The Mysterians (1957)

Director
Ishirô Honda

Main cast
Kenji Sahara; Yumi Shirakawa; Momoko Kôchi; Akihiko Hirata; Takashi Shimura

Genres
Sci-Fi

Description
Scientifically advanced wanderers from the destroyed planet Mysteroid request a patch of land on Earth and the right to marry earthling women. After a demonstration of their destructive abilities from the help of their giant robot Moguera, mankind must decide whether to capitulate or to resist.


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