a success. The JX-2 Eagle and space stations learn of this development and are ordered to return to deny Gorath more mass. However, the heat generated by the mega-thrusters causes a giant, walrus-like monster later dubbed "Maguma" to emerge from the tundra and attack the South Pole Operation base in response to their intrusion. In response, a small VTOL aircraft is equipped with a powerful laser to stop Maguma. Determined to do so without killing the monster, the pilot uses the laser to create an avalanche and bury it. However, Maguma easily escapes and resumes its attack, leaving the crew with little choice but to kill it. As Gorath absorbs Saturn's rings, the JX-2 Eagle crew successfully returns to Earth. As the enormous celestial body becomes visible to the naked eye, Earth's tides begin to rise and a state of emergency is declared. Gorath absorbs and obliterates the Moon. It also floods Tokyo and the mega-thrusters and causes an earthquake that destroys the JX-2 Eagle and the Interstellar Exploration Agency's Mount Fuji facility. Even in spite of these disasters, Earth is successfully moved out of Gorath's path. (The problem of moving it back is mentioned, with no solution proposed.) Cast Ryō Ikebe as Dr. Tazawa - Astrophysicist Yumi Shirakawa as Tomoko Sonoda Akira Kubo as Tatsuma Kanai - Cadet Astronaut Kumi Mizuno as Takiko Nomura Hiroshi Tachikawa as Wakabayashi - Pilot of Ōtori Akihiko Hirata as Endō - Captain of Ōtori Kenji Sahara as Saiki - Vice Captain of Ōtori Jun Tazaki as Raizō Sonoda - Tomoko's Father Ken Uehara as Dr. Kōno - Astrophysicist Takashi Shimura as Kensuke Sonoda - Paleontologist Seizaburō Kawazu as Tada - Minister of Finance Kō Mishima as Sanada - Engineer Sachio Sakai as Physician Takamaru Sasaki as Prime Minister Seki Kō Nishimura as Murata - Secretary of Space Fumio Sakashita as Hayao Sonoda - Tomoko's Brother Katsumi Tezuka as Maguma Release Gorath was released theatrically in Japan on 21 March 1962, where it was distributed by Toho. It was released in the United States as Gorath by Brenco Pictures through Allied Artists Pictures with an English-language dub on 15 May 1964. The film was double-billed in the United States with The Human Vapor. Reception In a contemporary review, ""Whit." of Variety declared it as "generally a first-class endeavour" noting that "particular credit goes to Eiji Tsuburaya for his special effects" and the acting by