Japan Synopsis
惑星大戦争
“The Space War to Decide the Fate of All Mankind!”
The year is 1988, and in the midst of recovering from a near-miss with a large comet, Earth finds that there are much worse matters at hand: the sudden arrival of a strange army of aliens and their fleet of unstoppable warships.
The 1976–1978 Japan Window
49 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The War in Space sits at position #42.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The War in Space. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From TOHO
The 1970s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1970s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The War in Space premiered. 197 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 31m runtime, production spent $22K per minute on screen and earned $44K per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,054 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (11th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.1 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Adventure productions specifically: #1,156 of 1,216 (top 95%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | TOHO, Toho Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 31m |
| Release Date | December 17, 1977 |
| IMDb | tt0076902 |