Gojira, Mosura, Kingu Gidorâ: Daikaijû sôkôgeki (2001)

Director:

Shusuke Kaneko

Writers:

Kei'ichi Hasegawa (writer)
Shusuke Kaneko (writer)

Release Date:

15 December 2001 (Japan)

Genre:

Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Who will be the last monster standing?

Plot:

Three ancient guardian beasts awaken to protect Japan against Godzilla.

Plot Keywords:

Japan | Disaster | Submarine | Ghidorah | Mothra

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Chiharu Niiyama	...	Yuri Tachibana (BS Digital Q reporter)
Ryudo Uzaki	...	SDF Adm. Taizô Tachibana
Masahiro Kobayashi	...	Teruaki Takeda (science writer)
Shirô Sano	...	Haruki Kadokura (Yuri's boss)
Takashi Nishina	...	AD Aki Maruo
Kaho Minami	...	SDF Intelligence Capt. Kumi Emori
Shin'ya Ôwada	...	SDF L:t. Gen. Katsumasa Mikumo
Kunio Murai	...	SDF HQ Secretary Masato Hinogaki
Hiroyuki Watanabe	...	Yutaka Hirose
Shingo Katsurayama	...	SDF Intelligence Maj. Tokihiko Kobayakawa
Toshikazu Fukawa	...	Adjutant Miyashita
Masahiko Tsugawa	...	Chief Cabinet Secretary
Eisei Amamoto	...	Prof. Hirotoshi Isayama the Prophet (as Hideyo Amamoto)
Nobuaki Kakuda	...	Commanding Sector officer (as Nobuo Kakuda)
Takafumi Matsuo	...	Mototsu Station police officer

Also Known As:

GMK (Japan) (promotional abbreviation)
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (International: English title)
Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Daikaiju Sogougeki
Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: The Giant Monsters' General Offensive (literal English title)

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Studio 1, Toho Studios, Tokyo, Japan

Company:

Toho Company

Trivia:

Cameo: ['Rie 'ta']The blonde woman in the Yaizu Harbor office who witnesses Godzilla rising out of the harbor (See also Akira Ohashi). 'ta is also the stuntwoman playing Baragon.

Quotes:

Yuri: The 1000 Year Dragon... King Ghidorah.

Movie Connections:

References Godzilla (1998)

Soundtrack:

Great Monster War March

On second thought this one is very good.

The first time I saw this movie was on the sci-fi channel and the movie had pieces cut from it and it was badly dubbed. I bought the DVD and watched it and it was a lot better than the sci-fi experience. First off the music is great when you listen to it in stereo, secondly the effects are really good for a Godzilla movie. My major complaint it seems was simply Godzilla's appearance in the movie. It is a major jolt when one is used to the Godzilla of the previous two movies, but on seeing it again it looks rather good, and very evil (still a bit two dumpy, but I got over this time). In this movie, Godzilla is on a rampage...a rampage where he isn't just stumbling through the city causing damage because of his size, but rather causing damage because he wants to kill the people of Japan and make them suffer. Many of his most deplorable acts were cut from the sci-fi version, but on DVD you get to see him cause lots of pain on purpose. Who can stop the rampaging Godzilla...well we have Mothra, Baragon, and King Gidorah, but quite frankly these monsters just can not stand up to the power of this evil super Godzilla. So the military also pitches in with their full arsenal. Very interesting characters abound in a reporter and her military dad and various other interesting people. All of them with one goal: To stop the onslaught of Godzilla.