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


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US Runtime: 103 min

Country of Origin: Japan

Premiere Date:
Dec 15, 1984   [USA]
 
Director: Koji Hashimoto
 
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
 
Edited by: Yoshitami Kuroiwa
 
Music Composed by Reijiro Koroku
 
Production Design: Yasuyuki Inoue
Akira Sakuragi
Mutsumi Toyoshima
 
Costume Design: Kenji Kawasaki
Tomoki Kobayashi
Nobuyuki Yasumaru
 
Casting by Tadao Tanaka
 
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: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)

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
 
 

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Tech Info:

Budget:
$6,000,000
Revenue:
$11,000,000

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