Directed by Ishirô Honda Written by Shin'ichi Sekizawa   Cast Nick Adams ... Astronaut Glenn Amer (as Nikku Adamusu) Akira Takarada ... Astronaut K. Fuji Jun Tazaki ... Dr. Sakurai Akira Kubo ... Tetsuo Teri Kumi Mizuno ... Miss Namikawa Keiko Sawai ... Haruno Fuji Yoshio Tsuchiya ... Controller of Planet X Takamaru Sasaki ... Chairman of Earth Committee Gen Shimizu ... Minister of Defense Kenzô Tabu ... Commander from Planet X Yoshifumi Tajima ... General Nadao Kirino ... Military Aide Kôji Uno ... Namikawa's Associate Tôru Ibuki ... Xian Kazuo Suzuki ... Xian Fuyuki Murakami ... Councilman Noriko Sengoku ... Female Delegate Someshô Matsumoto ... Buddhist Priest Kamayuki Tsubono ... Councilman Toki Shiozawa ... Tetsuo's Mother Yasuhisa Tsutsumi ... Official Rinsaku Ogata ... Scientist Masaaki Tachibana ... Scientist Yutaka Oka ... Reporter Saburô Iketani ... News Reader Yoshizo Tatake ... Xian Mitsuo Tsuda ... Xian Hideki Furukawa ... Xian Ryôji Shimizu ... Xian Minoru Itô ... Xian Takuzô Kumagai ... Xian Tadashi Okabe ... Reporter Haruo Nakajima ... Gojira Masaki Shinohara ... Radon Shôichi Hirose ... Kingugidora Marvin Miller ... Fuji (voice) Gorô Naya ... Councilman (voice) Uncredited Cast Peter Fernandez ... Tetsuo (voice) Produced by Reuben Bercovitch   Henry G. Saperstein   Tomoyuki Tanaka   Original Music by Akira Ifukube

Additional Info Premiere: December 19, 1965 Theatrical Release: July 29, 1970 DVD Release: February 23, 1999 Blu-ray Release: October 29, 2019 Countries: Distributor: The Criterion Collection Websites: Alternate Titles Battle Of The Astros Godzilla vs. Monster Zero Invasion Of Planet X Kaijû Daisensô Monster Zero The Great Monster War War Of The Monsters Production Companies Toho United Productions of America (UPA) Distributors Maron Films   (1970) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed) Simitar Entertainment   (1998) (USA) (VHS) Simitar Entertainment   (1998) (USA) (DVD) Essex Pictures Company   (1973) (USA) (all media) Frolic Pictures   (2019) (USA) (DVD) The Criterion Collection   (2019) (USA) (Blu-ray) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.2 / 10 Our Rating 6.1 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 6.1 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #5,106 / 20,886 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 1 total rating Almost Perfect 1 total rating Site Ranking #5,102 Blood Feast (1963) #5,103 The Players Club (1998) #5,104 Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) #5,105 Z-O-M-B-I-E-S (2018) #5,106 Invasion Of Astro-Monster (1965) #5,107 Autopsy (2008) #5,108 Green Lantern: The Animated Series (2011) #5,109 The Final Wish (2018) #5,110 The Burning Sea (2021)