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Plot Summary:
In space, Ultraman Cosmos is battling with Baltan to stop him from invading Earth. A young boy named Musashi (Kounosuke Tokai) who is a 5th grader has a lot of dreams, such as becoming an astronaut to sail the sea of stars, and to meet Ultraman. One night, Musashi went to the forest to observe an eclipse with his friends. Unfortunately, that night, a heavy rain fell that made everybody decide to go home except for Musashi. Meanwhile, in the middle of that rain, Ultraman Cosmos is battling with Baltan to stop him from invading the city. They both use their powers and clashed at each other. Due to the impact made by their power clash, both of them were thrown into different directions.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
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When GUTS-Select investigate mysterious disappearances, they learn it is work of an evil alien who intends to invade the Earth, called Professor Gibellus. However, just in time, a mysterious woman appears to help GUTS-Select.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 110
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Duration: 82 min
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Genere: Sci-Fi
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 194
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Duration: 30 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 189
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 170
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
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Ultraman Mebius & Ultra Brothers (2006)
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In the beginning of the movie, 20 years ago, on the moon, the 4 Ultra brothers, Ultraman, Seven, Jack, and Ace were fighting a deadly foe known as Yapool, a monster that was several times their size. As they fought, Yapool had a clear advantage and used his several claws to grasp the brothers, although, they managed to clear from the claws through there powers and used a combined Specium Ray to no avail. The monster then flies off to Earth to dodge the attack and the brothers follow. The brothers were barely able to defeat Yapool but the monster still needed to be sealed. However, to seal Yapool away they were forced to give up the ability to transform, and took up jobs to be in the area of Kobe in case the monster ever returned.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 369
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Duration: 96 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 113
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IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 479
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 175
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 231
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IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 77
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IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 600
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Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
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Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
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IMDB Votes: 7000
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IMDB Votes: 8000
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 121
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Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Votes: 998
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
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IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 254
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
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Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 94 min
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