In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although it is smaller than Earth, its enormous mass is enough to destroy the planet totally. A mission sent to observe Gorath is destroyed after the ship is drawn into the star, with a later mission barely escaping the same fate. However, Astronaut Tatsuma Kanai is left in a catatonic state due to his near death experience. Unable to destroy the invading star, Earth's scientists undertake a desperate plan to build giant rockets at the South Pole to move the planet out of Gorath's path before it is too late.
Camera | Hajime Koizumi | Director of Photography |
Sound | Kan Ishii | Original Music Composer |
Directing | Ishirō Honda | Director |
Writing | Takeshi Kimura | Screenplay |
Editing | Reiko Kaneko | Editor |
Production | Yasuaki Sakamoto | Production Manager |
Production | Tomoyuki Tanaka | Producer |
Art | Teruaki Abe | Production Design |
Art | Takeo Kita | Production Design |
Crew | Eiji Tsuburaya | Special Effects |
Crew | Sokei Tomioka | Special Effects |
Sound | Toshiya Ban | Sound Recordist |
Lighting | Toshio Takashima | Lighting Technician |
Sound | Hisashi Shimonaga | Sound Mixer |
Directing | Kôji Kajita | Assistant Director |
Visual Effects | Eiji Tsuburaya | Visual Effects Director |
Visual Effects | Sadamasa Arikawa | Visual Effects Camera |
Visual Effects | Motoyoshi Tomioka | Visual Effects Camera |
Visual Effects | Takao Miyuki | Visual Effects |
Visual Effects | Yukio Manoda | Visual Effects |
Crew | Akira Watanabe | Visual Effects Art Director |
Lighting | Kuichirô Kishida | Lighting Technician |
Visual Effects | Hiroshi Mukoyama | Visual Effects Compositor |
Writing | Jôjirô Okami | Original Story |
Art | Takeo Kita | Art Direction |
Art | Teruaki Abe | Art Direction |
Visual Effects | Kan Narita | Visual Effects Production Manager |
Visual Effects | Eiji Tsuburaya | Visual Effects |
Visual Effects | Teruyoshi Nakano | Visual Effects |
Crew | Teruyoshi Nakano | Special Effects |