Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) Gojira, Mosura, Kingu Gidorâ: Daikaijû sôkôgeki (original title)

Director:

Shûsuke Kaneko

Writers:

Kei'ichi Hasegawa
Shûsuke Kaneko
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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 Niiyama	...	Yuri Tachibana (BS Digital Q reporter)
Ryûdô 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 Ohwada	...	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
Hideyo Amamoto	...	Prof. Hirotoshi Isayama the Prophet
Nobuaki Kakuda	...	Commanding Sector officer (as Nobuo Kakuda)
Takafumi Matsuo	...	Mototsu Station police officer
Kazuko Katô	...	Schoolleacher
Katsuo Nakamura	...	Yaizu harbor fisherman
Kôichi Ueda	...	Village headman
Yôichi Atsumi	...	Man in hostel bathroom
Takehiro Murata	...	Cameo appearance (jet fighter pilot)
Yoshimasa Kondô	...	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	...	Kingugidora / Man in Yaizu harbor office
Rie Ôta	...	Baragon / Woman in Yaizu harbor office
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shingo Ippongi
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
Shûsuke Kaneko

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

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
Makoto 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
Shûsuke 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

Editorial Department
Roger La Prairie	....	telecine colorist

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

• Attractive Action Club (AAC)  extras
• Central Kodomo Talent  extras
• Fame Stage  extras
• Gekidan Himawari  extras
• Gekidan Tohai Corporation  extras
• Hoei Project  extras
• Hoei Shinsha  extras
• Hoei TV Production  extras
• KM Cinema  extras
• Toho Studios  sound stages
• Tokuma Japan Communications Co. Ltd.  soundtrack

Also Known As:

"Gojira, Mosura, Kingu Gidorâ: Daikaijû sôkôgeki" - Japan (original 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.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: As King Ghidorah rises out of the ocean after being revived for the second time, Godzilla also rises to the surface. We can hear Godzilla roaring, but you can see in the background here that Godzilla's mouth is not open to roar at all.

Quotes:

Adm. Tachinaba:I had been very proud, up to this moment, that I had never seen any real combat in my life.
Captain:You felt that way too?
Adm. Tachinaba:I think everyone feels that way.

Movie Connections:

References Godzilla (1998)

Soundtrack:

Great Monster War March

character development, mysticism, philosophy, politics - in a Godzilla film

Dear Godzilla,

Only two aspects of Daikaijû sôkôgeki bothered me. First, you were asked, again, to play a 'bad guy'. Second, your make-up was so awful that it was at times, impossible to see that it was actually you in this film. Even this however, could not prevent me from noticing that this script was a great big leap ahead of most of the rubbish you've recently chosen for your roles. All of your true fans know that your Tokyo destructive rampages are inspired by a single desire - to locate and destroy once and for all the Toho Productions studio, and that once you've destroyed it, your final purpose will be fulfilled. Yet, in this film, you had to pretend that you symbolize the collective guilt of the Japanses people. While this is certainly an interesting and philosophical not to mention political spin and it certainly made your unpleasant behavior tolerable for some people, I am wondering if you will ever get a great role showing your true colors - as a protector of all living things (Japanese and otherwise) - again.

Your acting, and your supporting cast, even the very small hairless apes, were positively stellar in this film, and the production values were good enough to inspire me to plead with you to spare Toho from the revenge you certainly deserve for their occasional attempts to ruin your career, your public image, and your family life. Despite your bad facial makeup, you, Mosura and Kingu Gidorâ were all shot beautifully with some of the best split screen and blue screen work I have ever seen. Although it bothered me that Gidorâ was cast in the role of saving japan, and that he even joined that overgrown spray-painted house fly Mothra in this effort, I am certainly glad that, despite the Americanized title - something like "Giant Monsters All Out Attack" - was not really what this film was about. I'm glad the director allowed the characters some time to develop and to construct an interesting set of subplots between scenes of mass devastation.

I don't blame you for avoiding Hollywood, especially after that film they claimed to be about you which they they hired one of your stunt doubles to do a few years ago. And this film gives reason to think there is hope for the Toho production company after all. But, the offer still stands. Retirement in Hollywood could really be a good time for you, and again, I can think of at least a few states with habits of electing famous middle-aged and older thespians of grand stature and size to public office. Besides, if you got cast in a bad role here in the USA, just imagine the popularity with which your first rampage through southern California would be received! So the prospects are unlimited here. Give it some thought!