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- DirectorIshirô HondaStarsTakashi ShimuraAkihiko HirataAkira TakaradaAfter a dinosaur-like beast - awoken from undersea hibernation by atom bomb testing - ravages Tokyo, a scientist must decide if his similarly dangerous weapon should be used to destroy it.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla - DirectorMotoyoshi OdaIshirô HondaStarsHiroshi KoizumiSetsuko WakayamaMinoru ChiakiScout pilots for a fishing company are startled to discover a second Godzilla, whose battle with rival monster Anguirus threatens to destroy Osaka.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Anguirus - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsKenji SaharaYumi ShirakawaAkihiko HirataA mining engineer investigates the deaths of his colleagues, discovering prehistoric nymphs and a creature capable of flying - and wrecking havoc - at supersonic speeds.Featured Kaiju:
Rodan
Meganulon - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsKenji SaharaYumi ShirakawaMomoko KôchiShortly after a giant robot destroys a village, aliens from outer space arrive offering friendship. Will the people of Earth tie these two events together?Featured Kaiju:
Moguera
(NOTE: Whilst Moguera is not technically a Kaiju, I have included the film as another version of Moguera appears in 'Godzilla Vs. SpaceGodzilla'; it is also a fun watch!) - DirectorIshirô HondaMotoyoshi OdaStarsKôzô NomuraAyumi SonodaKoreya SendaOriginal Japanese version. Research in the Tohoku region comes across a monster known to the locals as the mountain god Baradagi.Featured Kaiju:
Varan - DirectorHiroshi InagakiStarsToshirô MifuneYôko TsukasaAkihiko HirataA prince, framed for murder and starved for affection from his father, is sent on a quest.Featured Kaiju:
Yamata no Orochi
(NOTE: This film is not necessary if you are only watching films related to the Godzilla series.) - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsFurankî SakaiHiroshi KoizumiKyôko KagawaAn expedition to Infant Island uncovers a native tribe and twin tiny fairy priestesses of a mythical deity, who sets out to rescue the pair after they are kidnapped by a greedy businessman.Featured Kaiju:
Mothra (Including Mothra Larva)
Vampire Plant - DirectorIshirô HondaNorman TokarStarsTadao TakashimaYû FujikiKenji SaharaThe advertising director of a pharmaceutical company seeks to boost the ratings of their sponsored TV program by capturing King Kong, who breaks loose and battles a re-emerged Godzilla.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
King Kong
Giant Lizard
Giant Octopus - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsRyô IkebeYumi ShirakawaAkira KuboA Tokyo scientist and his colleagues shift Earth to avoid a red-hot planet on a collision course.Featured Kaiju:
Maguma - DirectorIshirô HondaShûe MatsubayashiStarsTadao TakashimaYôko FujiyamaYû FujikiWhen an ancient underground civilization and their snake-like guardian plots to reclaim the surface world, those of the surface fights back.Featured Kaiju:
Manda - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsAkira TakaradaYuriko HoshiHiroshi KoizumiWhen opportunistic tycoons refuse to return Mothra's egg to Infant Island, its people must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's own pleas for help when Godzilla arises near Nagoya.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Mothra (Including Mothra Larva)
Kaiju Cameos:
Mystery Bones of Infant Island - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsYôsuke NatsukiYôko FujiyamaHiroshi KoizumiAn amorphous cellular life-form descends from the atmosphere to consume carbon in the form of diamonds.Featured Kaiju:
Dogora
(NOTE: Not necessary if you are only watching the Live-Action Godzilla films. Dogora does however appear in the Anime film: 'GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters'.) - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsYôsuke NatsukiYuriko HoshiHiroshi KoizumiA detective protects a princess who prophecies Earth's destruction by a powerful alien dragon, which Mothra and her fairies - aided by Godzilla and Rodan - must battle against.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Mothra (Exclusively Mothra Larva)
Rodan
King Ghidorah - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsNick AdamsAkira TakaradaJun TazakiAstronauts encounter the Xiliens, who ask Earth to help save their planet from "Monster Zero", but when one astronaut romances a mysterious woman, he uncovers the Xilien's true intentions.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Rodan
