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| film namenative_name = <!--(for non-English films: film's name in its native language)-->
| director = [[Kazui Nihonmatsu]]
| producer = Wataru Nakajima<ref name="castcrew" />
| screenplay = {{plainlist|
* Eibi Motomochi
* Moriyoshi Ishida
* [[Kazui Nihonmatsu]]<ref name="castcrew" />}}
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* Toshiya Wazaki
* Itoko Harada
* Shinichi Yanagisawa
* [[Eiji Okada]]}}
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| music = Taku Izumi<ref name="castcrew" />
| cinematography = {{plainlist|
* Shizuo Hirase
* Sentura Okoshi<ref name="castcrew" />}}
| editing = Yoshi Sugihara<ref name="castcrew" />
| studio = [[Shochiku]]{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=325}}
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{{nihongo|'''''The X from Outer Space'''''|宇宙大怪獣ギララ|''Uchū Daikaijū Girara''|{{literal translation|Cosmic Giant Space Monster Guilala}}}} is a 1967 Japanese [[science fiction film|science fiction]] ''[[kaiju]]'' film. The film was directed by [[Kazui Nihonmatsu]], and starredstars [[Eiji Okada]] and Toshiya Wazaki.<ref name="castcrew">{{cite web|url=https://www.criterion.com/films/27689-the-x-from-outer-space|publisher=Criterion Collection|title=The X from Outer Space|accessdateaccess-date=August 23, 2016}}</ref>
Guilala returned in a 2008 Shochiku sequel (of sorts) called ''[[Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit]]''.{{fact|date=June 2024}}
The spaceship ''AAB Gamma'' is dispatched from [[Japan]] to travel to [[Mars]] to investigate reports of [[UFO]]s in the area. When the ''Gamma'' nears the red planet, it comes across a mysterious alien vessel that sprays the ship with spores. Samples are taken back to [[Earth]] where one of them begins to develop. ▼
The cosmic spore grows into a giant, lizard-like creature dubbed "Guilala." The monster begins a reign of destruction through Tokyo. It spits fireballs, feeds on nuclear fuel, turns into a flying, burning sphere and destroys any airplanes and tanks in its path. Guilala is finally defeated by jets laden with bombs, which coat it in a substance called "Guilalalium." It causes Guilala to shrink down to its original spore form. The government promptly launches the spore back into space, where it will circle the sun in an endless orbit. ▼▲The spaceship ''AAB Gamma'' is dispatched from [[Japan]] to travelthe toplanet [[Mars]] to investigate reports of [[UFO]]s inseen near the areaRed Planet. When the ''Gamma''spaceship nears the red planetarrives, it comesencounters acrossone aof mysteriousthe alienUFOs, vesselwhich thatsuddenly sprays the ship''AAB Gamma'' with spores. SamplesA aresample takenof backthe spores is returned to [[Earth ]], where one of them begins to develop.
▲The cosmic spore is accidentally exposed to acid, and grows into a giant , lizard-like creature dubbedthat is named "Guilala ." . It continues to feed on any kind of energy source, and grows bigger and more powerful. The monster begins a reign of destruction through Tokyo. It spits fireballs, feeds on nuclear fuel, turns into a flying,flaming burningorb sphereto travel great distances by air in mere minutes, and destroys anyall airplanesaircraft and tanks in its path. Guilala is finally defeated by [[fighter jets ]] laden with bombs, which coat it in a substance called "Guilalalium ." , Ita substance that prevents it from absorbing energy. This causes Guilala to shrink down to its original spore form . Stored in a glass container filled with Guilalalium, it is rendered permanently harmless. The government promptly launches the sporeit back into space, where it will circleorbit the sunSun in ana endlessnigh-inescapable [[heliocentric orbit ]] for the foreseeable future.
