Gorath

Directed by Ishirō Honda

Written by Takeshi Kimura, Jōjirō Okami

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.

Cast

Ryō Ikebe

Dr. Tazawa

Yumi Shirakawa

Tomoko Sonoda

Akira Kubo

Tatsuma Kanai

Kumi Mizuno

Takiko Nomura

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Wakabayashi

Akihiko Hirata

Endô

Kenji Sahara

Saiki

Jun Tazaki

Raizô Sonoda

Ken Uehara

Dr. Kôno

Takashi Shimura

Kensuke Sonoda

Seizaburō Kawazu

Tada - Minister of Finance

Kō Mishima

Sanada