Gojira (1984)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Directors:

Koji Hashimoto
R.J. Kizer

Writers:

Shuichi Nagahara (writer)
Tomoyuki Tanaka (story)
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Release Date:

23 August 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Your favorite fire-breathing monster... Like you've never seen him before!

Plot:

Thirty years after the original monster's rampage, a new Godzilla emerges and attacks Japan.

Plot Keywords:

Godzilla | Monster | Gojira | Submarine | Radiation Revived Monster

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Ken Tanaka	...	Goro Maki
Yasuko Sawaguchi	...	Naoko Okumura
Yosuke Natsuki	...	Dr. Hayashida
Keiju Kobayashi	...	Prime Minister Mitamura
Shin Takuma	...	Hiroshi Okumura
Eitarô Ozawa	...	Finance Minister Kanzaki
Taketoshi Naitô	...	Takegami, Chief Cabinet Secretary
Mizuho Suzuki	...	Foreign Minister Emori
Junkichi Orimoto	...	Director-General of the Defense Agency
Hiroshi Koizumi	...	Geologist Minami
Kei Sato	...	Chief Editor Gondo
Takenori Emoto	...	Desk Editor Kitagawa
Sho Hashimoto	...	Captain of Super X
Nobuo Kaneko	...	Home Affairs Minister Isomura
Kunio Murai	...	Secretary Henmi
Yoshifumi Tajima	...	Environemental Director General Hidaka
Shigeo Kato	...	Ship Captain
Kôji Ishizaka	...	Power Plant Guard
Tetsuya Takeda	...	Bum
Kenpachiro Satsuma	...	Gojira (as Kengo Nakayama)
Raymond Burr	...	Steve Martin
Warren J. Kemmerling	...	General Goodhoe (US version)
James Hess	...	Colonel Raschen (US version)
Travis Swords	...	Major McDonough (US version)
Crawford Binion	...	Lieutenant (US version)
Justin Gocke	...	Kyle (US version)
Patrick Feren	...	Extra (US version)
Mark Simon	...	Extra (US version)
Shepard Stern	...	Extra (US version)
Alan D. Waserman	...	Extra (US version)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Takashi Ebata	...	Ship Captain (uncredited)
Kenji Fukuda	...	Super X Lieutenant (uncredited)
Shinpei Hayashiya	...	Cameraman Kamiya (uncredited)
Isao Hirano	...	Airforce Chief of Staff (uncredited)
Luke Johnson	...	Soviet Colonel Kashirin (uncredited)
Eiji Kana	...	Army Chief of Staff (uncredited)
Takeshi Katô	...	Trade Minister (uncredited)
Shin Kazanaka	...	Uno (uncredited)
Yasuhiko Kono	...	Naval Chief of Staff (uncredited)
Shinsuke Mikimoto	...	Chief of Staff (uncredited)
Kanta Mori	...	(uncredited)
Takeo Morimoto	...	Newscaster (uncredited)
Gregory Snegoff	...	Newscaster / Pilot / Government Official (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Kenichi Urata	...	Secretary Ishimaru (uncredited)
Kiyoshi Yamamoto	...	Science Agency Director (uncredited)

Directed by
Koji Hashimoto
R.J. Kizer		(US footage)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Shuichi Nagahara		writer (as Hidekazu Nagahara)
Tony Randel		uncredited
Tomoyuki Tanaka		story "The Resurrection of Godzilla"
Lisa Tomei		US version only

Produced by
Norio Hayashi	....	producer
Kiyomi Kanazawa	....	producer
Tony Randel	....	producer (US version)
Fumio Tanaka	....	associate producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Reijiro Koroku

Cinematography by
Kazutami Hara

Film Editing by
Yoshitami Kuroiwa

Casting by
Tadao Tanaka

Production Design by
Akira Sakuragi

Art Direction by
Akira Sakuragi

Set Decoration by
Akio Tashiro

Costume Design by
Kenji Kawasaki

Makeup Department
Fumiko Umezawa	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Takahide Morichi	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lee Berger	....	first assistant director: US
Takao Okawara	....	chief assistant director