* Toshiya Wazaki as Captain K. Sano
* Itoko Harada as Michiko Taki
* Torahiko Hamada as Mr. Kimura
* [[Hiroshi Fujioka]] as Moon base worker
* Yuichi Okada as Guilala
==Release==
''The X From Outer Space'' was released in Japan on 25 March 1967.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=445}} ''The X From Outer Space''film was never released theatrically in the United States, and wasbut instead was released directly to television in 1968 by [[American International Pictures|American International Television]] in 1968.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=325}}
[[The Criterion Collection]] released ''The X from Outer Space'' on DVD through their [[Eclipse (DVD brand)|Eclipse]] label in a compilationboxed titledset entitled ''When Horror Came to Shochiku'' through(which theiralso includes ''[[EclipseGoke, Body Snatcher from Hell|Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell]]'', ''[[The Living Skeleton]]'' and ''[[Genocide (company1968 film)|EclipseGenocide]] label.''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/928-eclipse-series-37-when-horror-came-to-shochiku|publisher=[[Criterion Collection]]|title=Eclipse Series 37: When Horror Came to Shochiku|accessdateaccess-date=August 23, 2016}}</ref>). TheThis DVD set offers both aan English subtitled and a dubbed version of the film.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Cineaste (magazine)|Cineaste]]|title=When Horror Came to Shochiku|volume=38|issue=2|page=67|year=2013|ISSNissn=0009-7004|first=Robert|last=Cashill}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/57730/eclipse-series-37-when-horror-came-to-shochiku/|publisher=[[DVDTalk]]|accessdateaccess-date=16 October 2017|title=When Horror Came to Shochiku (The X from Outer Space / Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell / The Living Skeleton / Genocide)|last=Galbraith IV|first=Stuart|authorlink=Stuart Galbraith IV|date=18 December 2012}}</ref> TheThis boxboxed set was released on November 20, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-x-from-outer-space-v55646/releases|publisher=[[AllMovie]]|accessdateaccess-date=AugustJune 236, 20162024|title=The X From Outer Space (1967)|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011065834/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-x-from-outer-space-v55646/releases|archivedate=October 11, 2016}}</ref>
==Reception==
Film historian Chuck Stephens described the film as having "a well-deserved reputation as one of the silliest—andsilliest and, as a consequence, most beloved—rubberbeloved rubber-suit monster movies ever made.".<ref name="chuck">{{cite web|url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2561-eclipse-series-37-when-horror-came-to-shochiku|publisher=Criterion Collection|title=Eclipse Series 37: When Horror Came to Shochiku|accessdateaccess-date=August 23, 2016|last=Stephens|first=Chuck}}</ref> ''[[Sight & Sound]]'' described the film as a "harebrained kaiju epic" that was "Cheesy, rich in comic non sequiturs and scored with an unpredictable mishmash of 1960s pop and [[bossa nova,]]. ''X'' fits comfortably into one's stoned best-bad-movie rental evening.".<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Shochiku's Schlock Wave|last=Atkinson|first=Michael|magazine=[[Sight & Sound]]|date=January 2013|volume=23|issue=1|page=118|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]}}</ref> Author and film critic [[Glenn Erickson]] characterized the film as "simply... terrible," describing the monster as "a preposterous concoction, [being] a 20-story chicken with a head shaped like a jet plane."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Erickson |first1=Glenn |title=When Horror Came to Shochiku |url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s4053shoc.html |website=DVD Talk |publisher=MH Sub I, LLC |access-date=2022-03-11}}</ref> Writing for [[Turner Classic Movies]], critic Nathaniel Thompson wrote that the film "offers a substantial amount of entertainment value (and unintentional humor), thanks to its dual menaces of a gloppy space entity and a rampaging chicken monster," and included a "jaw-dropping and vaguely pornographic dispatching of the beast at the end."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Nathaniel |title=The X from Outer Space (1967) - Turner Classic Movies |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/558804/the-x-from-outer-space#articles-reviews?articleId=145448 |website=Turner Classic Movies |publisher=urner Classic Movies, Inc. |access-date=2022-03-11}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of science fiction films of the 1960s]]
== References ==
===Footnotes===
===Sources===
{{Refbegin}}
* {{cite book |last=Galbraith IV |first=Stuart |title=Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films |publisher=McFarland |date=1994 |isbn=0-89950-853-7 |ref=harv|authorlink=Stuart Galbraith IV}}
* {{cite book |last=Galbraith IV |first=Stuart |title=The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994 |publisher=McFarland |date=1996 |isbn=0-7864-0032-3 |ref=harv}}
{{Refend}}
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0062411}}
* {{amg movie|55646}}
* {{tcmdb title|id=558804}}
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