UFOs are seen around Tokyo. Because they look like giant starfish the aliens cannot approach us without creating panic. Hence one of them sacrifices itself and takes the form of a popular female singer. It/she warns mankind that a meteor will crash on Earth. While the approaching meteor causes hotter and hotter weather, mankind runs and builds a last-chance anti-meteor weapon.
Warning from Space is nothing less than Japan's first colored sci-fi movie, complete with ridiculous alien costumes and miniature towns getting blown up. The special effects team would later go on to make the Gamera monster movies in the 60's. Warning from Space was one of several that got made after the success of Godzilla (1954), and also relied heavily on the theme of atomic power. It reminded me of The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) with how the aliens doesn't show up just to wipe us out but to help us save ourselves.
A fun little film to have seen, nothing too serious, just some helpful star creatures that really don't want to see Earth get smashed by a meteor.
Genre: Sci-Fi
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