Message from Space (宇宙からのメッセージ)

Toei Co. Ltd.

Produced by: Hanjiro Uemura, Akitoku Watanabe, Tan Takaiwa

Yusuke Okada, Simon Tsae, Naoyuki Sugimoto, Akimasa Ito, Executive producer: Toru Hirayama

Original concept by: Shotaro lshimori, Masahiro Noda, Kinji Fukasaku, l-liroo Matsuda, KADOKAVVA publishing, Sl-IOGAKLJKAN Puchi Comics

Screenplay by: Hiroo Matsuda

Cinematography: Toru Nakajima Special Effects: Sho Takanashi

Music: Kentaro Morioka Music producer: l-lidetoshi Kimura Music provided by: Columbia Japan

Cast

Vic Morrow

Mieko Shiho

Philip Kaznof

Peggy Lee Brenan

Hiroyuki Sanada, Masazumi Okabe, lsamu Shimizu

Hideo Amamoto, Junkichi Orimoto, Noboru Mitani, Thunder Sugiyama, Harumi Sone, Jerry Ito

Tets u ro Ta n ba

Nenju Kombayashi, Tadashi Naruse, William Ross, l-lirohisa Nakata, Shotaro l-layashi, Tamiyoshi Karasawa, Machiko Soga

Daisuke Awaji, Toshi Sasaki, l-liroshi l-latano, Philip Evans, Terry O'Brien, l-laruki Shiro, l-lirofumi Koga, Toshi Kurihara

Kuniomi Kitani, Tetsuo Fujisawa, Tetsuo Torisu, l-liroshi l-losokawa, Rantaro Mine, Kazuo Omine, Jiro Shirai, Yusuke Tsukasa

Charlie Scorson, Yoshiaki Yabe, Kiyozo Fukumoto, Takaya Shigeyama, Toshiko Katsura, Miyako Yoneda, Emiko Maekawa, Futami l-larada, Naoko Tsuneyama

Mikio Narida, Mitsuru Sato Narrator: Takayuki Agawa

Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba

Production; Japan: TCl-ICKU Sl-IINSI-IA (Japanese Voiceover) General Gulda: l-liroyoshi 'a/Vakayama Aaron Solar: Keiji Mikage Mayan Long: Mari Okamoto Spaceship Captain: Yoiohi Miyagawa Chief Commander: l-liroshi Mizushima Big Sam: Shozo lizuka

Special Effects Chief: Nobuo Yajima

Director: Kinji Fukasaku

Planet Jilutia

The planet of Jilutia was dying.

This planet was once beautiful and full of life but the Empire of Gabanas had attacked them and taken over, and Jilutia became their for-tress.

Kido, the leader of Jilutia, had his sixty soldiers fight the Gabanas army but they were hopeless against them.

The holy spirit of Universe, please forgive my mistakes and bring a miracle to help us.

These eight holy seeds will seek out eight brave warriors, and let these brave warriors bring forth a miracle.

Let the miracle happen. To the far reaches of the universe!

Emerarida

Yes, grandfather.

Follow those Reyabe seeds.

You must leave at once. When you find and bring the eight brave warriors here, we shall be saved.

Yes.

Master! Please let me go with her so I can protect her.

Oh, yes, ifa strong man like you accompanies her, then I am confident you will succeed in the quest.

If anything happens to Emerarida, you must continue with the quest no matter what. Understood, Uroooo'?

Yes, sir!

Emerarida, Never forget that the people of Jilutia's destiny rests on your shoulders.

Yes, grandfather, I understand.

Gabanas Fortress

We have not had such a storm for a long time. It kind of feels good.

Your majesty!

Wh at?

Yes, one of the Jilutian spaceships is attempting to escape.

Whatl?

Please come and see for yourself.

They are trying to find some help from other planets.

But I'm sure there is nobody in this universe who would go against me.

No, don't be so sure about that.

This infinite universe reaches far and wide. Anything could happen.

Oh, mother, you worry too much.

No. I saw eight glowing Reyabe seeds fly away into the sky.

Wh at?

Reyabe seeds are the sacred guardians of Jilutia.

If nothing is done about this, something terrible could happen to us.

Destroy that spaceship immediately.

Urocco! Are you OK?

This is nothing to me

Planet Milazeria

In this time of the era the Earthlings were exploring other planets within the Milky Way galaxy to find resources and land to inhabit.

Captain! Captain!

What is it, miss?

What is that?

