The Golden Bat (1966) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Release, runtime and language

1966 · 73 mins · Japanese

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Directed by

Hajime Sato

Starring

Yôichi Numata, Sonny Chiba, Osamu Kobayashi, Kōji Sekiyama, Hirohisa Nakata, Andrew Hughes

A teen astronomer discovers the rogue planet Icarus hurtling toward Earth. Dismissed, he’s abducted to a secret UN base in the Japanese Alps and pressed into a covert project to finish the Super‑Destruction Beam cannon that could stop the impact. Lacking a rare mineral for the lens, the team sails to a mysterious Pacific island, finds Atlantean ruins, and battles a drill‑shaped metal squid ship commanded by the alien Nazu, who engineered the collision. In the climax they awaken the Golden Bat, a 10,000‑year‑old guardian poised to save humanity.