"Calamity Star Gorath" (1962)

Above, the DVD box art.

A rogue star 3/4 the size of Earth but with a mass 6000 times that of Earth has entered our solar system and is on a collision course with Earth. Mankind bands together to devise a way to prevent the catastrophic collision.

The star was named Gorath and that is also the name of the movie, Gorath (or Calamity Star Gorath). It was produced in 1962 by Toho Co., Ltd. and features a who's who of Toho actors, including Akira Kubo, Kenji Sahara, Kumi Mizuno, Takashi Shimura, Akihiko Hirata and Ryo Ikebe. It was directed by Ishiro Honda.

Above, actor Kenji Sahara and Armand.

It has been ages since I've seen Gorath. I recently purchased the DVD and finally sat down to watch it. The special effects were top-notch by 1962 standards (by Eiji Tsuburaya). The movie proved once again (at least to my eyes) that watching scenes of destruction with the use of miniatures is a lot more fun than with computer-generated imaging.

Gorath was an enjoyable sci-fi/disaster movie and my grade is A.

Ishiro Honda Book Gets Publisher!

Above, Kumi Mizuno and director Ishiro Honda during filming of "Monster Zero." I guess Mizuno was quite a handful to direct.

To quote a line from The Mysterians, "Good News! Good News!"

I received the following message from Peter H. Brothers:

The publisher has decided to publish my Ishiro Honda book.

It's in the early stages yet; no contract or release date and there will be many details and possibly more delays, but they have agreed to publish it.

I will keep you posted, and thanks many times over for your encouragement and support.

As mentioned previously, Peter had been working on his biography/filmography on Ishiro Honda for the past several years.

Details will be posted here when they are finalized.