Despite being marketed to ride the Star Wars wave, the film is essentially a sci-fi remake of Toho’s own 1963 undersea adventure . Instead of a flying submarine fighting the Mu Empire, we get the Gohten —a massive space battleship equipped with a giant drill on its nose—tasked with defending Earth from the "Venusians". Why It’s a Cult Classic Today
: The film is famous for its 70s disco-infused score by Toshiaki Tsushima, giving the space battles a groovy energy unlike anything in the Lucasverse. The Legacy The War in Space (Review) - Toho Kingdom The War in Space (1977)
Toho's Forgotten Frontier: Revisiting "The War in Space" (1977) Despite being marketed to ride the Star Wars