Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
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Cast & Crew.
Katsuhiko Sasaki
Biologist Akira Ichinose
Tomoko Ai
Katsura Mafune
Akihiko Hirata
Dr. Shinzô Mafune
Katsumasa Uchida
Interpol Agent Jiro Murakoshi
Gorō Mutsumi
Alien Leader Mugal
Tadao Nakamaru
Interpol Chief Tagawa
Jun Fukuda
Director
Shin Roppongi
Yûichi Wakayama
Yasuko Agrawa
Yuri Yamamoto
Kenji Sahara
Defense Force Commander
Kotaro Tomita
Professor Ôta
Tôru Ibuki
Tsuda (bearded alien)
Ishirō Honda
Director
Ikio Sawamura
Mafune's Butler
Yukiko Takayama
Writer
Masaaki Daimon
Captain Kusakari
Kazuo Suzuki
Alien Henchman #1
Akira Ifukube
Composer
Yoshio Kirishima
Alien Henchman #2
Sokei Tomioka
Cinematographer
Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Editor
Masayoshi Kikuchi
Alien Henchman #3
Takuya Yuki
Alien Henchman #4
Yoshifumi Honda
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Details.
Release DateMarch 15, 1975
Original Nameメカゴジラの逆襲
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 23m
Content RatingG
Box Office$970,000
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Wiki.
Terror of Mechagodzilla (メカゴジラの逆襲, Mekagojira no Gyakushū, lit. 'Mechagodzilla's Counterattack') is a 1975 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda (his final film as a director), written by Yukiko Takayama, and produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka and Henry G. Saperstein, with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano. Distributed by Toho and produced under their effects subsidiary Toho–Eizo, it is the 15th film in the Godzilla franchise, serving as a direct sequel to the 1974 film Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, the final film in the initial Showa Era of the franchise before Godzilla returned nine years later in The Return of Godzilla, directed by Ishirō Honda
and scored by Akira Ifukube before their deaths.
Terror of Mechagodzilla stars Katsuhiko Sasaki, Tomoko Ai, Akihiko Hirata, and Gorō Mutsumi, and features Toru Kawai, Kazunari Mori, and Tatsumi Nikamoto as the fictional monster characters Godzilla, Mechagodzilla 2, and Titanosaurus, respectively. The film was released theatrically in Japan on March 15, 1975, to mostly positive reviews. UK in June 1976 under the title Monsters From an Unknown Planet. It received a limited release in the United States in 1978 by Bob Conn Enterprises under the title The Terror of Godzilla. The film remains the least financially successful entry in the Godzilla franchise to this day.