Beautiful Star (Japanese: 美しい星, romanized: Utsukushii Hoshi) is a 1962 science fiction novel by Japanese author Yukio Mishima. The novel follows a family of extraterrestrials attempting to save humanity. 展开

The novel was adapted into the 2017 film A Beautiful Star starring Lily Franky, Tomoko Nakajima, Kazuya Kamenashi, and Ai Hashimoto. 展开

The Ōsugi family of Hannō – Jūichirō, his wife Iyoko, and children Kazuo and Akiko — believe themselves to be ordinary, until each member witnesses a UFO flying by and recalls their existence … 展开

• Jūichirō, the father. He is from Mars. He is mild-mannered and artistic.
• Iyoko, the mother. She is from Jupiter.
• Kazuo, the elder son. He is from Mercury. 展开