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Sayonara Jupiter

Sayonara Jupiter

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 17, 1984

Runtime

2h 10m

Genres

Science Fiction, Thriller, Drama

User Score

48%

Original Title

さよならジュピター

Production Companies

TOHO, Toho Pictures, IO Corp., Toho Eizo Co., Tokyo Laboratory, Far East Laboratory

Director

Koji Hashimoto

Description

In the 22nd century, scientists from an energy-depleted Earth research new fuel sources in the far corners of the solar system, where they discover an ancient alien race from Jupiter as well as the emergence of an apocalyptically dangerous black hole. Koji Hashimoto's 1983 sci-fi adventure was conceived as a Japanese competitor to the upcoming sequel to Stanley Kubrick's classic 2001, titled 2010, and often mirrors the sequel's plot.