---
title: 'Gorath (1962)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ishirō Honda'
released: '1962-03-21'
runtime_minutes: 88
genres:
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/gorath-1962'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056709/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Gorath (1962)

1962 · 88 min · Horror, Adventure, Science Fiction · Japan

Original title: 妖星ゴラス

## Synopsis

Gorath  is a 1962 Japanese epic science fiction disaster film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Based on an idea by Jojiro Okami, the film is about mankind's efforts to move Earth out of its orbit to prevent it from colliding with a runaway white dwarf star. The film was extensively edited for its American release.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ishirō Honda](https://cinepixo.com/people/ishiro-honda)
- **Screenplay:** [Takeshi Kimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-kimura)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Kan Ishii](https://cinepixo.com/people/kan-ishii)
- **Producer:** [Tomoyuki Tanaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomoyuki-tanaka)
- **Director of Photography:** [Hajime Koizumi](https://cinepixo.com/people/hajime-koizumi)

## Cast

- [Kenji Sahara](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenji-sahara)
- [Takashi Shimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/takashi-shimura)
- [Kumi Mizuno](https://cinepixo.com/people/kumi-mizuno)
- [Hideyo Amamoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideyo-amamoto)
- [Ken Uehara](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-uehara)
- [Akihiko Hirata](https://cinepixo.com/people/akihiko-hirata)
- [Haruo Nakajima](https://cinepixo.com/people/haruo-nakajima)
- [Yumi Shirakawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/yumi-shirakawa)
- [Akira Kubo](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-kubo)
- [Hiroshi Tachikawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroshi-tachikawa)
- [Jun Tazaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/jun-tazaki)
- [Ryō Ikebe](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryo-ikebe)
- [Kō Nishimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/ko-nishimura)
- [Eitarō Ozawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/eitaro-ozawa)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/gorath-1962
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