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The War in Space poster
B
Strong
MASTER SCORE 56.9 / 100
1977·Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi·1h 31m

THE WAR IN SPACE

“The Space War to Decide the Fate of All Mankind!”

The year is 1988, and in the midst of recovering from a near-miss with a large comet, Earth finds that there are much worse matters at hand: the sudden arrival of a strange army of aliens and their fleet of unstoppable warships.

Above the Line
Jun Fukuda, Ishirô Honda, Toshio Masuda·DirectorRyuzo Nakanishi·WriterHideichi Nagahara·WriterYuzuru Aizawa·Director of PhotographyToshiaki Tsushima·MusicMichiko Ikeda·Editor
Cast
Kensaku Morita·Koji MiyoshiYuko Asano·Jun TakigawaRyō Ikebe·Professor Masato TakigawaMasaya Oki·Reikai MuroiHiroshi Miyauchi·Kazuo FuyukiHideji Ōtaki·Dr. MatsuzawaKatsutoshi Atarashi·Tadashi MikasaAkihiko Hirata·Defense Countermeasure Supreme Commander OshiGorō Mutsumi·Hell CommanderDavid Perin·Jimmy
Full Crew
(21 credits)
Directing· 3
Jun Fukuda·DirectorKyohei Imamura·Assistant DirectorOkihiro Yoneda·Assistant Director
Writing· 3
Ryuzo Nakanishi·WriterHideichi Nagahara·WriterTomoyuki Tanaka·Story
Camera· 1
Yuzuru Aizawa·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Michiko Ikeda·Editor
Sound & Music· 2
Toshiaki Tsushima·MusicMatsuo Ohno·Sound Designer
Art & Design· 1
Kazuo Satsuya·Production Design
Production· 2
Fumio Tanaka·Executive ProducerTomoyuki Tanaka·Executive Producer
Other Departments· 8
Teruyoshi Nakano·Special Effects SupervisorTakesaburô Watanabe·Special EffectsTakeshi Yamamoto·Special EffectsToshimitsu Oneda·Special EffectsYasuyuki Inoue·Special EffectsKoichi Kawakita·Special EffectsShinji Kojima·Lighting TechnicianKaoru Saito·Lighting Technician
By the Numbers
56.9
OF 100
Master Score
5.0
OF 10
IMDb
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CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
$4M
ROI 100%
Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
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THE VISUAL DECONSTRUCTION

A bespoke vision agent's reading of the design language behind The War in Space's key art.

Dominant Palette
3 colors
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Mood
Epic, Action, Conflict
Composition
Diagonal
Era
1970s
Visual Style
Illustrated

“An illustrated movie poster depicts a large, white and red spaceship firing its engines as it ascends from a blue and white planet, with a smaller white spacesh”

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Key Elements
Large SpaceshipSmall SpaceshipYellow SpaceshipMissilesPlanetNebula
Atmosphere
Vibrant
Color Mood
Mixed
Setting
Space
Design Score
7/10
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