Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) - Defeat the evil space monsters! You can protect the Earth, Godzilla!

Godzilla vs. Gigan

Defeat the evil space monsters! You can protect the Earth, Godzilla!
( Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi )

US Runtime: 89 min

Country of Origin: Japan

Premiere Date:
Mar 12, 1972 [USA]

Director:	Jun Fukuda [Director]

Writer:	Shinichi Sekizawa [Screenplay]

Producer:	Tomoyuki Tanaka [Producer]

Cinematography:	Kiyoshi Hasegawa [Director of Photography]

Edited by:	Yoshio Tamura [Editor]

Music Composed by	Kunio Miyauchi [Original Music Composer]

Production Design:	Yoshifumi Honda [Production Design]

Costume Design:	Jiro Shirasaki [Costume Design] Nobuyuki Yasumaru [Costume Design]

Production Companys:	TOHO (JP) Toho Eizo Bijutsu (JP) Tokyo Laboratory (JP)

Plot Summary:

After a manga artist and his friends uncover a plot by his employers at an amusement park to lure Ghidorah and Gigan to Earth, Godzilla and Anguirus set out to aid in defeating the invaders.

Cast:

Hiroshi Ishikawa Gengo Odaka Tomoko Umeda Machiko Shima Yuriko Hishimi Tomoko Tomoe Minoru Takashima Shosaku Takasugi Zan Fujita Chairman Fumio Sudo Toshiaki Nishizawa Director Kubota Kunio Murai Takeshi Shima Gen Shimizu Commander of Defense Forces Kuniko Ashihara Fumio's Mother Zeko Nakamura Priest Shosei Muto		Naoya Kusakawa Policeman Wataru Omae Henchman Hiroto Kimura Henchman Sadao Watanabe Henchman Akira Nishikawa Henchman Noritake Saito Henchman Haruo Nakajima Godzilla / JSDF Officer / Background Comic Editor Koetsu Omiya Anguirus / JSDF Radar Operator Kanta Ina King Ghidorah Kenpachiro Satsuma Gigan (as Kengo Nakayama)

Stunt Crew:

Kanta Ina Stunts Haruo Nakajima Stunts		Koetsu Omiya Stunts Kenpachiro Satsuma Stunts

Sound Crew:

Fumio Yanoguchi Sound Recordist

Special Visual Effects Crew:

Toshiro Aoki Visual Effects Art Director Saburo Doi Visual Effects Yasuyuki Inoue Visual Effects Art Director Takayoshi Mizuki Creature Design Fumio Nakadai Special Effects Teruyoshi Nakano Special Effects Teruyoshi Nakano Visual Effects Teruyoshi Nakano Visual Effects Director Fumio Nakashiro Special Effects Jiro Shirasaki Visual Effects Art Director		Jiro Shirasaki Special Effects Assistant Jiro Shirasaki Modeling Yoshio Tabuchi Special Effects Yoshio Tabuchi Special Effects Assistant Motoyoshi Tomioka Special Effects Motoyoshi Tomioka VFX Director of Photography Tadaaki Watanabe Special Effects Takesaburo Watanabe Special Effects Nobuyuki Yasumaru Modeling

Art Department:

Nobuyuki Yasumaru Sculptor

Directing Crew:

Fumisake Okada First Assistant Director

Camera and Electrical Department:

Kojiro Sato Lighting Technician		Kazukiyo Tanaka Still Photographer

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