Japan Synopsis
妖星ゴラス
“The crisis of the colliding mystery star is imminent! Can the Earth break free of its orbit?”
In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although it is smaller than Earth, its enormous mass is enough to destroy the planet totally. A mission sent to observe Gorath is destroyed after the ship is drawn into the star, with a later mission barely escaping the same fate. However, Astronaut Tatsuma Kanai is left in a catatonic state due to his near death experience. Unable to destroy the invading star, Earth's scientists undertake a desperate plan to build giant rockets at the South Pole to move the planet out of Gorath's path before it is too late.
The 1961–1963 Japan Window
44 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Gorath sits at position #21.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Gorath. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From TOHO
The 1960s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1960s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Gorath premiered. 202 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,263 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (51st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Science Fiction productions specifically: #178 of 566 (top 31%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Spoken Languages | Mandarin, English, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Russian |
| Production Companies | TOHO |
| Runtime | 1h 28m |
| Release Date | March 21, 1962 |
| IMDb | tt0056709 |