Gorath

Gorath

1962 · 88 min · JA · 6.3 (28 votes)
Dir. Ishirō Honda · Starring Ryō Ikebe, Yumi Shirakawa, Akira Kubo, Kumi Mizuno, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Akihiko Hirata · Music Kan Ishii

“The crisis of the colliding mystery star is imminent! Can the Earth break free of its orbit?”

Science FictionActionThriller

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.

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Experience the chilling dread of an impending cosmic collision, where humanity's desperate ingenuity is pitted against an unstoppable force. This is a grand, old-school sci-fi disaster epic, brimming with a sense of global panic and awe-inspiring, large-scale practical effects that evoke a unique blend of wonder and existential terror.

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