Godzilla vs. Gigan
1972 · Movie · G · 89 min · ★ 6.4 · 62% critics
A struggling artist takes a job at a kid-focused amusement park and grows suspicious after a garbled message turns up on tape. As the investigation deepens, an otherworldly scheme emerges, and two giant monsters head toward a showdown to protect the city from incoming threats.
Also known as Godzilla on Monster Island · Godzilla 12 - Godzilla vs. Gigan · War of the Monsters
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Details
- Original title
- 地球攻撃命令 ゴジラ対ガイガン
- Years
- 1972
- Release date
- 1972-03-12
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- G
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Critic score
- 62/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (227 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a campy, family-leaning Godzilla entry with a long build-up and a big monster brawl payoff; Not for you if you hate recycled footage or slow pacing, and it’s closer in spirit to The Mysterians than Godzilla 2000.
Pros: fun tag-team monster fights; memorable new foe; lively finale | Cons: slow, thin story; lots of reused footage; goofy kid-friendly tone
Themes
- japan
- peace
- giant monster
- cockroach
- sequel
- alien invasion
- amusement park
- theme park
- gojira
- kaiju
- tag team
- anguirus
- +6 more
Cast & crew
- HI
Hiroshi Ishikawa
as Gengo Odaka
- TU
Tomoko Umeda
as Machiko Shima
Yuriko Hishimi
as Tomoko Tomoe
Minoru Takashima
as Shosaku Takasugi
- ZF
Zan Fujita
as Chairman Fumio Sudo
Toshiaki Nishizawa
as Director Kubota
Kunio Murai
as Takeshi Shima
Gen Shimizu
as Commander of Defense Forces
- KA
Kuniko Ashihara
as Fumio's Mother
Zeko Nakamura
as Priest
Directed by Jun Fukuda