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Gojira: Fainaru uôzu (2004) -- Godzilla's 50th Anniversary project, in which Gojira (Godzilla) travels around the world to fight his old foes plus a new, mysterious monster named Monster X.
Gojira: Fainaru uôzu (2004) -- Godzilla's 50th Anniversary project, in which Gojira (Godzilla) travels around the world to fight his old foes plus a new, mysterious monster named Monster X.
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Overview

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Director:
Ryûhei Kitamura
Writers:
Isao Kiriyama (screenplay)
Ryûhei Kitamura (screenplay)
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Release Date:
4 December 2004 (Japan) more
Tagline:
Earth: Out-numbered, Out-monstered, Out-done. more
Plot:
Godzilla's 50th Anniversary project, in which Gojira (Godzilla) travels around the world to fight his old foes plus a new, mysterious monster named Monster X. full summary | full synopsis
User Comments:
Didn't like the US Godzilla/Gojira? more (87 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Masahiro Matsuoka ... Earth Defense Force Soldier Shin'ichi Ôzaki
Rei Kikukawa ... UN Molecular Biologist Miyuki Otonashi
Kazuki Kitamura ... The Controller of Planet X

Don Frye ... Douglas Gordon (Captain of the Gôten)
Akira Takarada ... UN Secretary General Naotarô Daigo

Kane Kosugi ... M-Facility Soldier Katsunori Kazama
Maki Mizuno ... Newscaster Anna Otonashi (Miyuki's older sister)
Masami Nagasawa ... Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
Chihiro Ôtsuka ... Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
Kenji Sahara ... Paleontologist Hachirô Jingûji
Kumi Mizuno ... Earth Defense Force Commander Akiko Namikawa
Masakatsu Funaki ... M-Unit Commanding Officer Kumasaka
Masatô Ibu ... The Xilian General
Masanobu Takashima ... Major Kita

Mick Preston ... New York Cop
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Godzilla: Final Wars (International: English title)
The Godzilla (Japan) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence.
Runtime:
125 min | Argentina:125 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital EX

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Veteran actor Akira Takarada makes his sixth appearance in a Godzilla film, playing UN Secretary General Naotaro Daigo. His first was in the original Gojira (1954), in which he played Hideto Ogata when he was 19. This is a fitting tribute to the first film from 50 years earlier. He was previously in _Gojira VS Mosura (1992)_ as Jôji Minamino. more
Goofs:
Continuity: After Otonashi's first line, "Sorry for being old and argumentative," there is a shot of Ozaki turning his head away. In the next shot, he is looking at Otonashi again. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Narrator: Wars and pollution, relentless fighting and environmental destruction, have all awakened vicious monsters. Humankind therefore joins forces with one another in order to drive off the monsters, instead of killing each other. Thus, the Earth Defense Force is born...
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Movie Connections:
References Gojira tai Mekagojira (1974) more
Soundtrack:
The Reason more

FAQ

Is this really the final Godzilla movie?
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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Didn't like the US Godzilla/Gojira?, 7 July 2007
7/10
Author: kosmasp

Neither did the makers of this movie ... that's why they took the US-Godzilla "for a ride here"! But that's not the only creature from the Gojira/Godzilla past that is brought back. I don't if every creature is on display here, that was in a previous movie, but there quite a few of them. So if you know your Gojira movies, you'll have plenty to enjoy from those "cameos" alone!

You might have guessed it already, but this movie doesn't take itself serious, too. It's a great fun ride and it never aims for anything else than this promise. And since it delivers on that promise/premise, it's a pretty good movie (for me at least)! You will even enjoy it, if you're not familiar with the back story of Gojira, just bare in mind, that this is mostly old-school effects (man in costume kind of effects, so to speak). There are occasionally a few CGI, but it's mostly old school. And that's the fun of it! So it just depends on your expectations, on how you'll like the movie ...

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