru Itô | as Ôtori Astronaut |
| Tadashi Okabe He was 41, now 101 years old | as Ôtori Mathematician |
| Keiichirô Katsumoto | as Government Personnel |
| Takamaru Sasaki He was 64, 88 years old when he died | as Prime Minister Seki |
| Ichirô Chiba | as Government Personnel |
| Shigeo Katô | as South Pole Base Worker |
| Kōji Uno He was 71, 70 years old when he died | as Reporter |
| Kôzô Nomura | as Observer of Ôtori |
| Bin Furuya He was 28, now 91 years old | as Reporter |
| Haruo Suzuki | as Reporter |
| Yukihiko Gondô | as Ôtori Pilot |
| Kamayuki Tsubono He was 42, now 105 years old | as Government Personnel |
| Ko Mishima He was 34, now 97 years old | as Sanada |
| Haruo Nakajima He was 33, 88 years old when he died | as Maguma |
Gorath Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Eiji Tsuburaya as Special Effects. He was 62 (68) years old when He died | Crew |
| Tomoyuki Tanaka as Producer. He was 54 (86) years old when He died | Production |
| Hajime Koizumi as Director of Photography. He was 38 (now 98) years old | Camera |
| Takeshi Kimura as Screenplay. He was 53 (76) years old when He died | Writing |
| Takeo Kita as Production Design. He was 57 (72) years old when He died | Art |
| Ishirō Honda as Director. He was 53 (81) years old when He died | Directing |
| Yasuaki Sakamoto as Production Manager. | Production |
| Kan Ishii as Original Music Composer. He was 41 (88) years old when He died | Sound |
| Sadamasa Arikawa as Visual Effects. He was 36 (80) years old when He died | Visual Effects |
Gorath (62 years)
The crisis of the colliding mystery star is imminent! Can the Earth break free of its orbit?
- Release day: Wednesday, March 21, 1962
- Runtime: 88 minutes