Gojira tai Mekagojira (1974)

Director:

Jun Fukuda

Writers:

Jun Fukuda (writer)
Masami Fukushima (story)

Release Date:

March 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Put the Monster to the Metal!

Plot:

Apelike aliens build a robotic Godzilla to destroy Japan, and the true Godzilla may not be powerful enough to destroy it.

Plot Keywords:

Godzilla | Alien | Prophecy | Sequel | Lightning

Cast

Masaaki Daimon	...	Keisuke Shimizu
Kazuya Aoyama	...	Masahiko Shimizu
Reiko Tajima	...	Saeko Kanagusuku
Akihiko Hirata	...	Professor Hideto Miyajima
Hiromi Matsushita	...	Ikuko Miyajima
Hiroshi Koizumi	...	Professor Wagura
Masao Imafuku	...	Tengan Kunito, the Azumi Royal Family High Priest
Beru-Bera Lin	...	Nami Kunito, the Azumi Royal Family Princess
Shin Kishida	...	Interpol Agent Nanbara
Goro Mutsumi	...	Alien Supreme Leader Kuronuma
Daigo Kusano	...	Yanagawa, Alien Agent #1
Takayasu Torii	...	Interpol Agent Tamura
Kenji Sahara	...	Ship's Captain
Yasuzo Ogawa	...	Construction Foreman
Takamitsu Watanabe	...	Alien Henchman # 1

Also Known As:

Godzilla vs. Bionic Monster (USA)
Godzilla vs. Cosmic Monster (USA) (reissue title)
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (USA)

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color (Fujicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | Norway:12 (video rating) | Finland:K-16 | UK:15 | USA:G | West Germany:12 (nf)

Company:

Toho Company

Trivia:

The guardian monster King Shisa is based on the actual "shîsâ" lion-dog guardian statues in Okinawa. Originally from China, they are statues that ward off evil spirits. Another Japanese name for them is "komainu" (lion-dog).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Keisuke drives to the cave to search for Masahiko, Professor Miyajima and Eiko, he drives there in a fast back coupe. However, when the car explodes it inexplicably changes into a four-door sedan.

Quotes:

[last lines]
Tengan Kunito, the Azumi Royal Family High Priest: Finally, the ancestors of the Azumi Royal Family may now sleep in peace.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Macskafogó 2 - A sátán macskája (2007)

Soundtrack:

Beat Mechagodzilla

Undoubtedly cool film.

You can love everything about this film, no matter how cheap and shoddy it is. This is one of my favorites, with Godzilla battling his robot clone, with the help of King Seesar. The robot clone is being controlled by apes from the planet of the apes, or in otherwords, outer space. Angillus is also in this, and it turns into one big ol' battle for survival. There are a few different versions of this film, and I have seen it under all the titles, but the one for me that is most memorable is the version put out by UAV. It was under the title "Godzilla vs. The Cosmic Monster" but the film print is dark, and there is no opening credits, just a title card after the mountain explodes. It also has some film scratches, but we won't worry about those. Sometimes the picture is hard to see also. I don't know why I remember that one, probably because it's so different from all the other prints, but no matter how you see the film, it is undoubtedly cool.