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Director:

Yoshimitsu Banno

Writers:

Yoshimitsu Banno (writer)
Takeshi Kimura (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

February 1972 (USA) more

Genre:

Horror | Music | Sci-Fi more

Tagline:

Our environment is doomed!

Plot:

From Earth's pollution a new monster is spawned. Hedorah, the smog monster, destroys Japan and fights Godzilla while spewing his poisonous gas to further the damage. full summary | add synopsis

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User Comments:

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Cast

  (Credited cast)
Akira Yamauchi ... Dr. Yano
Toshie Kimura ... Toshie Yano
Hiroyuki Kawase ... Ken Yano
Keiko Mari ... Miki Fujiyama
Toshio Shiba ... Yukio Keuchi
Yukihiko Gondo ... Mean general
Eisaburo Komatsu ... Fisherman
Tadashi Okabe ... Scientist
Wataru Omae ... Helpless police officer
Susumu Okabe ... Interviewer
Haruo Nakajima ... Gojira
Kenpachiro Satsuma ... Hedora (as Kengo Nakayama)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Teruzo Okawa
Kôji Uruki
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Godzilla vs. Hedora (International: English title) (informal literal title)
Godzilla vs. Hedorah (UK) (video title)
Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster (USA)
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MPAA:

Rated PG for sci-fi monster violence and brief mild language.

Runtime:

Germany:96 min | USA:87 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:PG | USA:GP (original rating) | USA:G (re-rating) (1972) | West Germany:12 (nf)

Company:

Toho Company more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

In the scene where a piece of Hedora comes down the stairs of the club during Godzilla and Hedora's first battle, there is a picture of Martin Luther King hanging on the wall behind it. more

Goofs:

Continuity: When Hedorah throws some sludge at Godzilla's eye in the Mt. Fuji scene, it hit's Godzilla right eye, but after Hedorah gets done laughing, Godzilla's left eye is the one that is damaged. more

Quotes:

Dr. Yano: It probably came from a sticky, dark planet far, far away. Now go to sleep. more

Movie Connections:

Featured in Frogs (1972) more

Soundtrack:

Kaese! Taiyô wo more


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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful.
Possibly the best 70's Godzilla, 28 May 1999
Author: barugon from New Jersey

Innovative is the word here: and because he went so far to break with the formula, director Yoshimitsu Banno got into some deep trouble with the Powers-that-Be at Toho. Banno used split-screens, animation, dream-sequences, even a black-and-white sequence that creeps in so subtly you don't really notice until the color suddenly springs back in... all kinds of experimental tricks that make the film completely different from Jun Fukuda's by-the-numbers series entries.

Most interesting are all the references to the original GOJIRA: early on, Dr. Yano when he encounters Hedorah, making him resemble the doomed Dr. Serizawa of the 1954 movie... and Banno even goes so far as to re-stage the famous and frightening fish tank scene. For the first time since the 50's, we see human casualties and measure the destruction in human terms. A sympathetic character is even (apparently) killed. In fact, the only thing that really disappoints in the movie is... the monster battle scenes. Long tense minutes go by, and the monsters just stare at each other.

It's been said of horror movie sequels that audiences aren't really looking for new installments; deep down, they want the same movie, over and over again. That's pretty much what we got from Godzilla, from the late 60's through today -- except for All Kaiju Daishingeki (Godzilla's Revenge) and this movie.

Finally, let's not forget this is the movie where Godzilla learns to fly, by tucking his tail between his legs and breathing fire with all his might.

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