Message from Space

You’re an unassuming teen on a backwater planet when a dying monarch hands you a seed. The Gavanas strike before you can refuse. The seeds demand action but your crew can barely agree on a name. Fukasaku frames space opera like a brawl in a noodle shop, all sticky tables and sudden elbows.

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Kinji Fukasaku directed Message from Space in 1978. See Kinji Fukasaku's full filmography, where to start with Kinji Fukasaku, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kinji Fukasaku.

Message from Space was released in 1978 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 105 minutes.