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

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Shusuke Kaneko

Writers:

Kei'ichi Hasegawa (writer)
Shusuke Kaneko (writer)
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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 Nîyama	...	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
Shinya Owada	...	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
Kazuko Kato	...	Schoolleacher
Katsuo Nakamura	...	Yaizu harbor fisherman
Kôichi Ueda	...	Village headman
Yôichi Atsumi	...	Man in hostel bathroom
Takehiro Murata	...	Cameo appearance (jet fighter pilot)
Yoshimasa Kondo	...	Eyewitness
Kaoru Okunuki	...	Eyewitness
Okina Hanasaka	...	Ropeway guest
Hinako Saeki	...	Ropeway guest
Yukijirô Hotaru	...	Cameo appearance (suicidal man)
Masaya Takahashi	...	Cameo appearance (bicycle shop owner)
Chiu Yan	...	Yokohama street hippie (speaking Chinese)
Masaaki Tezuka	...	Cameo appearance (SDF officer)
Mizuki Kanno	...	Cameo appearance (communications soldier)
Koichi Kawakita	...	Cameo appearance (SDF officer)
Mizuho Yoshida	...	Gojira / Bystander in Yokohama (behind twin girls)
Akira Ohashi	...	Kingu Gidora / Man in Yaizu harbor office
Rie Ôta	...	Baragon / Woman in Yaizu harbor office
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tarô Ishida	...	SDF officer
Ryo Kase	...	Fisher
Miyuki Komatsu
Ai Maeda	...	Cameo appearance (Twin girl in Yokohama)
Aki Maeda	...	Cameo appearance (Twin girl in Yokohama)
Tomoe Shinohara	...	Teenage girl at hostel and hospital
Kôichi Yamadera	...	TV studio producer

Directed by
Shusuke Kaneko

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Kei'ichi Hasegawa		writer
Shusuke Kaneko		writer
Masahiro Yokotani		writer

Produced by
Hideyuki Honma	....	producer
Shogo Tomiyama	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Kô Ôtani

Cinematography by
Masahiro Kishimoto

Film Editing by
Isao Tomita

Casting by
Tadao Tanaka

Production Design by
Toshio Miike

Art Direction by
Toshio Miike
Isao Takahashi

Production Management
Kôji Maeda	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nozomu Aida	....	assistant director
Mokoto Kumazawa	....	assistant director
Hideaki Murakami	....	first assistant director
Toshifumi Shimizu	....	assistant director

Art Department
Maki Kobayashi	....	set designer
Hiroshi Sagae	....	miniature builder
Fuyuki Shinada	....	monster designer
Thunder	....	miniature builder

Sound Department
Teiichi Saitô	....	sound recordist
Eisho Taira	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Junko Aoki	....	script supervisor: special effects unit
Makoto Kamiya	....	special effects director
Shusuke Kaneko	....	special effects consultant
Yûichi Kikuchi	....	special effects assistant
Takayuki Matsuno	....	production manager: special effects unit
Kiyotaka Taguchi	....	assistant special effects director
Shinji Higuchi	....	special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Hajime Matsumoto	....	visual effects supervisor
Toshihiro Ogawa	....	visual effects producer
Kaoru Saito	....	special effects lighting supervisor
Masaaki Tezuka	....	director: composite footage

Stunts
Mitsuo Abe	....	stunt coordinator: monster suit stunts
Toshinori Sasaki	....	stunts: Baragon

Camera and Electrical Department
Masahiro Kishimoto	....	director of photography: live-action unit
Katsuhiko Kudo	....	set photographer
Takashi Nakao	....	still photographer

Music Department
Akira Ifukube	....	composer: theme music

Other crew
Miho Iizuka	....	script supervisor
Takuya Yamabe	....	suit builder: Godzilla and King Ghidorah
Tetsuya Yoshida	....	suit builder: Baragon

Production Companies

• Toho Company

Distributors

• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Kuk Dong
• Madman Entertainment (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
• Nihon Eiga Satellite Broadcasting (2008) (Japan) (TV)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Marbling FineArts (miniatures and models)

Other Companies

• Toho Studios  sound stages

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:

Disappointed that Varan, one of his favorite monsters, was scrapped from the project, monster designer Fuyuki Shinada compromised by putting Varan's facial features on King Ghidorah's three heads.

Quotes:

Store Manager: [into bullhorn] : Attention, Godzilla is approaching. Everyone evacuate this store at once.
Woman Shopper: Godzilla... who cares.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

Soundtrack:

Great Monster War March

Great Visuals, Weak Story...

Ever since his spectacular re-interpretation of the GAMERA series, Shunsuke Kaneko has been riding the fires of success. While his last film CROSSFIRE didn't match the astonishing success of the GAMERA Trilogy of movies, Kaneko strikes back with a vengeance with the All-Star, Monster Spectacular - GODZILLA, MOTHRA, KING GHIDORAH: Giant Monster All-Out Monster Attack. Reminiscent of Toho's other Monster extravaganza, Kaiju Shoshigeki (aka DESTROY ALL MONSTERS -1968), this film reunites Toho's most beloved "man-in-a-suit" characters: King Ghidorah, Godzilla, Mothra and re-introduces the fan favorite Baragon (from FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD - 1965) and pits them in a Battle Royale across the Japanese landscape. Kaneko's fascination with mysticism, and Japanese Mythology is again apparent here as it was in GAMERA, as he identifies the Giant Monsters with Universal Spiritual Forces of the Earth. The SFX is superb, rivaling Hollywood's best efforts and easily surpassing the abysmal American GODZILLA movie. GMK is possibly the best looking Godzilla film in a long while. Kaneko borrows much from the Michael Bay book of astounding visuals. Unfortunately, the story meanders much and all the impressive SFX can't save the film from falling into the typical "monster run-amok" type of theatrics. Godzilla fans will surely revel in the action sequences and many Japanese Movie Fans may crack a grin at all the familiar "star" cameos in the movie from the likes of Hirosue Ryoko, Sano Shiro, Hotaru Yukijiro, Tezuka Masaaki, Kawakita Koichi, Maeda Ai, Takahashi Masaya, Murata Takehiro, Nakamura Katsuo and Kato Kazuko.