---
title: 'Message from Space (1978)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kinji Fukasaku'
released: '1978-04-29'
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Science Fiction'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/message-from-space-1978'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078435/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Message from Space (1978)

1978 · PG · Action, Science Fiction, Adventure · Japan

Original title: 宇宙からのメッセージ

## Synopsis

Message from Space  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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kinji Fukasaku](https://cinepixo.com/people/kinji-fukasaku)
- **Screenplay:** [Hiro Matsuda](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiro-matsuda)

## Cast

- [Hideyo Amamoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideyo-amamoto)
- [Machiko Soga](https://cinepixo.com/people/machiko-soga)
- [Genzō Wakayama](https://cinepixo.com/people/genzo-wakayama)
- [Jerry Ito](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-ito)
- [Hiroyuki Sanada](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroyuki-sanada)
- [Norman Rose](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-rose)
- [Mari Okamoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/mari-okamoto)
- [Sonny Chiba](https://cinepixo.com/people/sonny-chiba)
- [Shōzō Iizuka](https://cinepixo.com/people/shozo-iizuka)
- [Tetsurō Tamba](https://cinepixo.com/people/tetsuro-tamba)
- [Chris Isaak](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-isaak)
- [Mikio Narita](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikio-narita)
- [Philip Casnoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-casnoff)
- [Nenji Kobayashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/nenji-kobayashi)
- [Etsuko Shihomi](https://cinepixo.com/people/etsuko-shihomi)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/message-from-space-1978
Film facts: Wikidata (Q716052); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.