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The Return of Godzilla

- Breaking 30 years of silence comes the anticipated-worldwide latest "Godzilla" work!

After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.

Release Date : 1984-12-15

Language :EnglishJapaneseRussian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Toho Pictures

Production Country : Japan

Alternative Titles : Godzilla 1984Godzilla 1985

Cast

Character Name : Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura

Original Name : 小林桂樹

Gender : Male

Character Name : Goro Maki

Original Name : 田中健

Gender : Male

Character Name : Naoko Okumura

Original Name : 沢口靖子

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hiroshi Okumura

Original Name : 宅麻伸

Gender : Male

Character Name : Professor Makoto Hayashida

Original Name : 夏木陽介

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minister of Finance Kanzaki

Original Name : 小沢栄太郎

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chief Cabinet Secretary Takegami

Original Name : 内藤武敏

Gender : Male

Character Name : Home Affairs Minister Isomura

Original Name : 金子信雄

Gender : Male

Character Name : Foreign Minister Emori

Original Name : 鈴木瑞穂

Gender : Male

Character Name : Director-General of the Defense Agency

Original Name : 織本順吉

Gender : Male

Character Name : Professor Minami

Original Name : 小泉博

Gender : Male

Character Name : Secretary Henmi

Original Name : 村井国夫

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chief Editor Gondo

Original Name : 佐藤慶

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain of the Yahata Maru

Original Name : 加藤茂雄

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rosenburg, Special Envoy for the President of the United States

Original Name : Walter Nichols

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chefsky, Special Envoy for the Soviet Union

Original Name : Alexander Kilis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Desk Editor Kitagawa

Original Name : Takenori Emoto

Gender : Male

Character Name : Power plant guard

Original Name : 石坂浩二

Gender : Male

Character Name : Homeless man

Original Name : 武田鉄矢

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kramer, American Ambassador (uncredited)

Original Name : Joe Raznack

Gender : Male

Character Name : Zazimov, Soviet Ambassador (uncredited)

Original Name : Joseph Grace

Gender : Male

Character Name : Godzilla

Original Name : 薩摩剣八郎

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited)

Original Name : 鳥山明

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited)

Original Name : Yuji Horii

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited)

Original Name : Akira Sakuma

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

It's good to have the moody atomic beast back! After an extended break, Godzilla as a movie force made its comeback with this the 16th Godzilla film and the first of what would be the Heisei series. It's a reboot that basically follows on from the original Gojira film of 1954. Plot has Godzilla back as a destroyer of mankind, setting its eyes on stomping Tokyo into oblivion. As Zilla goes about its destructive way, and Tokyo attempts to repel the onslaught, there's a backdrop of a diplomatic crisis reaching boiling point as the Soviets and the Americans get ready for nuclear war. Thankfully the Japanese are able to convince the sane politicians that it is in fact Godzilla at the crux of things. Can the world powers join together to defeat the mightiest of lizards? If a Godzilla fan you could be forgiven for going into this one fearing the worst, and yet it ticks many of the boxes for those who prefer Zilla as the destroyer of mankind as opposed to the saviour of mankind that the Showa period ended up as. There's the standard amount of miniatures and sets destruction, splendidly constructed as usual, nifty effects work and a whole bunch of iconic images to take from the experience (Zilla atomic breath destruction, stomping through the city, nuclear reinvigoration, back from the dead with awesome carnage following). There's good sci-fi within as well, such as the Japanese scientists having created a super fortress known as Super X, while sometimes all you need is to hear that brilliant roar followed by lizard devastation. This was a return to the dark roots of Godzilla, complete with anti-nuclear sentiments. It didn't reinvent the wheel, but it did restart it successfully. 7/10