Not the Band

The Mysterians/Chikyu Boeigun (1957)
Dir: Ishirô Honda
****

I didn't post the Japanese poster for this, because frankly, it's boring compared to these two gems seen above. The basic premise of this really fun film: The world leaders put aside their petty differences and join forces/create new technologies to stop an alien threat. The script is a little thin but there are two things which really stuck out to me. The first being that much of the same cast and the director were responsible for the ultimate kaiju film Gojira (Akihiko Hirata is like the Fifty's Johnny Depp)and the second was how much of a perfectionist Ishiro Honda was with the special effects. This film made some remarkable leaps in it's day with never before seen ways of creating believable special effects (alright, settle down... I didn't know this at first but I listened to the commentary track). All in all a four star gem!