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Release Date:
7 May 2004 (USA) See more »
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Plot:
American nuclear weapons testing results in the creation of a seemingly unstoppable, dinosaur-like beast. Full summary » | Full synopsis »
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Cast

  (in credits order)
Akira Takarada ... Hideto Ogata
Momoko Kôchi ... Emiko Yamane
Akihiko Hirata ... Daisuke Serizawa-hakase

Takashi Shimura ... Kyohei Yamane-hakase
Fuyuki Murakami ... Professor Tanabe
Sachio Sakai ... Newspaper Reporter Hagiwara
Toranosuke Ogawa ... Nankai Shipping Company Manager
Ren Yamamoto ... Masaji Sieji
Kan Hayashi ... Chairman of Diet Committee
Takeo Oikawa ... Chief of Emergency Headquarters
Seijirô Onda ... Parliamentarian Oyama
Tsuruko Mano ... Mrs. Sieji
Toyoaki Suzuki ... Shinkichi Sieji
Kokuten Kôdô ... The Old Fisherman
Kin Sugai ... Ozawa-san
Tadashi Okabe ... Reporter Killed on Tower
Ren Imaizumi ... Radio Operator
Junpei Natsuki ... Power Substation Engineer
Katsumi Tezuka ... Gojira / Hagiwara's Editor
Haruo Nakajima ... Gojira / Power Station Worker
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Jiro Suzuki
Saburô Iketani ... News Reporter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shizuko Azuma
Shizuko Higashi ... Partygoer
Kiyoshi Kamata ... Partygoer's Escort
Kenji Sahara ... Young Lover on the sound
Keiji Sakakida ... Mayor Inada
Tamae Sengo ... Mother
Ryosaku Takasugi
Ishirô Honda ... Power Station Worker (The Hand that Throws the Switch) (uncredited)
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Directed by
Ishirô Honda 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Ishirô Honda 
Shigeru Kayama  story
Takeo Murata 

Produced by
Tomoyuki Tanaka .... producer
 
Original Music by
Akira Ifukube 
 
Cinematography by
Masao Tamai 
 
Film Editing by
Kazuji Taira  (as Yasunobu Taira)
 
Production Design by
Satoru Chûko 
Takeo Kita 
 
Art Direction by
Satoru Chûko 
Takeo Kita 
 
Production Management
Teruo Maki .... executive in charge of production
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kôji Kajita .... chief assistant director
Susumu Takebayashi .... second assistant director
 
Sound Department
Ichirô Minawa .... sound effects editor
Hisashi Shimonaga .... sound recordist
Nobuyuki Tanaka .... sound assistant
Norio Tone .... sound assistant
Drew Weir .... voice recordist
 
Special Effects by
Sadamasa Arikawa .... director of photography: special effects
Kuichirô Kishida .... special effects lighting
Yoichi Manoda .... assistant camera
Hiroshi Mukoyama .... matte work
Fumio Nakadai .... special effects wire work
Yasuaki Sakamoto .... production manager
Sokei Tomioka .... assistant camera
Teizô Toshimitsu .... monster builder
Eiji Tsuburaya .... special effects director
Hajime Tsuburaya .... assistant camera
Akira Watanabe .... art director
Taka Yuki .... opticals
Fuminori Ôhashi .... special effects technical advisor (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Haruo Nakajima .... stunt choreographer
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Yuzuru Aizawa .... assistant camera
Chôshirô Ishii .... lighting technician
Shinji Kojima .... lighting assistant
Shoshichi Kojima .... lighting assistant
 
Other crew
Sei Ikeno .... assistant: Akira Ifukube
Fumio Nakadai .... tail supervisor
Shôji Okawa .... tail supervisor
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Gojira" - Japan (original title)
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Runtime:
96 min | West Germany:83 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Certification:
Australia:PG | USA:Unrated | West Germany:12 (nf) | Sweden:15 | UK:PG (re-rating) (2005) | UK:X (original rating) | Spain:13 | Portugal:M/12
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Trivia:
There were supposed to be more scenes filmed on Odo Island. One was to have Dr. Yemane, Emiko and Ogata visit the graves of those that died during the typhoon when Gojira (Godzilla) came ashore. That scene was to have helped to establish the previous relationship between the Yemani's and Shinkichi's family. Another scene was to have been filmed on the beach and in that one Emiko and Ogata become frightened when the get their first glimpse of Gojira (Godzilla) as they see his tail splashing in the water.See more »
Goofs:
Anachronisms: Trilobites didn't live in the Jurassic Period. They lived from the Cambrian (540 mya) to the Permian Period (250 mya).See more »
Quotes:
Dr. Serizawa:If my device can serve a good purpose, i would announce it to everyone in the world! But in its current form, it's just a weapon of horrible destruction. Please understand, Ogata!
Hideto Ogata:I understand. But if we don't use your device against Godzilla, what are we going to do?
Dr. Serizawa:Ogata, if the oxygen destroyer is used even once, politicians from around the world will see it. Of course, they'll want to use it as a weapon. Bombs versus bombs, missiles versus missiles, and now a new superweapon to throw upon us all! As a scientist - no, as a human being - I can't allow that to happen! Am I right?
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24 out of 26 people found the following review useful.
Why in God's Green Earth Isn't This Version Shown More?, 28 October 2003
Author: Brian Washington (Sargebri@att.net) from Los Angeles, California

Finally, I had the pleasure of finally seeing the original Japanese version of this classic and I have to say that it is much better than the "Raymond Burr" version. This film pretty much makes one think about what we are doing to mother Earth with all the pollution and war going on. Perhaps the thing that made this film great was that not only did it have great effects, but it also had a great story that made a great social commentary on what could have happened if the arms race continued to go unchecked. Besides the story about Gojira, you also had a pretty decent love story. Akihiko Hirata, does a good job of playing Serizawa, who is really the tragic figure in this film who must decide whether or not to use his weapon, which potentially was more dangerous than the monster itself. This film is definitely one of the all time classics and fortunately the original version will be released on DVD in September 2006.

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