Message from Space

1978 film by Kinji Fukasaku
Movie film Q716052
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Message from Space

Summary

Message from Space is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (128 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Message from Space's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Message from Space's director is recorded as Kinji Fukasaku[4].
  • Message from Space's screenwriter is recorded as Hiro Matsuda[5].
  • Message from Space's genre is recorded as action film[6].
  • Message from Space's genre is recorded as science fiction film[7].
  • Message from Space's genre is recorded as adventure film[8].
  • Message from Space's cast member is recorded as Hiroyuki Sanada[9].
  • Message from Space's cast member is recorded as Mikio Narita[10].
  • Message from Space's cast member is recorded as Sonny Chiba[11].
  • Message from Space's cast member is recorded as Vic Morrow[12].
  • Message from Space's cast member is recorded as Philip Casnoff[13].
  • Message from Space's cast member is recorded as Etsuko Shihomi[14].
  • Message from Space's cast member is recorded as Hideyo Amamoto[15].
  • Message from Space's cast member is recorded as Nenji Kobayashi[16].
  • Message from Space's cast member is recorded as Jerry Ito[17].
  • Message from Space's cast member is recorded as Chris Isaak[18].
  • Message from Space's cast member is recorded as Mari Okamoto[19].
  • Message from Space's cast member is recorded as Machiko Soga[20].
  • Message from Space's cast member is recorded as Shōzō Iizuka[21].
  • Message from Space's cast member is recorded as Tetsurō Tamba[22].
  • Message from Space's cast member is recorded as Seizō Fukumoto[23].
  • Message from Space's cast member is recorded as Genzō Wakayama[24].
  • Message from Space's cast member is recorded as Norman Rose[25].
  • Message from Space's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0078435[26].
  • Message from Space's original language of film or TV show is recorded as Japanese[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Message from Space's director is recorded as Kinji Fukasaku[4]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Hiro Matsuda[5]. Cast members include Hiroyuki Sanada[9], Mikio Narita[10], Sonny Chiba[11], Vic Morrow[12], Philip Casnoff[13], and Etsuko Shihomi[14].

Publication

Publication dates include +1978-04-29T00:00:00Z[28], +1978-09-22T00:00:00Z[29], +1978-10-30T00:00:00Z[30], and +1979-04-11T00:00:00Z[31]. Original languages include Japanese[27] and English[32]. Genres include action film[6], science fiction film[7], and adventure film[8].

Why It Matters

Message from Space ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (128 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [32] . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] . Lexicon of international films. wikidata.org.
  29. [30] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [31] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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