Huh? Oh, that is an asteroid belt. It is well known around Milazeria.

No, not that.

You see, those twinkling things that look like clouds or something.

Oh, I see, they are called "fireflies of space".

Fireflies of space...

Yes. Fireflies of space...

Fireflies of space...

I've never seen them before. I didn't know there were fireflies in space.

How romantic!

Their name might sound romantic, but they are actually just radioactive dust particles.

So it's a famous characteristic of the asteroid belt but the belt itself is made out of nuclear waste, kind of like a glowing garbage dump.

Pilot! What's going on?

I'm sorry, but some stellar hot-rodders have disrupted our flight path.

Whatl?

What are they thinking? What if we collided?

Call the space patrol and have them arrested.

Yes, sir!

How cool!

Yahoo!

Hey Captain, hurry up and follow them.

But wait miss. Here, please have a seat.

Forget you, I'll be the driver!

No way!

Let me go.

Ifl let you drive then I would be fired.

Please!

No!

If you don't hurry we'll lose them!

Let go of me!

Hey Shiro, this is so much fun!

I'm glad we left earth to come fly around.

Yeah, do you want to bet?

What do you want to bet?

How about a gold coin?

Do you even have a gold coin?

D0 you?

Uh-Oh

Oh, no, it's a cop!

Warning! Breaking the space traffic law costs you more than just fines!

Do you understand?

Screw that! I'm not following the law!

Hey, if you don't like what I do, then I dare you to "Chicken Run"

Chicken run? What the heck is that?

Cops around here don't even know "Chicken Run"!?

Fly straight towards the ground and whoever pulls up the farthest from the ground is the "Chicken".

Lefs go!

Oh my god!

Hold on!

Of course!

Here we go!

Going through the tunnel next!

All right! Bring it on!

Thafs what you get!

Oh, no!

Hey I won! Don't forget about the gold coin.

Shoot, this was our first flight in this ship and now we've crashed.

Stupid engine!

What is this'?

Aaron, I found one in my engine compartment, too.

Milazeria Command Center

Salute!

This is so stupid!

I don't get the point of this.

Our commander must have gone crazy.

If earthlings find out about this, we'll be in trouble.

Good-bye, Beba, my old friend.

Rest in peace.

This is Gulda. What is it?

Emergency call from the command center.

Gulda! What was just launched? What was it for?

It was a funeral.

A funeral?

To remember a soldier we once had, I ordered it.

What? Who are you talking about?

Beba the 1st...

my robot.

A robot?

You wasted one of our important rockets on a robot?

Yes, he was a robot but also my friend for thirty years.

I could not stand to see him reduced to scrap.

You idiot!

Have you gone mad, Gulda?

You're fired, leave here right now!

I would be happy to.

I have no regrets leaving such a corrupt military.

Good-bye, general.

Beba #2, are you ready?

Yes, master. I found these at a secondhand store.

I see, at a secondhand store.

This will do.

A perfect outfit for a man who no longer has any attachment to the military.

Don't you think, Beba #2?

I don't keep up with fashion trends!

Hey bartender, give me another one.

Yes, right away.

Oh, master, please do not drink too much.

We still have to find a place to stay tonight.

Ah, Beba #2, don't worry so much or else...

I'll send you off in a rocket.

You can't do that to me!

OK, OK, just one more Beba, just one more.

Huh?

Hey, what is this?

Did you put this in my drink?

What? No.

I wonder what kind of seed it is.

This is very peculiar.

This Milazarian drink tastes just like scotch.

It's because you drank too much and can't taste anymore.

Don't talk to me like your my wife.

Ah! Damn it!

Hey, Jack! Jack!

Yes, yes, yes.

You remember that money I had you put away? Bring it here!

Yes, sir! Uh, well...

I need cash right this minute, hurry up and bring it!

Well, I...

What are you waiting forl?

I'm so sorry!

Ouch, ouch, please forgive me!

Are these guys the ones you loaned that money to?

Yes, yes, yes!

You punks!

The money you borrowed from this guy belonged to me.

This idiot tried to make extra money off of it by charging interest. You understand?

Yeah, I understand.

If you understand, then bring all the money back to me in thirty minutes.

If you are late even a minute, or a second, I will sink all of you in quicksand!

Hey, you heard him, hurry up and give me back that money! Hurry!

This is too sudden.

You said we could pay you back little by little by working part time!

Well, just give me what you have and I will come up with the rest somehow.

We used it all to buy a new machine.

Whatl?