The Return of Godzilla (1984) - Breaking 30 years of silence comes the anticipated-worldwide latest "Godzilla" work!

The Return of Godzilla

Breaking 30 years of silence comes the anticipated-worldwide latest "Godzilla" work!
( Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller )

US Runtime: 103 min

Country of Origin: Japan

Premiere Date:
Dec 15, 1984 [USA]

Director:	Koji Hashimoto [Director]

Writers:	Hideichi Nagahara [Screenplay] Tomoyuki Tanaka [Story]

Producers:	Norio Hayashi [Producer] Kiyomi Kanazawa [Producer] Fumio Tanaka [Associate Producer] Tomoyuki Tanaka [Executive Producer]

Cinematography:	Kazutami Hara [Director of Photography]

Edited by:	Yoshitami Kuroiwa [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	Tadao Tanaka [Casting]

Production Company:	Toho Pictures (JP)

Plot Summary:

The Japanese government suppresses news of Godzilla's resurrection as political tensions increase between the US and USSR, both of whom willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.

Cast:

Keiju Kobayashi Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura Ken Tanaka Goro Maki Yasuko Sawaguchi Naoko Okumura Shin Takuma Hiroshi Okumura Yosuke Natsuki Professor Makoto Hayashida Eitarô Ozawa Minister of Finance Kanzaki Taketoshi Naitô Chief Cabinet Secretary Takegami Nobuo Kaneko Home Affairs Minister Isomura Mizuho Suzuki Foreign Minister Emori Junkichi Orimoto Director-General of the Defense Agency		Hiroshi Koizumi Professor Minami Kunio Murai Secretary Henmi Kei Sato Chief Editor Gondo Shigeo Kato Captain of the Yahata Maru Walter Nichols Rosenburg, Special Envoy for the President of the United States Alexander Kilis Chefsky, Special Envoy for the Soviet Union Takenori Emoto Desk Editor Kitagawa Koji Ishizaka Power plant guard Tetsuya Takeda Homeless man Kenpachiro Satsuma Godzilla

Uncredited Cast:

Joe Raznack Kramer, American Ambassador (uncredited) Joseph Grace Zazimov, Soviet Ambassador (uncredited) Akira Toriyama Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited)		Yuji Horii Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited) Akira Sakuma Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited)

Sound Crew:

Noboru Ikeda Assistant Sound Engineer Mikio Mori Dolby Consultant		Nobuyuki Tanaka Sound Recordist

Special Visual Effects Crew:

Eiichi Asada Special 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 Special Effects Kohhei Mikami VFX Lighting Artist		Mitsuo Miyakawa Special Effects Takeshi Miyanishi Visual Effects Takeshi Miyanishi Visual Effects Camera Teruyoshi Nakano Special Effects Teruyoshi Nakano Visual Effects Teruyoshi Nakano Visual Effects Director Toshimitsu Oneda VFX Director of Photography Yutaka Tsuchiya Visual Effects Takeaki Tsukada Visual Effects Camera Takeaki Tsukada Visual Effects Tadaaki Watanabe Pyrotechnician Takeshi Yamamoto VFX Director of Photography

Art Department:

Yoshiki Kasahara Construction Coordinator		Akio Tashiro Set Decoration

Directing Crew:

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

Camera and Electrical Department:

Hideo Inagaki Electrician Yoshinori Ishizuki Still Photographer Shinji Kojima Lighting Technician		Takashi Nakao Still Photographer Akira Oba Lighting Technician Shunji Yokota Grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department:

Tomoki Kobayashi Assistant Costume Designer

Other Crew:

Hideo Aoki Military Consultant

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