Name: Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Cast: Yosuke Natsuki, Yuriko Hoshi, Hiroshi Koizumi, Takashi Shimura, Emi Ito

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

Space Super Monster King Ghidorah attacks the Earth!
( Action / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Thriller )

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster Poster

US Runtime: 92 min

Country of Origin: Japan

Premiere Date:
Dec 20, 1964 [USA]

Director:	Ishirô Honda [Director]

Writer:	Shinichi Sekizawa [Screenplay]

Producer:	Tomoyuki Tanaka [Executive Producer]

Cinematography:	Hajime Koizumi [Director of Photography]

Edited by:	Ryôhei Fujii [Editor]

Music Composed by	Akira Ifukube [Original Music Composer] Hiroshi Miyagawa [Original Music Composer]

Production Design:	Takeo Kita [Production Design]

Costume Design:	Eizo Kaimai [Costume Design] Keizô Murase [Costume Design] Teizô Toshimitsu [Costume Design] Kanju Yagi [Costume Design] Yasuei Yagi [Costume Design] Nobuyuki Yasumaru [Costume Design]

Production Companys:	TOHO (JP) Tokyo Laboratory (JP)

Plot Summary:

A detective protects a princess who prophecies Earth's destruction by a powerful alien monster; the world's only hope being if Mothra can persuade Godzilla and Rodan to help save the planet.

Cast:

Yosuke Natsuki Detective Shindo Yuriko Hoshi Naoko Shindo Hiroshi Koizumi Professor Murai Takashi Shimura Dr. Tsukamoto Emi Ito Shobijin		Yûmi Ito Shobijin Akiko Wakabayashi Princess Maas Doulina Salno of Selgina Hisaya Ito Chief Assassin Malmess Akihiko Hirata Chief Detective Okita Kenji Sahara Editor in Chief Kanamaki

Uncredited Cast:

Minoru Takada Prime Minister (uncredited) Somesho Matsumoto Alien Expert (uncredited) Ikio Sawamura Honest Fisherman (uncredited) Kôzô Nomura Geologist (uncredited) Susumu Kurobe Assassin with Mustache (uncredited) Toru Ibuki Short-Tie Assassin (uncredited) Kazuo Suzuki Door-Opener Assassin (uncredited) Haruya Kato Journalist (uncredited) Shin Otomo Boss of Assassins (uncredited) Senkichi Omura Would-Be Hat Retriever (uncredited) Yutaka Nakayama Tourist with Lost Hat (uncredited) Heihachiro Okawa Astronomer (uncredited) Hideyo Amamoto Princess Salno's aide (uncredited) Yoshio Kosugi Chief of Infant Island (uncredited)		Yoshibumi Tajima Ship Captain (uncredited) Yutaka Oka Meteoritic (uncredited) Koji Uno Hotel Clerk (uncredited) Shigeki Ishida Man in Crowd (uncredited) Toshihiko Furuta Villager (uncredited) Kotaro Tomita Villager (uncredited) Ichiya Aozora Self / TV Host (uncredited) Senya Aozora Self / TV Host (uncredited) Yuriko Hanabusa Mother Shindo (uncredited) Hideo Shibuya Journalist (uncredited) Haruo Nakajima Godzilla (uncredited) Shoichi Hirose King Ghidorah (uncredited) Masaki Shinohara Rodan (uncredited) Kōji Uruki Rodan (uncredited)

Sound Crew:

Osamu Chiku Sound Effects Hisashi Shimonaga Sound Mixer		Fumio Yanoguchi Sound Recordist

Special Visual Effects Crew:

Toshiro Aoki Special Effects Assistant Toshiro Aoki Visual Effects Art Director Sadamasa Arikawa Special Effects Sadamasa Arikawa VFX Director of Photography Sadao Iizuka Visual Effects Yasuyuki Inoue Visual Effects Art Director Yasuyuki Inoue Special Effects Assistant Eizo Kaimai Modeling Koichi Kawakita Special Effects Assistant Koichi Kawakita Visual Effects Camera Koichi Kawakita Special Effects Kuichiro Kishida VFX Lighting Artist Tadashi Koike Visual Effects Production Manager Yukio Manoda Visual Effects Camera Yukio Manoda Visual Effects Hiroshi Mukoyama Visual Effects Hiroshi Mukoyama Visual Effects Compositor Teruyoshi Nakano Special Effects		Teruyoshi Nakano Special Effects Assistant Teruyoshi Nakano Visual Effects Director Teruyoshi Nakano Visual Effects Fuchimu Shimakura Matte Painter Jiro Shirasaki Special Effects Assistant Jiro Shirasaki Visual Effects Art Director Yoshiyuki Tokumasa Visual Effects Yoshiyuki Tokumasa Visual Effects Camera Motoyoshi Tomioka Special Effects Teizo Toshimitsu Modeling Eiji Tsuburaya Special Effects Eiji Tsuburaya Visual Effects Eiji Tsuburaya Visual Effects Director Akira Watanabe Visual Effects Art Director Kanju Yagi Modeling Yasuei Yagi Modeling Nobuyuki Yasumaru Modeling

Art Department:

Takeo Kita Art Direction Keizô Murase Sculptor Fuchimu Shimakura Background Designer Teizô Toshimitsu Sculptor		Kanju Yagi Sculptor Yasuei Yagi Sculptor Nobuyuki Yasumaru Sculptor

Directing Crew:

Koji Hashimoto First Assistant Director		Ken Sano First Assistant Director

Camera and Electrical Department:

Kuichiro Kishida Lighting Technician Seishichi Kojima Lighting Technician		Kazukiyo Tanaka Still Photographer

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