King Ghidorah - DirectorJun FukudaStarsAkira TakaradaKumi MizunoChôtarô TôginA young man searching for his brother is shipwrecked on Letchi Island, where he encounters Godzilla, a monstrous lobster, and terrorists who have enslaved the natives of Infant Island.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Mothra (Exclusively Mothra Imago)
Ebirah
Giant Condor - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsNick AdamsKumi MizunoTadao TakashimaNear the end of WWII, Germans transport the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster to Japan, where it is seeming lost in the bombing of Hiroshima. Years later a wild boy is found, born from the immortal heart.Featured Kaiju:
Frankenstein's Monster
Baragon
Giant Octopus (Alternate Ending) - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsRuss TamblynKumi MizunoKenji SaharaThe sole survivor of a fishing boat recounts sightings of hairy giants. A scientist investigates, revealing mutated creatures, growing from remains of a previous monster. Nearly indestructible, they battle in Tokyo until only one remains.Featured Kaiju:
Gaira
Sanda
Giant Octopus - DirectorJun FukudaStarsTadao TakashimaAkira KuboBibari MaedaA reporter stumbles upon weather experiments on a tropical island, discovering giant mantises, a castaway woman, and an infant monster that Godzilla must learn to raise as his son.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Minilla
Kamacuras
Kumonga - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsRhodes ReasonMie HamaLinda MillerThe evil Dr. Who captures King Kong to dig for Element X when his robot duplicate, Mechani-Kong, is unable to do the job, but Kong soon escapes and battles his doppelganger.Featured Kaiju:
King Kong
Mechani-Kong
Gorasaurus
Giant Sea Serpent - DirectorIshirô HondaJun FukudaStarsAkira KuboJun TazakiYukiko KobayashiIn 1999, a race of she-aliens, the Kilaaks, brainwash Earth's monsters into attacking major cities, prompting a team of astronauts to stop the invaders while the monsters battle Ghidorah.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Minilla
Rodan
Mothra (Exclusively Mothra Larva)
King Ghidorah
Anguirus
Manda
Varan
Baragon
Gorosaurus
Kumonga - DirectorIshirô HondaJun FukudaKengo FurusawaStarsKenji SaharaMachiko NakaTomonori YazakiA latchkey child living in the industrial city of Kawasaki confronts his loneliness through his escapist dreams of Monster Island and friendship with Minilla.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Minilla
Gabara
Kamacuras
Maneater
Anguirus (Stock Footage)
Gorosaurus (Stock Footage)
Manda (Stock Footage)
Kumonga (Stock Footage)
Giant Condor (Stock Footage)
Ebirah (Stock Footage) - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsAkira TakaradaJoseph CottenCesar RomeroA journalist is saved by a giant submarine captained by a 200-year-old man who takes him to an underwater paradise city where no one ages. That's when monsters and mutants sent by the captain's rival, a 200-year-old scientist, attack.Featured Kaiju:
Griffon
(NOTE: This film is not necessary if you are only watching films related to the Godzilla series.) - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsAkira KuboAtsuko TakahashiYukiko KobayashiA space probe is infiltrated by alien beings and then crashes on a remote Pacific atoll. A group of people discover it to be inhabited by giant mutant monsters, created by the aliens in an attempt to conquer the world.Featured Kaiju:
Gezora
Ganimes
Kamoebas
(NOTE: Not technically necessary if you are only watching films related to the Godzilla series. However, Kamoebas does make a cameo in the film: 'Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S', and Stock Footage of Gezora appears in: 'Godzilla: Final Wars'.) - DirectorYoshimitsu BannoIshirô HondaStarsAkira YamanouchiToshie KimuraHiroyuki KawaseA toxic, ever-evolving alien life-form from the Dark Gaseous Nebula arrives to consume rampant pollution, threatening to destroy all life in its wake unless Godzilla is able to stop it.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Hedorah - DirectorJun FukudaYoshimitsu BannoIshirô HondaStarsHiroshi IshikawaYuriko HishimiMinoru TakashimaAfter a manga artist and his friends uncover a plot by his employers at an amusement park to lure aliens Ghidorah and Gigan to Earth, Godzilla and Anguirus set out to defeat them.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Anguirus
Gigan
King Ghidorah
Kaiju Cameos:
Mothra (Stock Footage)
Rodan (Stock Footage)
Kamacuras (Stock Footage)
Kumonga (Stock Footage)
Gorosaurus (Stock Footage)
Minilla (Stock Footage) - DirectorJun FukudaYoshimitsu BannoIshirô HondaStarsKatsuhiko SasakiHiroyuki KawaseYutaka HayashiMegalon, the monster god of the vengeful underground kingdom of Seatopia, is aided by Gigan in attacking the surface world, until android Jet Jaguar teams up with Godzilla to fight them.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Megalon
