The Earth learns that an approaching planetoid named Gorath is on a collision course. Dr.Tazawa (Ryo Ikebe) persuades the United Nations to co-operate in the construction of a massive nuclear engine at the South Pole whose thrust can literally push the Earth out of Gorath’s path. But a space mission to gather data on Gorath leaves astronaut Kanai (Akira Kubo) … Read the rest
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The Human Vapor (Ishiro Honda, Japan, 1960)
Opening with a taut robbery sequence in which employees react with terror as doors and bank vaults seemingly open at will, a second robbery gets even stranger when a dead employee is found inside the locked but ransacked vault. With both keys in the hands of the authorities it’s a mystery as to how someone could have gotten into the … Read the rest
