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Message from Space (1978) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Kinji Fukasaku

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

Kinji Fukasaku ... (story)
Shotaro Ishinomori ... (story) (as Shôtarô Ishinomori)
Hirô Matsuda ... (writer)
Masahiro Noda ... (story)

Cast (in credits order)  

Vic Morrow ... General Garuda
Shin'ichi Chiba ... Prince Hans (as Sonny Chiba)
Philip Casnoff ... Aaron Solar
Peggy Lee Brennan Peggy Lee Brennan ... Meia Long
Etsuko Shihomi ... Emeralida (as Sue Shiomi)
Tetsurô Tanba ... Ernest Noguchi
Mikio Narita ... Rockseia XII
Makoto Satô ... Urocco
Seizô Fukumoto ... Guerilla
Hiroyuki Sanada ... Shiro Hongo
Jerry Itô Jerry Itô ... Commander
Isamu Shimizu Isamu Shimizu ... Robot Beba
Masazumi Okabe Masazumi Okabe ... Jack
Noboru Mitani Noboru Mitani ... Kamesasa
Hideyo Amamoto ... Dark
Junkichi Orimoto Junkichi Orimoto ... Kido
Harumi Sone Harumi Sone ... Lazare
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Takayuki Akutagawa Takayuki Akutagawa ... Narrator (voice)
Daisuke Awaji Daisuke Awaji
Tetsuo Fujisawa Tetsuo Fujisawa
Hiroshi Hatano Hiroshi Hatano
Shôtarô Hayashi Shôtarô Hayashi ... EFF Captain
Haruki Jô Haruki Jô
Minken Karasawa Minken Karasawa
Toshiko Katsura Toshiko Katsura
Kuniomi Kitani Kuniomi Kitani
Nenji Kobayashi Nenji Kobayashi ... Officer Fox
Hirofumi Koga
Ryuji Komine Ryuji Komine
Satoshi Kurihara Satoshi Kurihara
Emiko Maekawa Emiko Maekawa
Rantaro Mine Rantaro Mine
Hiroshi Mizushima Hiroshi Mizushima ... Commander-In-Chief (voice)
Hirohisa Nakata Hirohisa Nakata ... Aide
Masataka Naruse Masataka Naruse ... Hikiroku (as Tadashi Naruse)
Mari Okamoto Mari Okamoto ... Meia Long (voice)
Norman Rose Norman Rose ... Opening Narrator (voice)
William Ross William Ross ... Mea's Ship Captain
Shunji Sasaki
Charles Scawthorn Charles Scawthorn ... 1st guard, at Headquarters entrance
Takaya Shimoyama Takaya Shimoyama
Jirô Shirai Jirô Shirai
Machiko Soga ... Beba-2 (voice)
Thunder Sugiyama Thunder Sugiyama ... Big Sam
Tetsuo Torisu Tetsuo Torisu
Yûsuke Tsukasa Yûsuke Tsukasa
Genzô Wakayama Genzô Wakayama ... General Garuda (voice)
Yoshiaki Yabe Yoshiaki Yabe
Shôzô Îzuka Shôzô Îzuka ... Big Sam (voice)
Chris Isaak ... Bar Patron (uncredited)

Produced by 

Tôru Hirayama ... producer
Akimasa Itô ... producer
Yûsuke Okada ... producer
Naoyuki Sugimoto ... producer
Tan Takaiwa ... executive producer
Simon Tse ... producer
Banjirô Uemura ... executive producer (as Banjiro Uemura)
Yoshinori Watanabe ... executive producer

Music by 

Ken'ichirô Morioka ... (as Ken-Ichiro Morioka)

Cinematography by 

Tôru Nakajima

Editing by 

Isamu Ichida

Art Direction by 

Michio Mikami

Set Decoration by 

Tadao Nishida

Production Management 

Isao Nagaoka ... production chief

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Akiyasu Tawarazaka ... assistant director

Art Department 

Genbee Inada ... set designer
Shotaro Ishinomori ... mechanical design (as Shôtarô Ishinomori)

Sound Department 

Teruhiko Arakawa ... sound recordist

Special Effects by 

Shotaru Ishinori ... special effects
Kiyotaka Matsumoto ... special effects
Michio Mikami ... special effects
Masahiro Noda ... special effects
Tôru Suzuki ... special effects assistant
Noboru Takanashi ... special effects
Nobuo Yajima ... special effects
Tetsuzô Ôsawa ... special effects designer: Marbling Fine Arts

Visual Effects by 

Hiroyuki Hayashi ... modeler
Minoru Nakano ... visual effects artist

Camera and Electrical Department 

Tokuji Wakagi ... gaffer
Mitsuo Ônishi ... gaffer: Special Effects Unit

Music Department 

Hidetoshi Kimura ... music producer

Script and Continuity Department 

Misae Tanaka ... continuity

See also

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