Jet Jaguar
Gigan
Anguirus
Kaiju Cameos:
Rodan (Stock Footage) - DirectorJun FukudaStarsMasaaki DaimonKazuya AoyamaReiko TajimaAn Okinawan prophecy appears to foretell Earth's destruction at the hands of Godzilla, only for the true Godzilla to reveal his doppelganger as a mechanical alien weapon.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Mechagodzilla (Including Fake Godzilla)
King Caesar
Anguirus
Kaiju Cameos:
King Ghidorah (Stock Footage) - DirectorIshirô HondaJun FukudaStarsKatsuhiko SasakiTomoko AiAkihiko HirataAn Interpol investigation uncovers a shunned biologist and his daughter, who are involved in an alien plot to use Mechagodzilla and Titanosaurus to defeat Godzilla and wipe out humanity.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Mechagodzilla
Titanosaurus
Kaiju Cameos:
Manda (Stock Footage)
King Ghidorah (Stock Footage)
Rodan (Stock Footage)
Fake Godzilla (Stock Footage)
King Caeser (Stock Footage) - DirectorKoji HashimotoR.J. KizerIshirô HondaStarsRaymond BurrKeiju KobayashiKen TanakaThirty years after the original monster's rampage, a new Godzilla emerges and attacks Japan.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Shockirus
Kaiju Cameos:
Godzilla (1954) (Stock Footage)
(NOTE: This marks the beginning of the Heisei Era! Most of the previous films are retconned, except for: 'Godzilla (1954)'.) - DirectorKon IchikawaStarsToshirô MifuneAyako WakaoYasuko SawaguchiBased on a centuries-old traditional Japanese fairy tale, a country couple finds a baby girl in some bamboo and raises her as their own daughter. Not the same as the original tale, though, in which the girl was a fairy from the moon and was finally taken home.Featured Kaiju:
Dragon
(NOTE: This film is not necessary if you are only watching films related to the Godzilla series.) - DirectorKazuki ÔmoriKoji HashimotoKenjirô OhmoriStarsKunihiko MitamuraYoshiko TanakaMasanobu TakashimaDesolate by the loss of his daughter, a geneticist creates a monstrous new mutation.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Biollante (Plant Beast, and Rose Form) - DirectorKazuki ÔmoriKoji HashimotoStarsKôsuke ToyoharaAnna NakagawaMegumi OdakaTime travelers use Godzilla in their scheme to destroy Japan to prevent the country's future economic reign.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla (Including Godzillasaurus)
King Ghidorah (Including Mecha King Ghidorah)
The Dorats - DirectorTakao OkawaraStarsTetsuya BesshoSatomi KobayashiTakehiro MurataJapan is caught in the middle of a three way battle between Godzilla, the divine Mothra, and her dark counterpart Battra.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Mothra (Including Mothra Larva)
Battra (Including Battra Larva) - DirectorTakao OkawaraKazuki ÔmoriStarsMasahiro TakashimaRyoko SanoMegumi OdakaThe United Nations assembles the ultimate weapon to defeat Godzilla, while scientists discover a fresh pteranodon egg on a remote Japanese island.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Baby Godzilla
Rodan (Including Fire Rodan)
Mechagodzilla (Including Super Mechagodzilla)
Kaiju Cameos:
Mecha King Ghidorah - DirectorKenshô YamashitaTakao OkawaraKazuki ÔmoriStarsJun HashizumeMegumi OdakaZenkichi YoneyamaGodzilla is threatened by two new forces: Mogera - another UN built machine; and Space Godzilla - a beast spawned from Godzilla's particles in space.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
SpaceGodzilla
Moguera
Little Godzilla (Baby Godzilla)
Mothra (Including Fairy Mothra)
Kaiju Cameos:
Biollante (Stock Footage)
Battra (Stock Footage) - DirectorTakao OkawaraStarsMasahiro TakashimaYasuko SawaguchiHiroshi FujiokaAfter killing his brother, Prince Yamato is banished from his father's kingdom until he can bring his dangerous powers under control. On his journey, he meets and joins with the magical priestess Oto, and together they go to fight against an evil god that has been ravaging the Earth in the form of an enormous hydra. Will Yamato ever return home to reclaim his rightful place on the throne?Featured Kaiju:
Yamata no Orochi
Amano Shiratori
Kumasogami
Kaishin Muba
Utsuno Ikusagami
(NOTE: This film is not necessary if you are only watching films related to the Godzilla series.) - DirectorTakao OkawaraIshirô HondaKoji HashimotoStarsTakurô TatsumiYôko IshinoYasufumi HayashiThe aftermath of the Oxygen Destroyer brings forth Destoroyah, a beast intent on killing Godzilla, who is on the verge of a nuclear meltdown.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla (Including Burning Godzilla)
Destoroyah (Including Micro, Crawl, Juvenile, Aggregate, Flying, and Perfect Form)
Godzilla Junior (Baby Godzilla)
