Ryō Ikebe was a highlight of the cast. Another review from "Whit." from the same issue of Variety found its double feature The Human Vapor the more interesting film plotwise. See also Passage to Pluto, a 1973 novel by Hugh Walters which also involves an ultra-dense wandering planet Melancholia (2011 film) The Wandering Earth, a 2019 film which also involves a man-made change of Earth's course. Nibiru cataclysm Notes References Footnotes Sources External links 1962 films 1960s science fiction films Japanese epic films Films directed by Ishirō Honda Films set in 1979 Films set in 1980 Films set in 1982 Films set in Antarctica Films set in Tokyo Films set in the future Giant monster films 1960s Japanese-language films Kaiju films 1960s monster movies Space adventure films Toho tokusatsu films Films produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka 1960s Japanese films