819 - INVASION OF THE NEPTUNE MEN
(USA release; 1963; Japan TV; 1961; NR; 74m)

a.k.a. UCHU KAISOKU-SEN
(original/Japan: Invasion from a Planet)
a.k.a. SPACE GREYHOUND

Plot: Alien-superhero Ironsharp saves the
Earth from invaders from Neptune.

Prod: Hiroshi Okawa (Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots)
Dir: Koji Ota (lighting/TV's Kamen Rider V3)
Scr: Shin Morita (816-Prince of Space; pmgr/Mothra)
Cin: Shinzuka Fujii

Ironsharp / Shinichi Chiba a.k.a. Sonny Chiba*
with Shinijiro Ebara
Kappei Matsumoto
Mitsue Komiya
Ryuko Minakami (Horror of an Ugly Woman)

Trivia: SHINICHI "SONNY" CHIBA later successfully used his martial arts skills in the movies, most notably as Terry Sugury in The Street Fighter, The Street Fighter's Last Revenge, Return of the Street Fighter, and Sister Street Fighter. He was also in Bullet Train, Ninja Wars, and Aces: Iron Eagle III.

Last Updated: 3/28/1999