Invaders from Space is a 1964 film edited together for American television from films #3 and #4 of the Japanese short film series Super Giant

Super Giant

is a fictional Japanese superhero featured in a successful series of serial-like tokusatsu short feature films produced by Shintoho Company, Ltd....

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Plot

The story involves the superhero Starman who is sent by the Emerald Planet to protect Earth from the Salamander Men from the Planet Kulamon.

American adaptation

The 9 Super Giant films were purchased for distribution to U.S. television and edited into 4 films by Walter Manley Enterprises and Medallion Films. The 2 original Japanese films which went into Invaders from Space (The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic Castle and Earth on the Verge of Destruction) were 48 minutes and 39 minutes in duration. The two films were edited into one 78-minute film, resulting in a total of 9 minutes being cut from the two films during the re-editing. Also, most of the original music was replaced by library cues.

DVD release

Invaders from Space is currently available on DVD. Something Weird Video

Something Weird Video

Something Weird Video is an American publisher of video tapes and DVDs, based in Seattle, Washington. They specialize in exploitation film, particularly the works of Harry Novak, Doris Wishman, David F. Friedman, and Herschell Gordon Lewis. SWV videos are available on demand to Comcast subscribers...

 with Image Entertainment

Image Entertainment

Image Entertainment, Inc. is an independent licensee, producer and distributor of home entertainment programming and film & television productions in North America, with approximately 3,000 exclusive DVD titles and approximately 250 exclusive CD titles in domestic release, and approximately 450...

 released the film and the other Starman film, Atomic Rulers of the World

Atomic Rulers of the World

Atomic Rulers of the World is a 1964 film edited together for American television from films #1 and #2 of the Japanese short film series Super Giant...

on a single disc on December 10, 2002. Unlike the other three films in the Starman

Super Giant

is a fictional Japanese superhero featured in a successful series of serial-like tokusatsu short feature films produced by Shintoho Company, Ltd....

 series, Alpha Video

Alpha Video

Alpha Video is an entertainment company, based near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that specializes in the manufacturing and marketing of public domain movies and TV shows on DVD...

 did not release a budget-priced version of Invaders.

See also

• Super Giant
  Super Giant
  is a fictional Japanese superhero featured in a successful series of serial-like tokusatsu short feature films produced by Shintoho Company, Ltd....
  
  
• Atomic Rulers of the World
  Atomic Rulers of the World
  Atomic Rulers of the World is a 1964 film edited together for American television from films #1 and #2 of the Japanese short film series Super Giant...
  
  
• Attack from Space
  Attack from Space
  Attack from Space is a 1964 film edited together for American television from films #5 and #6 of the Japanese short film series Super Giant.-Plot:...
  
  
• Evil Brain from Outer Space
  Evil Brain from Outer Space
  Evil Brain from Outer Space is a 1964 film edited together for American television from films #7, #8 and #9 of the Japanese short film series Super Giant.-Synopsis:...