Godzilla 1985 (1985) - Prepare yourself: the greatest star of all has returned.

Godzilla 1985

Prepare yourself: the greatest star of all has returned.
( Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller )

US Runtime: 87 min

Country of Origin: Japan / United States of America

Premiere Date:
Aug 23, 1985 [USA]

Directors:	Koji Hashimoto [Director] R.J. Kizer [Director]

Writers:	Raymond Burr [Writer] Hideichi Nagahara [Screenplay] Tomoyuki Tanaka [Story] Lisa Tomei [Screenplay] Straw Weisman [Writer]

Producers:	Norio Hayashi [Producer] Kiyomi Kanazawa [Producer] Tony Randel [Producer] Andrea Barshov Stern [Associate Producer] Fumio Tanaka [Associate Producer] Tomoyuki Tanaka [Executive Producer]

Cinematography:	Steven Dubin [Director of Photography] Kazutami Hara [Director of Photography]

Edited by:	Yoshitami Kuroiwa [Editor] Michael Spence [Editor]

Music Composed by	Reijiro Koroku [Original Music Composer]

Production Design:	Yasuyuki Inoue [Production Design] Akira Sakuragi [Production Design] Mutsumi Toyoshima [Production Design]

Costume Design:	Kenji Kawasaki [Costume Design] Tomoki Kobayashi [Costume Design] Nobuyuki Yasumaru [Costume Design]

Casting by	Danny Goldman [Casting] Tadao Tanaka [Casting]

Production Companys:	New World Pictures (US) Toho Eizo Bijutsu (JP) Toho Pictures (JP)

Plot Summary:

Thirty years after the original monster's rampage, a new Godzilla emerges and attacks Japan.

Cast:

Raymond Burr Steven Martin Keiju Kobayashi Prime Minister Mitamura Ken Tanaka Goro Maki Yasuko Sawaguchi Naoko Okumura Shin Takuma Hiroshi "Ken" Okumura Warren J. Kemmerling General Goodhue James Scott Hess Colonel Raschen Travis Swords Major McDonough Eitarô Ozawa Finance Minister Kanzaki Taketoshi Naitô Takegami, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobuo Kaneko Home Affairs Minister Isomura Mizuho Suzuki Foreign Minister Emori Takeshi Katô Internal Trade and Industry Minister Kasaoka Sho Hashimoto Captain of Super X		Junkichi Orimoto Director-General of the Defense Agency Yoshibumi Tajima Environmental Director General Hidaka Hiroshi Koizumi Geologist Minami Kunio Murai Secretary Henmi Shigeo Kato Ship Captain Kei Sato Gondo Takenori Emoto Kitagawa Chinpei Hayashiya Cameraman Kamijo (as Shinpei Hayashiya) Koji Ishizaka Member of the Staff of a Nuclear Power Plant Tetsuya Takeda Tramp Crawford Binion Lieutenant Justin Gocke Kyle Yosuke Natsuki Biologist Hayashida

Uncredited Cast:

Kenpachiro Satsuma Godzilla (uncredited) Haruo Nakajima Original Godzilla (archive footage) (uncredited) Akira Toriyama Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited) Tony Plana Goro Maki (voice) (uncredited)		Lara Cody Naoko Okumura / Tohto Times walla / Pentagon personnel (voice) (uncredited) Andy Goldberg Hiroshi "Ken" Okumura (voice) (uncredited) Gregory Snegoff Secretary Takegami / Kitagawa / newscaster (voice) (uncredited) Paul Wilson Biologist Hayashida / Kakurai (voice) (uncredited)

Sound Crew:

Glenn E. Berkovitz Boom Operator Bob Biggart Supervising Sound Editor Bob Biggart Sound Lee Chaloukian Sound Director Joseph D. Citarella Sound Re-Recording Mixer Charles Grenzbach Sound Re-Recording Mixer		Noboru Ikeda Assistant Sound Engineer Mikio Mori Dolby Consultant Richard D. Rogers ADR Mixer Mark Sheret Sound Mixer Nobuyuki Tanaka Sound Recordist John Wilkinson Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Special Visual Effects Crew:

Eiichi Asada Special Effects Ernest D. Farino Visual Effects Shinji Higuchi Special Effects Masayuki Ikeda Visual Effects Production Manager Yoshio Ishii Visual Effects Camera Yoshio Ishii Visual Effects Mamoru Kume Pyrotechnician Yoshikazu Manoda Visual Effects Yoshikazu Manoda Visual Effects Camera Kiyotaka Matsumoto Special Effects Koji Matsumoto Special Effects Kohhei Mikami VFX Lighting Artist Kohhei Mikami Special Effects		Bret Mixon Visual Effects Mitsuo Miyakawa Special Effects Takeshi Miyanishi Visual Effects Takeshi Miyanishi Visual Effects Camera Teruyoshi Nakano Special Effects Teruyoshi Nakano Visual Effects Director Teruyoshi Nakano Visual Effects Toshimitsu Oneda VFX Director of Photography Yutaka Tsuchiya Visual Effects Takeaki Tsukada Visual Effects Takeaki Tsukada Visual Effects Camera Tadaaki Watanabe Pyrotechnician Takeshi Yamamoto VFX Director of Photography

Art Department:

Ernest D. Farino Main Title Designer Yoshiki Kasahara Construction Coordinator Richard Kuhn Swing		Gregg Lacy Assistant Art Director Pam Moffat Set Decoration Akio Tashiro Set Decoration

Directing Crew:

Lee Berger Assistant Director Hitoshi Hoshino Second Assistant Director Kunio Miyoshi First Assistant Director		Takao Okawara First Assistant Director Kensho Yamashita Assistant Director

Camera and Electrical Department:

Samuel Buddy Fries Assistant Camera Amy C. Halpern Gaffer Yoshinori Ishizuki Still Photographer Paul S. Isiki Best Boy Grip Shinji Kojima Lighting Technician		Takashi Nakao Still Photographer Tracy Neftzger Key Grip Akira Oba Lighting Technician Lewis A. Weinberg Best Boy Grip Shunji Yokota Grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department:

Tomoki Kobayashi Assistant Costume Designer		Kathryn Sparks Wardrobe Assistant

Other Crew:

Hideo Aoki Military Consultant		Straw Weisman Creative Consultant

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