Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

The hijacker fled into the jungle to escape the other survivors, who were threatening him after he had held them at gunpoint. He headed toward what appeared to be a spaceship wreckage, where he encountered the alien parasite.

Foreshadowing: Earlier, the hijacker had forced the pilot to fly toward Okinawa, and the radio had just reported a UFO over Japan.

• hijacker
• jungle
• spaceship
• escape
• crash site

The hijacker encountered a dark ooze (the Gokemidoro parasite) that crept toward him and split his forehead open. This is how the alien entered his body, turning him into a vampire-like creature that feeds on blood.

Foreshadowing: The hijacker had shot the radio just as news reported a UFO over Japan, and a luminous object disabled the plane's controls.

• hijacker
• vampire
• parasite
• forehead
• splitting

Gokemidoro is an alien parasite that invades human bodies through the forehead, turning its hosts into blood-drinking vampires. It seeks to eradicate humanity and has launched a full-scale invasion of Earth, with a fleet of ships waiting in orbit for the order to attack.

Foreshadowing: Noriko speaks with the alien's voice after being taken, revealing 'extraterrestrials have invaded Earth to eradicate humanity.'

• alien
• parasite
• vampire
• invasion
• eradication

The Gokemidoro exits one host's body and enters a new victim through the forehead. When Sugisaka sets the hijacker on fire, the alien crawls out and enters Sagai's forehead. Later, it emerges from Sagai after he is swept away by a landslide, leaving only dust behind.

Foreshadowing: After the hijacker's forehead split open, the alien took control of his body.

• possession
• forehead
• host
• parasite transfer
• dust

The hijacker, now possessed by Gokemidoro, abducted Noriko to use as a vessel for the alien to speak directly to the survivors. Through Noriko, the Gokemidoro announced its mission to eradicate humanity. She was then thrown from a ridge and shriveled into a corpse.

Foreshadowing: The hijacker had been dragging people toward the spaceship before this.

• noriko
• abduction
• alien voice
• message
• corpse

The Gokemidoro's invasion had already spread beyond the island. By the time Sugisaka and Kuzumi reached the highway and city, the alien had already killed everyone on Earth. The Gokemidoro's pronouncement that 'no one will be spared' was not just a threat, it was already fulfilled.

Foreshadowing: The epilogue shows a fleet of Gokemidoro ships hovering in orbit, waiting to attack.

• city
• dead humans
• invasion
• apocalypse
• no survivors

After the Gokemidoro possessed Sagai by entering his forehead, he chased the remaining survivors. A landslide swept him off a hill, and the alien emerged from his body, reducing him to dust. The alien then returned to the spaceship in preparation for the invasion.

Foreshadowing: When the hijacker burned, the Gokemidoro crawled into Sagai's forehead.

• sagai
• dust
• landslide
• possession
• alien emergence

The UFO was the Gokemidoro's spacecraft. It disabled the plane's controls and caused the engine fire that led to the crash on the island. This was not coincidental, the alien deliberately brought the survivors to the island where it could infect them and use them as vectors to spread its invasion.

Foreshadowing: The luminous object 'disabled the aircraft's controls' before the crash.

• ufo
• crash
• controls disabled
• alien spaceship
• intentional

They managed to escape before the Gokemidoro could enter their bodies. Sugisaka set the hijacker on fire, forcing the alien to transfer to Sagai, who was then swept away by a landslide. While Sagai pursued them, Sugisaka and Kuzumi reached the highway and fled the island before the alien could claim them. However, they discovered the invasion had already succeeded on the mainland.

Foreshadowing: The Gokemidoro turned toward Sugisaka and Kuzumi 'who manage to flee.'

• sugisaka
• kuzumi
• escape
• vampire
• survival

The UFO's luminous object struck the plane, disabling its controls and igniting an engine fire. This forced the aircraft to crash on an uncharted, deserted island, the exact location the Gokemidoro needed to begin its invasion, bringing potential hosts directly to its landing site.

Foreshadowing: The hijacker shot the radio just as news reported a UFO, and a luminous object streaks across the sky.

• plane crash
• ufo
• controls
• fire
• island landing

Tokiyasu used the rifle to force everyone out of the plane and locked himself inside with the hijacker, believing he could control or kill the vampire. Moments later, his screams were heard, and he was found dead with his blood drained, confirming the hijacker had become a bloodthirsty creature.

Foreshadowing: The hijacker had already killed the teenager by draining his blood.

• tokiyasu
• blood drained
• screams
• locked room
• victim

After abducting Noriko, the Gokemidoro used her body as a mouthpiece to deliver its declaration of war on humanity. This was both a psychological attack on the survivors and a broadcast of the alien's intent, making clear this was a planned invasion, not random attacks.

Foreshadowing: The hijacker had been dragging Noriko toward the spaceship.

• noriko
• alien voice
• broadcast
• declaration
• invasion message