Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) - A Chilling Horror Classic

Godzilla vs. Megalon

A Chilling Horror Classic
( Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi )

US Runtime: 82 min

Country of Origin: Japan

Premiere Date:
Mar 17, 1973 [USA]

Director:	Jun Fukuda [Director]

Writers:	Jun Fukuda [Screenplay] Shinichi Sekizawa [Story]

Producer:	Tomoyuki Tanaka [Producer]

Cinematography:	Yuzuru Aizawa [Director of Photography]

Edited by:	Michiko Ikeda [Editor]

Music Composed by	Riichirō Manabe [Original Music Composer]

Production Design:	Yoshifumi Honda [Production Design]

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

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

Plot Summary:

An inventor creates a robot that is seized by an undersea kingdom to guide their monster god in attacking the surface as retaliation for the nuclear tests that have devastated their society.

Cast:

Katsuhiko Sasaki Inventor Goro Ibuki Yutaka Hayashi Hiroshi Jinkawa Hiroyuki Kawase Rokuro 'Roku-chan' Ibuki Kanta Mori Japan Special Defense Forces Chief Kotaro Tomita Lead Seatopian Agent Ulf Otsuki Seatopian Agent Sakyo Mikami Truck Driver's Assistant Fumiyo Ikeda Man from Unit 1 Robert Dunham Emperor Antonio of Seatopia		Gentaro Nakajima Truck Driver Ralph Jesser Antonio's Aide (Radio Operator in White) Shinji Takagi Godzilla Hideto Odachi Megalon Tsugutoshi Komada Jet Jaguar Masachika Mori Jet Jaguar Kenpachiro Satsuma Gigan (as Kengo Nakayama) Gorô Naya Emperor Atonio of Seatopia (voice) Eisuke Nakanishi Narrator

Uncredited Cast:

Haruo Nakajima Godzilla (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sound Crew:

Eishiro Hayashi Sound Recordist

Special Visual Effects Crew:

Toshiro Aoki Visual Effects Art Director Tomoki Kobayashi Modeling Takeshi Miyanishi Visual Effects Teruyoshi Nakano Special Effects Teruyoshi Nakano Visual Effects Director Teruyoshi Nakano Visual Effects Shoji Ogawa Special Effects		Kazunobu Sanpei Visual Effects Compositor Kazunobu Sanpei Visual Effects Motoyoshi Tomioka VFX Director of Photography Motoyoshi Tomioka Special Effects Tadaaki Watanabe Special Effects Nobuyuki Yasumaru Modeling

Directing Crew:

Eiichi Asada Assistant Director Tsunesaburo Nishikawa First Assistant Director		Yoshio Tabuchi Assistant Director

Camera and Electrical Department:

Masakuni Morimoto Lighting Technician

Costume and Wardrobe Department:

Tomoki Kobayashi Assistant Costume Designer

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