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Chikyû kogeki meirei: Gojira tai Gaigan

  • 19721972
  • PGPG
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
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Chikyû kogeki meirei: Gojira tai Gaigan (1972)
A manga artist becomes suspicious of his employers when a garbled message is discovered on tape. As he forms a team to investigate, Godzilla and Anguirus set out to help defeat the invaders.
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A manga artist becomes suspicious of his employers when a garbled message is discovered on tape. As he forms a team to investigate, Godzilla and Anguirus set out to help defeat the invaders.A manga artist becomes suspicious of his employers when a garbled message is discovered on tape. As he forms a team to investigate, Godzilla and Anguirus set out to help defeat the invaders.A manga artist becomes suspicious of his employers when a garbled message is discovered on tape. As he forms a team to investigate, Godzilla and Anguirus set out to help defeat the invaders.

IMDb RATING
5.6/10
5K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
41,898
7,433
  • Directors
    • Jun Fukuda
    • Yoshimitsu Banno(earlier film clips)
    • Ishirô Honda(earlier film clips)
  • Writers
    • Takeshi Kimura(story "Gojira tai Uchu Kaijû")
    • Shin'ichi Sekizawa(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Hiroshi Ishikawa
    • Yuriko Hishimi
    • Minoru Takashima
Top credits
  • Directors
    • Jun Fukuda
    • Yoshimitsu Banno(earlier film clips)
    • Ishirô Honda(earlier film clips)
  • Writers
    • Takeshi Kimura(story "Gojira tai Uchu Kaijû")
    • Shin'ichi Sekizawa(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Hiroshi Ishikawa
    • Yuriko Hishimi
    • Minoru Takashima
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 76User reviews
    • 72Critic reviews
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    Yuriko Hishimi, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Kunio Murai, Minoru Takashima, and Tomoko Umeda in Chikyû kogeki meirei: Gojira tai Gaigan (1972)
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    Minoru Takashima and Tomoko Umeda in Chikyû kogeki meirei: Gojira tai Gaigan (1972)

    Top cast

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    Hiroshi Ishikawa
    Hiroshi Ishikawa
    • Gengo Kotaka
    Yuriko Hishimi
    Yuriko Hishimi
    • Tomoko Tomoe
    Minoru Takashima
    Minoru Takashima
    • Shosaku Takasugi
    Tomoko Umeda
    Tomoko Umeda
    • Machiko Shima
    Toshiaki Nishizawa
    Toshiaki Nishizawa
    • Kubota, Head of Children's Land
    Zan Fujita
    Zan Fujita
    • Fumio Sudo
    Kunio Murai
    Kunio Murai
    • Takashi Shima
    Gen Shimizu
    Gen Shimizu
    • Commander of Defense Forces
    Zekô Nakamura
    • Priest
    Kuniko Ashihara
    Kuniko Ashihara
    • Fumio's Mother
    Akio Murata
    • Editor of Comics Magazine
    Nobutake Saitô
    • Henchman
    • (as Noritake Saito)
    Yasuhiko Saijô
    • Henchman
    Naoya Kusakawa
    • Policeman
    Wataru Ômae
    • Henchman
    Haruo Nakajima
    Haruo Nakajima
    • Gojira…
    Kenpachirô Satsuma
    Kenpachirô Satsuma
    • Gaigan
    • (as Kengo Nakayama)
    Kôetsu Ômiya
    • Angirasu…
    • Directors
      • Jun Fukuda
      • Yoshimitsu Banno(earlier film clips) (uncredited)
      • Ishirô Honda(earlier film clips) (uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Takeshi Kimura(story "Gojira tai Uchu Kaijû")
      • Shin'ichi Sekizawa(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      This was the first film in which Godzilla was seen actually bleeding. Despite being made for children, as part of Toho's Champion Festival, it has significant more bloodshed than previous films. This was not unusual for children's media in Japan at the time, with many contemporary superhero shows having monsters frequently being dismembered or blown up. The effects crew were actually inspired to make the fights bloodier because they received fan requests from children who asked why didn't the monsters bleed, so the crew obliged to appease them.
    • Goofs
      Due to stock footage from earlier movies being used, the appearances of Godzilla, Ghidorah, and Anguirus keep changing.
    • Quotes

      Gojira: Hey Anguirus!

      Angirasu: What do you want?

      Gojira: Something funny going on, you better check!

      Angirasu: Okay.

      Gojira: Hurry up!

    • Crazy credits
      In the opening credits of the Japanese version, colorful lasers shoot from different directions, and pop up into strips within which each credit appears in white text. In the English versions, only the sound FX of the lasers are heard (standard text credits were used).
    • Alternate versions
      For the scenes of Godzilla and Angilas talking to each other, word balloons are used in the Japanese version, but Toho's international English version (used for Cinema Shares' edited US print titled "Godzilla on Monster Island"), uses actual English dialogue.
    • Connections
      Edited from Rodan, tuntematon vihollinen (1956)
    • Soundtracks
      Gojira Mâchi
      ("Godzilla March")

      Music by Kunio Miyauchi

      Lyrics by Shin'ichi Sekizawa and Jun Fukuda

      Performed by Susumu Ishikawa & The Toho Kids' Chorus Group

    User reviews76

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    Featured review
    5/10
    Awesome monsters, Slow movie
    The film does seem to drag quite a bit. It's not a bad movie, and Gigan is one of my favorite Godzilla monsters. He has a great design, and we even have him teaming up with Ghidorah, one of the monsters who (supposedly died in Destroy All Monsters but is somehow back) is one of the most popular and powerful Godzilla monsters. The creatures don't seem to appear though until almost halfway through the film, and even then, most of the destruction you see doesn't actually show that it's the monsters causing it. Some scenes do quite well, but not all of them. I also feel like they got kinda lazy with the designs for the alien invaders who control Gigan, it's like they just picked a roach out and said "oh yeah, there's a good alien". Toho could have done better than that I think. Overall the film concept is AMAZING but they didn't jump into it very well, a lot of crap goes on that is just unnecessary.
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    • Jul 1, 2018

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 12, 1972 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Godzilla vs. Gigan
    • Production companies
      • Toho Company
      • Toho Eizo Co.
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    Box office

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    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,413,078
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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