| Overview: | Aliens from Planet X borrow our monsters for a little extermination project, but they've got something else up their sleeves...world domination!
Using mind-control technology, these vinyl-and-sunglasses wearing spacemen turn Godzilla, Rodan and King Ghidorah loose in Japan, demanding Earth's surrender! It's up to American astronaut F. Glenn, his galaxy-trotting buddy Fuji, and nerdy inventor Tetsuo to break the aliens' hold on the monsters and save our planet from certain doom.
"Invasion Of Astro-Monster" (1965) represents the pinnacle of Toho's monster cinema, with an all-star cast featuring Nick Adams ("The Rebel"), Akira Takarada (the original "Godzilla"), and Kumi Mizuno as alien temptress Namikawa, plus a cavalcade of amazing retro-riffic special effects.
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