Directed by:
Ishirō HondaScreenplay:
Yukiko TakayamaComposer:
Akira IfukubeCast:
Kenji Sahara, Akihiko Hirata, Katsuhiko Sasaki, Gorô Mutsumi, Tôru Ibuki, Tadao Nakamaru, Masaaki Daimon, Ikio Sawamura, Shigeo Katô, Michael A. RossVOD (5)
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In Godzilla’s last gasp of the Showa era, aliens retrieve Mechagodzilla’s remains and rebuild it with the aid of an unhinged biologist (a scenery-chewing Akihiko Hirata), in hopes of defeating Godzilla for possession of planet Earth. This film marked the return of director Ishiro Honda, who had retired years earlier, disheartened by the increasingly kid-friendly approach of the series. For this final entry, Honda steers the King of the Monsters back into grim territory, interweaving an alien-invasion plot with a tale of tragic romance. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
Kenji Sahara
Japan
Akihiko Hirata
Korea
Best movies:
Samurai Assassin (1965)
Mothra (1961)
Godzilla (1954)
Katsuhiko Sasaki
Japan
Best movies:
Battle of Okinawa (1971)
Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
Gorô Mutsumi
Japan
Best movies:
Battle of Okinawa (1971)
The War in Space (1977)
Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
Tôru Ibuki
Japan
Best movies:
Fort Graveyard (1965)
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
Destroy All Monsters (1968)
Tadao Nakamaru
Japan
Best movies:
Samurai Assassin (1965)
Sympathy for the Underdog (1971)
Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
Masaaki Daimon
Best movies:
Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
Ikio Sawamura
Japan
Best movies:
Samurai Assassin (1965)
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
Yagyu Secret Scrolls, part II (1958)
Shigeo Katô
Japan
Best movies:
Seven Samurai (1954)
To Live (1952)
Fort Graveyard (1965)
Michael A. Ross
USA
Best movies:
Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
Only When I Laugh (1981)