Art Department
Yoshiki Kasahara	....	construction coordinator

Sound Department
Noboru Ikeda	....	assistant sound technician
Mikio Mori	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Noboyuki Tanaka	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Eiichi Asada	....	assistant camera
Yasuyuki Inoue	....	special effects art director
Mamoru Kume	....	pyrotechnician
Koji Matsumoto	....	wire works
Mitsuo Miyagawa	....	pyrotechnician
Mitsuo Miyagawa	....	wire works
Takeshi Miyanishi	....	pyrotechnician
Teruyoshi Nakano	....	director of special effects
Tadaaki Watanabe	....	pyrotechnician
Nobuyuki Yasumaru	....	prosthetics creator
Shinji Higuchi	....	special effects assistant (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Yoshio Ishii	....	matte photography
Yoshikazu Manoda	....	optical photography
Kohei Mikami	....	special effects lighting
Bret Mixon	....	animation camera: US version only
Takeshi Miyanishi	....	optical photography
Toshimitsu Oneda	....	special effects cameraman
Yutaka Tsuchiya	....	computer graphics
Takeaki Tsukuda	....	matte photography
Takeshi Yamamoto	....	special effects cameraman

Camera and Electrical Department
Steve Dubin	....	cinematographer: USA
Hideo Inagaki	....	electrician
Yoshinori Ishizuki	....	still photographer
Shinji Kojima	....	lighting technician
Akira Oba	....	lighting assistant
Shunji Yokota	....	lighting grip

Editorial Department
Michael Spence	....	editor: US version
Fusako Takahashi	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Takasha Miki	....	composer: songs
Katsuaki Nakaya	....	conductor
Jeff Vaughn	....	score mixer
Christopher Young	....	composer: stock music (US version)

Other crew
Hideo Aoki	....	special advisor
Ernest D. Farino	....	title designer (US version only)
Hiroko Kajiyama	....	continuity
Yorihiko Osaki	....	special advisor
Toshifumi Sakata	....	visual consultant
Kazuo Suzuki	....	maintenance
Takehisa Takarada	....	assistant to director
Hitoshi Takeuchi	....	special advisor
Toyo Tanaka	....	special engineer
Takashi Wakiya	....	assistant to director
Straw Weisman	....	creative consultant
Nobuyuki Yasumaru	....	gojira suit designer and constructor
Fumio Tanaka	....	consultant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Toho Company
• Toho Eizo Co.

Distributors

• New World Pictures (1985) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Starmaker Video (1996) (USA) (VHS)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (1997) (USA) (VHS)
• Astro Distribution (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• Future Film (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• Image Entertainment (laserdisc)
• Kuk Dong
• Manga Films (video)
• New World Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• Nihon Eiga Satellite Broadcasting (2008) (Japan) (TV)
• VCM (198?) (Finland) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Marbling FineArts (miniatures and models)

Other Companies

• Computer Graphic Lab  cooperation
• Hattori Seiko  cooperation
• International Container Terminal  cooperation
• Mitsubishi Rayon  cooperation
• Nagao Modeling  cooperation
• Osaka Shosen Mitsui Senpaku  cooperation
• Toho Studios  sound stages

Also Known As:

Godzilla (International: English title)
Godzilla 1985: The Legend Is Reborn (USA)
Godzilla: 1985 (USA) (closing credits title)
The Return of Godzilla

Runtime:

Germany:82 min | Japan:103 min | USA:87 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | Russian | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Finland:K-11 (DVD) | Finland:K-14 | Australia:PG | Spain:13 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12

Company:

Toho Company

Trivia:

Executive producer Tomoyuki Tanaka strongly considered two Godzilla series veterans, director Ishirô Honda and composer Akira Ifukube, to work on this film, but despite Tanaka's pleas, both men declined for professional and personal reasons. They were both still greatly affected by the passing of special effects wizard Eiji Tsuburaya in 1970, and felt that "Godzilla died when Eiji Tsuburaya died." Additionally, when Ifukube heard about the changes made to Godzilla, such as his increased size from 50 meters to 80 meters, he reportedly said, "I do not write music for 80 meter monsters."

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Godzilla plummets into the crater of Mt. Mihara, the shadow of his tail does not match the position it's really in.

Quotes:

Prime Minister Mitamura: [US version] Godzilla... I was hoping I would never hear that name again.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Death Wish 3 (1985)

The Japanese version is better!

I seen both the International and Asian versions of this.If you do NOT want Ramond Burr's preaching nor Dr. Pepper lovin' hicks, stick to the original Japanese version.I personally like the original version myself.