Japan Synopsis
宇宙大怪獣ギララ
“Mankind threatened by a deadly nucleus from the vast void of space”
The spaceship AAB-Gamma is dispatched from FAFC headquarters in Japan to make a landing on the planet Mars and investigate reports of UFOs in the area. As they near the red planet, they encounter a mysterious UFO that coats the ship's hull with unusual spores. Taking one of the specimens back to earth, it soon develops and grows into a giant chicken-lizard-alien monster that tramples Japan.
The 1966–1968 Japan Window
70 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The X from Outer Space sits at position #63.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The X from Outer Space. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
6 sharedDestroy All Monsters
★ 6.8 · Japan
5 sharedInvasion of Astro-Monster
★ 6.8 · Japan
4 sharedShin Godzilla
★ 7.1 · Japan
4 sharedGodzilla Raids Again
★ 5.9 · Japan
4 sharedGodzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
★ 7.5 · Japan
4 sharedMothra vs. Godzilla
★ 7.0 · Japan
Other Titles From Shochiku
The 1960s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1960s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The X from Outer Space premiered. 202 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,316 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (6th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.6 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Science Fiction productions specifically: #506 of 566 (top 89%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Shochiku |
| Runtime | 1h 29m |
| Release Date | March 25, 1967 |
| IMDb | tt0062411 |