Warning from Space (1956) on Netflix
Starfish-like aliens called Pairans come to Earth to warn of a rogue planet on a collision course. Their looks cause panic, so one takes the form of the singer Hikari Aozora.
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Plot summary
Aboard a space station, starfish-shaped beings known as Pairans debate how to warn humanity about a coming disaster, and settle on the Japanese scientist Dr. Komura as their contact. Flying saucers are seen over Tokyo, baffling astronomers. A journalist asks Komura for a statement; Komura says there is not enough evidence for a hypothesis. At the observatory, Professor Isobe watches an object in his telescope release smaller objects. He and Dr. Matsuda arrange for a rocket to take photographs, which come back unclear, though the object shows a high energy output. The Pairans keep trying to reach humans, emerging from water and terrifying fishermen and sailors. Since their starfish appearance spreads panic, one of them changes into the human shape of Hikari Aozora, a famous entertainer.
Cast
- Toyomi Karitaas Hikari Aozora…
- Jutarō Hōjōas No. 2 Pairan
- Mieko Nagaias Taeko Kamura
- Tetsuya Watanabeas Sankichi - Camera Enthusiast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Warning from Space (1956)
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- Warning from Space, along with other 1950s tokusatsu science fiction films, influenced director Stanley Kubrick, who later directed 2001: A Space Odyssey.
- Warning from Space was the first colour Japanese science fiction film, and the nation's first full-scale science fiction film to feature an extraterrestrial race.
- The Pairans outlived the film: the 1994 comic series Giant Monster Gamera featured an extraterrestrial race based on Pairan.
