Uchu Kara No Messeji (1978) - Message From Space

[mxyzptlk]

In this Star Wars take-off, the peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders from his mother (played by comic actor Eisei Amamoto in drag) rather than the Emperor. King Kaiba sends out eight Liabe holy seeds, each to be received by a chosen one to defend the Gavanas. Each recipient, ranging from hardened General Garuda to Gavana Prince Hans to young Terrans Meia, Kido, and Aaron all have different reactions to being chosen.


This in Japan's answer to Star Wars.It has it all:2 heroes,a princess,an R2 (sort of),the evil overlord,millennium falcon rippoff,xwing fighters(with a few wings more),etc...

It's in Japanese & I haven't found subs yet,but it's a rare film by Kinji Fukasaku (Battle Royal) so ...

Filesize.....: 698 MB (or 715,380 KB or 732,550,130 bytes)
Runtime......: 01:45:08 (189,061 fr)
Video Codec..: DivX 5.0
Video Bitrate: 869 kb/s
Audio Codec..: mpeglayer3 (mp3) (0x0055) ISO/MPEG
Audio Bitrate: 56 kb/s (28/ch, stereo)
Frame Size...: 720x400 (1.80:1) [=9:5]

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[mxyzptlk]

btw,this is the movie from which Lucas stole the idea for the raid on the death star's core in Jedi

[Gem]n[]

WTF

Click ... I'll take that ... thank you ...

[mxyzptlk]

yes,yes,something I remembered from my childhood;& guess what...the donkey has it

[spudthedestroyer]

cool, thanks again for bringing something i'd not have seen otherwise

[stalker1]

THX Been looking for this overall the net. Thx again

[weezee]

Thanks, this looks really interesting. I wonder how many japanese proto-star wars movies are there.

[mxyzptlk]

haha,a few.but...return of the jedi,is proto-this-movie

even, lucas stole stuff here'n there

[aguijon]

Though this is a english forum, I'll post this in case it can be useful to someone.
I did a VHSRip of the international cut, spanish dubbed, with no subtitles.
May be someone understand some spanish, easier than japanese...

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Invasores del espacio - Message from Space (Kinji Fukasaku, 1978) [VHSRip spanish by allzine].avi
Filesize....: 696 MB (or 713,296 KB or 730,415,104 bytes)
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Codec.....: XviD
Runtime..: 01:28:53 (133,335 fr)
Resolution: 576x336 (1.71:1) [=12:7]
Bitrate...: 993 kb/s
FPS.......: 25.000
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Codec.....: 0x0055(MP3) ID'd as MPEG-1 Layer 3
Bitrate...: 96 kb/s, monophonic CBR

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Invasores del espacio - Message from Space (Kinji Fukasaku, 1978) [VHSRip spanish by allzine].avi

[bluegreenturtle]

has anybody ever found english subs for this or the dvd rip? I've seen the dvd for sale so it must be out there.

[mxyzptlk]

I suggest you get that dvd asap & rip it for us