Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) - The Smog Monster Hedorah arrives in a shooting star!

Godzilla vs. Hedorah

The Smog Monster Hedorah arrives in a shooting star!
( Action / Horror / Sci-Fi )

US Runtime: 85 min

Country of Origin: Japan

Premiere Date:
Jul 24, 1971 [USA]

Director:	Yoshimitsu Banno [Director]

Writers:	Yoshimitsu Banno [Screenplay] Takeshi Kimura [Screenplay]

Producer:	Tomoyuki Tanaka [Executive Producer]

Cinematography:	Yôichi Manoda [Director of Photography]

Edited by:	Yoshitami Kuroiwa [Editor]

Music Composed by	Riichirō Manabe [Original Music Composer]

Production Design:	Yasuyuki Inoue [Production Design]

Costume Design:	Nobuyuki Yasumaru [Costume Design]

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

Plot Summary:

A toxic, ever-evolving alien life-form from the Dark Gaseous Nebula arrives to consume rampant pollution, and neither humanity nor Godzilla may be able to stop it.

Cast:

Akira Yamanouchi Dr. Toru Yano Hiroyuki Kawase Ken Yano Toshie Kimura Toshie Yano Keiko Mari Miki Fujiyama Toshio Shiba Yukio Keuchi Yoshio Yoshida Gohei - fisherman Haruo Suzuki JSDF Officer Kentaro Watanabe Announcer B Yukihiko Gondo Mean General		Eisaburo Komatsu Fisherman Tadashi Okabe Scientist Wataru Omae Helpless Police Officer Susumu Okabe Interviewer Haruo Nakajima Godzilla Kenpachiro Satsuma Hedorah (as Kengo Nakayama) Yoshio Katsube JSDF Engineer Takuya Yuki Correspondent Tatsuhito Go Youth

Sound Crew:

Masao Fujiyoshi Sound Recordist

Special Visual Effects Crew:

Yoichi Manoda Special Effects Yoichi Manoda VFX Director of Photography Teruyoshi Nakano Special Effects		Teruyoshi Nakano Visual Effects Teruyoshi Nakano Visual Effects Director Nobuyuki Yasumaru Modeling

Art Department:

Hiroshi Komura Assistant Art Director		Tadaaki Watanabe Property Master

Directing Crew:

Koichi Kawakita Third Assistant Director Yoshio Tabuchi Second Assistant Director		Heikichi Tsushima First Assistant Director

Camera and Electrical Department:

Fumiyoshi Hara Lighting Technician Masaru Kakinuma Assistant Camera Kenya Mukai Assistant Camera		Shigeo Nakao Assistant Camera Takeshi Yamamoto Assistant Camera

Other Crew:

Kazuo Baba Other

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