In 1870, the Emperor of Japan travels to Washington for a meeting with
the President of the United States. The train taking the Emperor
is attacked by outlaws who steal a golden ceremonial sword which was
intended as a gift for the President. This incident must be
resolved at any price...
Science-fiction came into its own in B-movies of the 1950s, but it remains a respected and popular genre, bursting into the mainstream in the late 1970s.