The Golden Bat (1966)
The Golden Bat (1966)
A teenage boy discovers that the planet Icarus is on a collision course with Earth by gazing through his telescope. Scoffed at by the scientific establishment, the boy is kidnapped and brought to a secret UN base in the Japan alps. He is immediately inducted into the secret program whose mission is to finish the Super-Destruction Beam cannon and destroy Icarus. The cannon is missing a special mineral for the lens. The team heads for a mysterious island in the middle of the Pacific. There they find ancient ruins of Atlantis but they are suddenly attacked by a strange drill shaped metal squid spaceship. It's commanded by the evil being Nazu who has engineered the collision with Icarus! He doesn't want to share the universe with humans and he really doesn't want the cannon finished. The action is on and the team discovers the Golden Bat who has been asleep for over 10,000 years awaiting this very moment to save the earth!

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Cast

Sonny Chiba Sonny Chiba As: Dr. Yamatone
Wataru Yamagawa Wataru Yamagawa As: Akira Kazahaya
Hisako Tsukuba Hisako Tsukuba As: Naomi Akiyama
Emily Takami Emily Takami As: Emily Paird
Osamu Kobayashi Osamu Kobayashi As: Ogon Bat (voice)
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Storyline

A teenage boy discovers that the planet Icarus is on a collision course with Earth by gazing through his telescope. Scoffed at by the scientific establishment, the boy is kidnapped and brought to a secret UN base in the Japan alps. He is immediately inducted into the secret program whose mission is to finish the Super-Destruction Beam cannon and destroy Icarus. The cannon is missing a special mineral for the lens. The team heads for a mysterious island in the middle of the Pacific. There they find ancient ruins of Atlantis but they are suddenly attacked by a strange drill shaped metal squid spaceship. It's commanded by the evil being Nazu who has engineered the collision with Icarus! He doesn't want to share the universe with humans and he really doesn't want the cannon finished. The action is on and the team discovers the Golden Bat who has been asleep for over 10,000 years awaiting this very moment to save the earth!


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Details

Genres: Science Fiction, Adventure, Action

Language: 日本語

Release Date: 21 December 1966

Country: JP

Runtime: 73m

Company Credits

Company: Toei Company

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Cast

Directed By

Hajime Sato

Hajime Sato

Director

Writing Credits

Susumu Takaku

Susumu Takaku

Screenplay

Production Crew

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Edited By

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Costume and Makeup

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Sound

Shunsuke Kikuchi

Shunsuke Kikuchi

Original Music Composer

Visual Effects

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Camera

Yoshikazu Yamasawa

Yoshikazu Yamasawa

Director of Photography

Lighting

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Art Department

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Other Crew

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