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Atomic Rulers

Feature film · 74 min · dir. Teruo Ishii

  • Action
  • Science Fiction
  • TV Movie

Synopsis

Atomic Rulers of the World is a 1965 film edited together for American television from films #1 and #2 of the 1957 Japanese short film series Super Giant.

Synopsis from Wikipedia

Details

Director
Teruo Ishii
Writer
Ichirō Miyagawa
Composer
Chumei Watanabe
Cinematography
Takashi Watanabe
Studio
Walter Manley Enterprises, Shintoho Company, Titan Productions, Inc.
Released
1965-04-10
Series
Starman Collection
Running time
74 minutes

Cast & crew

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★ · Atomic Rulers of The World · golddalek · 2021-12-06

It's like 1940's serials, a bit cheesy at times, but this story is so right for Today. The villains are exactly like the Illuminati, Rothschilds. Trying to takeover the world thru destruction of countries. Children are victimized, too. Even aliens are concerned about Earth's Nuclear weapons which you see talk about on some cryptic youtube channels.Uncanny how this is on par.with Today.Anyway, the aliens send Starman, basically a Japanese Superman, a superman of the Fleischer cartoon era where his strength is more down to Earth. Starman plows thru like, 50 villains, one by one. The movie's…

★★★ · Not too bad · Albert Schlef · 2010-09-29

This movie isn't too bad. It's quite fine actually. I wasn't bored.

★★★ · Seen worse · The_Emperor_Of_Television · 2010-09-29

Not bad, but not great. It's no "Manos" by any means. Has the usual plot holes, but also has good pacing and a decent plot. We also get a glimpse into an increasingly bland modern world. Well, at least the cars were still exciting.

★★★ · Actually pretty fun · Vic Demise · 2011-01-04

I expected cheesy, and it was, but there were some things that were refreshing, like some of the effects were better than most in American films of the same genre and time (Check out Star Man flying right into a second floor window, or flying above a moving car- Tricky stuff!!) Plus, it was just plain different. Some of the worst stuff was at least worth a laugh. I don't think I ever saw any of these as a kid, but it wouldn't have hit me the way it does now. I liked it fine.

★ · Golddalek, no politics, please. It’s offensive · Gypsumm · 2021-12-26

The movie is just bad.

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