The Return of Godzilla
1984 · Movie · 103 min · ★ 7.2
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.
Also known as Godzilla 1984 · Godzilla 1985
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Details
- Years
- 1984
- Release date
- 1984-12-15
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 103 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (333 votes)
Themes
- brother
- cold war
- soviet union
- giant monster
- cover-up
- reporter
- pop music
- parasite
- creature feature
- reboot
- kaiju
- political unrest
- +3 more
Cast & crew
Keiju Kobayashi
as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
Ken Tanaka
as Goro Maki
Yasuko Sawaguchi
as Naoko Okumura
Shin Takuma
as Hiroshi Okumura
Yōsuke Natsuki
as Professor Makoto Hayashida
Eitarō Ozawa
as Minister of Finance Kanzaki
Taketoshi Naitō
as Chief Cabinet Secretary Takegami
Nobuo Kaneko
as Home Affairs Minister Isomura
Mizuho Suzuki
as Foreign Minister Emori
Junkichi Orimoto
as Director-General of the Defense Agency
Directed by Koji Hashimoto