Kaiju Cameos:
Godzilla (1954) (Stock Footage) - DirectorOkihiro YonedaStarsMegumi KobayashiSayaka YamaguchiAki HanoA new Mothra takes to the air and must battle Death Ghidora to save humanity.Featured Kaiju:
Mothra (Including Fairy Mothra)
Mothra Leo (Including Mothra Leo Larva)
Desghidorah
Garugaru - DirectorKunio MiyoshiStarsMegumi KobayashiSayaka YamaguchiAki HanoMothra's twin nymphs and children from the city find a lost city, as well as a giant monster that is attracted to environmental calamities.Featured Kaiju:
Mothra Leo (Including Rainbow, and Aqua Mothra)
Dagahra
Ghoho
Fairy Mothra
Garugaru
Barem - DirectorOkihiro YonedaStarsMegumi KobayashiMisato TateAki HanoTo save the world, Mothra goes back in time in an attempt to defeat a younger King Ghidorah.Featured Kaiju:
Mothra Leo (Including Rainbow, Fairy, Primitive, Light Speed, Armour, and Eternal Mothra)
Grand King Ghidorah (Including Cretaceous King Ghidorah)
Garugaru - DirectorTakao OkawaraStarsTakehiro MurataHiroshi AbeNaomi NishidaAn independent group of researchers actively track Godzilla as a giant meteor is discovered. The mysterious rock begins to levitate as its true intentions for the world and Godzilla are revealed.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Orga
Millennian
(NOTE: This is the beginning of the Millennium era! All previous films are retconned except for: 'Godzilla (1954)'.) - DirectorMasaaki TezukaIshirô HondaStarsMisato TanakaShôsuke TaniharaMasatô IbuJapan creates an artificial black hole device to trap Godzilla forever, but a test of the device creates new foes for Godzilla, car-sized dragonflies called meganula and their queen, Megaguirus.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Meganula (Meganulon)
Megaguirus
(NOTE: Once again all previous films, including 'Godzilla 2000: Millennium', are retconned except for: 'Godzilla (1954)'.) - DirectorShûsuke KanekoStarsChiharu NiiyamaRyûdô UzakiMasahiro KobayashiA reporter, notorious for working on pseudo-documentaries, must uncover the legend of the three guardian monsters who must rise to defend Japan from the vengeful spirits within Godzilla.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Mothra (Including Mothra Larva)
King Ghidorah
Baragon
(NOTE: Again, all previous films except for 'Godzilla (1954)' are retconned.) - DirectorMasaaki TezukaKazuki ÔmoriStarsYumiko ShakuShin TakumaKana OnoderaA new Godzilla causes the JSDF to construct a cyborg countermeasure from the original monster's remains. The beast's restless soul is discovered to inhabit the machine as the pilot must learn to find value in her own life.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla (Including Godzilla 1954)
Kiryu
Mecha Trilobite
Kaiju Cameos:
Mothra (Stock Footage)
Gaira (Stock Footage)
(NOTE: Again, all previous films except for 'Godzilla (1954)' are retconned.) - DirectorMasaaki TezukaKoji HashimotoTakao OkawaraStarsNoboru KanekoMiho YoshiokaMickey KogaMothra and her fairies return to Japan to warn mankind that they must return Kiryu to the sea, for the dead must not be disturbed. However Godzilla has survived to menace Japan leaving Kiryu as the nation's only defense.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla (Including Stock Footage of Godzilla 1954)
Kiryu
Mothra (Including Mothra Larva)
Kaiju Cameos:
Kamoebas
(NOTE: This film is a continuation of 'Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla 3'.) - DirectorRyûhei KitamuraKoji HashimotoShûsuke KanekoStarsMasahiro MatsuokaRei KikukawaDon FryeGodzilla's fiftieth Anniversary project, in which Godzilla travels around the world to fight his old foes and his allies plus a new, mysterious monster named Monster X.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Rodan
Anguirus
Zilla
King Caesar
Kamacuras
Kumonga
Manda
Ebirah
Gigan (Including Modified Gigan)
Mothra (Including Fire Mothra)
Minilla
Hedorah
Monster X (Including Keizer Ghidorah)
Kaiju Cameos:
Baragon (Stock Footage)
Varan (Stock Footage)
Gaira (Stock Footage)
Gezora (Stock Footage)
Titanosaurus (Stock Footage)
Megaguirus (Stock Footage)
Fake Godzilla (Stock Footage)
Godzilla Junior (Stock Footage)
(NOTE 1: As Zilla appears in this film, you may wish to watch Tristar's 'Godzilla (1998)'; however, as that is not a Toho film I have not included it in this list.)
(NOTE 2: Although this film features and references many Kaiju from previous films, it is in fact in it's own continuity.) - DirectorHideaki AnnoShinji HiguchiStarsHiroki HasegawaYutaka TakenouchiSatomi IshiharaJapan is plunged into chaos upon the appearance of a giant monster.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla (Including various forms)
(NOTE: This film exists in it's own continuity, retconning all of films before it.)