The War in Space

The War in Space

The Space War to Decide the Fate of All Mankind!

1977 · 91 min · ★ 6.0 · Adventure, Science Fiction, Action

The year is 1988, and in the midst of recovering from a near-miss with a large comet, Earth finds that there are much worse matters at hand: the sudden arrival of a strange army of aliens and their fleet of unstoppable warships.

Directed by Jun Fukuda · Written by Ryuzo Nakanishi

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