The Return of Godzilla

The Return of Godzilla (1984)

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

  • Genre: Science Fiction, Action, Thriller, Horror
  • Release Date: 1984-12-15
  • User Rating: 7.15/10 from 254 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 43min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Toho Pictures
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Koji Hashimoto
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Summary

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.

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  • 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
  • Hiroshi Koizumi

    as Professor Minami
  • Kunio Murai

    as Secretary Henmi
  • Kei Satō

    as Chief Editor Gondo
  • Shigeo Katô

    as Captain of the Yahata Maru
  • Walter Nichols

    as Rosenburg, Special Envoy for the President of the United States
  • Alexander Kilis

    as Chefsky, Special Envoy for the Soviet Union
  • Takenori Emoto

    as Desk Editor Kitagawa
  • Koji Ishizaka

    as Power plant guard
  • Tetsuya Takeda

    as Homeless man
  • Joe Raznack

    as Kramer, American Ambassador (uncredited)
  • Joseph Grace

    as Zazimov, Soviet Ambassador (uncredited)
  • Kenpachirō Satsuma

    as Godzilla
  • Akira Toriyama

    as Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited)
  • Yuji Horii

    as Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited)
  • Akira Sakuma

    as Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited)
Camera Kazutami Hara Director of Photography
Art Akira Sakuragi Production Design
Visual Effects Toshimitsu Oneda VFX Director of Photography
Sound Reijirō Koroku Original Music Composer
Writing Tomoyuki Tanaka Story
Editing Yoshitami Kuroiwa Editor
Directing Koji Hashimoto Director
Writing Hideichi Nagahara Screenplay
Sound Nobuyuki Tanaka Sound Recordist
Directing Takao Okawara First Assistant Director
Production Takahide Morichi Production Manager
Production Fumio Tanaka Associate Producer
Visual Effects Teruyoshi Nakano Visual Effects
Visual Effects Teruyoshi Nakano Visual Effects Director
Crew Teruyoshi Nakano Special Effects
Lighting Shinji Kojima Lighting Technician
Crew Kiyotaka Matsumoto Special Effects
Crew Eiichi Asada Special Effects
Directing Kensho Yamashita Assistant Director
Visual Effects Takeaki Tsukada Visual Effects
Visual Effects Yoshikazu Manoda Visual Effects Camera
Crew Mitsuo Miyakawa Special Effects
Crew Kohhei Mikami Special Effects
Visual Effects Yoshio Ishii Visual Effects Camera
Directing Kunio Miyoshi First Assistant Director
Art Yasuyuki Inoue Production Design
Crew Tadaaki Watanabe Pyrotechnician
Crew Mamoru Kume Pyrotechnician
Visual Effects Takeshi Miyanishi Visual Effects Camera
Visual Effects Masayuki Ikeda Visual Effects Production Manager
Visual Effects Takeshi Miyanishi Visual Effects
Camera Takashi Nakao Still Photographer
Visual Effects Kohhei Mikami VFX Lighting Artist
Crew Shinji Higuchi Special Effects
Crew Koji Matsumoto Special Effects
Visual Effects Yoshio Ishii Visual Effects
Crew Hideo Aoki Military Consultant
Visual Effects Takeaki Tsukada Visual Effects Camera
Visual Effects Yoshikazu Manoda Visual Effects
Costume & Make-Up Nobuyuki Yasumaru Prosthetics
Visual Effects Takeshi Yamamoto VFX Director of Photography
Production Tadao Tanaka Casting
Directing Hitoshi Hoshino Second Assistant Director
Production Norio Hayashi Producer
Production Kiyomi Kanazawa Producer
Sound Mikio Mori Dolby Consultant
Crew Sôichirô Tahara Thanks
Art Akio Tashiro Set Decoration
Production Tomoyuki Tanaka Executive Producer
Costume & Make-Up Nobuyuki Yasumaru Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Kenji Kawasaki Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Fumiko Umezawa Makeup Artist
Sound Noboru Ikeda Assistant Sound Engineer
Lighting Akira Oba Lighting Technician
Camera Yoshinori Ishizuki Still Photographer
Camera Shunji Yokota Grip
Editing Fusako Takahashi Negative Cutter
Lighting Hideo Inagaki Electrician
Art Mutsumi Toyoshima Production Design
Art Yoshiki Kasahara Construction Coordinator
Visual Effects Yutaka Tsuchiya Visual Effects
Directing Hiroko Kajiyama Continuity

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