Message from Space

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Message from Space
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji	宇宙からのメッセージ
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Uchū kara no Messēji
Directed by	Kinji Fukasaku
Screenplay by	Hiro Matusda[1]
Story by	Kinji Fukasaku Shotaro Ishinomori Masahiro Noda
Produced by	Banjiro Uemura Yoshinori Watanabe Tan Takaiwa[1]
Starring	Vic Morrow Sonny Chiba Philip Casnoff Peggy Lee Brennan
Cinematography	Toru Nakajima[1]
Music by	Kenichiro Morioka[1]
Production companies	Toei Company Tohokushinsha Film[1]
Distributed by	Toei Company (JPN) United Artists (USA)
Release date	April 29, 1978 (1978-04-29) (Japan)
Running time	105 minutes[1]
Country	Japan

Message from Space (Japanese: 宇宙からのメッセージ, Hepburn: Uchū Kara no Messēji) is a 1978 Japanese space opera film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. It stars Sonny Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi, and Vic Morrow. Produced by Toei with a cost between the equivalent of US$5 and 6 million, it was the most expensive film made in Japan at the time.

Upon release in the United States, Message from Space received generally negative reviews from critics who not only found many similarities with the previous year's Star Wars (1977), but also felt the special effects were poorly executed in comparison to the American film.^[2] It was however nominated for Best Foreign Film at the 7th Saturn Awards in 1980.