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(1966, Upgraded 12/10/20) Sonny Chiba, Emily Takami, Osamu Kobayashi, Andrew Hughes, Koji Sekiyama. This is one of the most over-the-top schlock-infested Japanese sci-fi movies ever made. The world appears doomed when Nazo, an insane alien (and we mean insane), causes the planet Icarus (what?) to leave its orbit and rush headlong toward Earth. Chiba and his scientists plan to destroy the onrushing globe with their “super destruction beam cannon,” which can literally blow a planet out of the sky. They end up on the last island remnant of Atlantis where they are ambushed by Nazo and his thugs. But under the Atlantean ruins they discover an ancient sarcophagus (like something out of a mummy movie), which contains the body of “The Golden Bat,” an ancient super hero whom they revive and who helps them save Earth! This film may have more ray guns, crazed madmen, and moments of insidious laughter than film in history. Don’t take it too seriously and you’ll have lots of fun—wildly entertaining in its own nonstop way. English Subtitles. From a beautiful widescreen 35mm print.
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