Koji Shima’s Eye-Popping WARNING FROM SPACE (1956) Available on Blu-ray From Arrow Video October 13th

Koji Shima’s Eye-Popping WARNING FROM SPACE (1956) will be available on Blu-ray From Arrow Video October 13th

The first Japanese science fiction film to be made in color, Koji Shima s Warning From Space features eye-popping special effects from the same team at Daiei Studios that would bring Gamera to life a decade later.

As Japan is rocked by mysterious sightings of UFOs over Tokyo and large one-eyed aliens attempting contact, scientists collaborate to investigate the unexpected rise in extraterrestrial activity. Unbeknownst to them, one of the aliens has already assumed human form and is about to deliver a very important message that could be humanity s last hope for survival.

With a witty script by Hideo Oguni (screenwriter of several Akira Kurosawa classics including Seven Samurai) and iconic starfish-like aliens designed by avant-garde artist Taro Okamoto, the original Japanese version of Warning From Space finally makes its official English-language video debut.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
• Original uncompressed Japanese mono audio
• Optional newly translated English subtitles
• Brand new commentary by Stuart Galbraith IV, author of Monsters Are Attacking Tokyo!
• First-ever HD transfer of the American release version of the film, including a newly restored English dub track
• Theatrical trailers
• Image galleries
• Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Matt Griffin

FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector s booklet featuring an essay on artist Taro Okamoto by Japanese art historian Nick West, and an essay on the production of the American edit of the film by David Cairns