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.
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.
Other Titles From Shochiku
Science Fiction + Horror in Japan
93 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Science Fiction and Horror genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The X from Outer Space itself).
The 1966–1968 Japan Window
In the crowded 1966-1968 Japan release window, The X from Outer Space sits at #63 of 70. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 1960s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1960s in Japan, 202 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The X from Outer Space premiered alongside 20 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 20 other Japan films in 1967.
The 263rd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
37 audience reviews — more than 57% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (57th percentile) outruns trending popularity (26th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The X from Outer Space, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- alien monster · 3
- moon base · 2
- ufo · 6
- spaceship · 6
- japan · 454
- monster · 91
- kaiju · 77
- giant monster · 64
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 |