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Overview
Cast & Crew

Gorath is a Japanese science fiction film directed by Ishirō Honda. Based on an idea by Jojiro Okami, the film is a story of mankind's efforts to move Earth out of its orbit to avoid it from colliding with a runaway star. The film was extensively edited for its American release.

Original Release

03/21/1962

Cast

Name	Character

Ryô Ikebe	Dr. Tazawa - Astrophysicist
Yumi Shirakawa	Tomoko Sonoda
Akira Kubo	Tatsuma Kanai - Cadet Astronaut
Kumi Mizuno	Takiko Nomura
Hiroshi Tachikawa	Wakabayashi - Pilot of Ôtori
Akihiko Hirata	Endô - Captain of Ôtori
Kenji Sahara	Saiki - Vice Captain of Ôtori
Jun Tazaki	Raizô Sonoda - Tomoko's Father
Ken Uehara	Dr. Kôno - Astrophysicist
Takashi Shimura	Kensuke Sonoda - Paleontologist

(see additional cast & crew)

Directors

Ishirô Honda

Writers

Takeshi Kimura, Jôjirô Okami, John Meredyth Lucas

Cast

Name	Character

Ryô Ikebe	Dr. Tazawa - Astrophysicist
Yumi Shirakawa	Tomoko Sonoda
Akira Kubo	Tatsuma Kanai - Cadet Astronaut
Kumi Mizuno	Takiko Nomura
Hiroshi Tachikawa	Wakabayashi - Pilot of Ôtori
Akihiko Hirata	Endô - Captain of Ôtori
Kenji Sahara	Saiki - Vice Captain of Ôtori
Jun Tazaki	Raizô Sonoda - Tomoko's Father
Ken Uehara	Dr. Kôno - Astrophysicist
Takashi Shimura	Kensuke Sonoda - Paleontologist
Seizaburô Kawazu	Tada - Minister of Finance
Ko Mishima	Sanada - Engineer
Sachio Sakai	Physician
Takamaru Sasaki	Prime Minister Seki
Ko Nishimura	Murata - Secretary of Space
Eitarô Ozawa	Kinami - Minister of Justice
Keiko Sata	Prime Minister's Secretary
Hideyo Amamoto	Man in Bar
George Furness	Hooverman (as Jôji Fânesu)
Ross Benette	Gibson (as Rosu Benetto)