The Return of Godzilla (1984)
The Return of Godzilla (1984)
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Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
![Ken Tanaka](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/21802-ken-tanaka.webp)
Ken Tanaka
Goro Maki
![Yasuko Sawaguchi](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/21803-yasuko-sawaguchi.webp)
Yasuko Sawaguchi
Naoko Okumura
![Yōsuke Natsuki](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10864-yosuke-natsuki.webp)
Yōsuke Natsuki
Professor Makoto Hayashida
![Keiju Kobayashi](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/21804-keiju-kobayashi.webp)
Keiju Kobayashi
Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
![Shin Takuma](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/21775-shin-takuma.webp)
Shin Takuma
Hiroshi Okumura
![Eitarō Ozawa](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/21687-eitaro-ozawa.webp)
Eitarō Ozawa
Minister of Finance Kanzaki
![Hiroshi Koizumi](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10859-hiroshi-koizumi.webp)
Hiroshi Koizumi
Professor Minami
![Taketoshi Naitō](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/19862-taketoshi-naito.webp)
Taketoshi Naitō
Chief Cabinet Secretary Takegami
![Kenpachirō Satsuma](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10890-kenpachiro-satsuma.webp)
Kenpachirō Satsuma
Godzilla
![Takeshi Katō](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/24170-takeshi-kato.webp)
Takeshi Katō
Trade Minister
![Mizuho Suzuki](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/161344-mizuho-suzuki.webp)
Mizuho Suzuki
Foreign Minister Emori
![Junkichi Orimoto](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/21805-junkichi-orimoto.webp)
Junkichi Orimoto
Director-General of the Defense Agency
![Kei Satō](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/21806-kei-sato.webp)
Kei Satō
Chief Editor Gondo
![Akira Murao](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Akira Murao
Writer
![Tetsuya Takeda](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/21808-tetsuya-takeda.webp)
Tetsuya Takeda
Homeless man
![Nobuo Kaneko](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/21807-nobuo-kaneko.webp)
Nobuo Kaneko
Home Affairs Minister Isomura
![Takenori Emoto](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Takenori Emoto
Desk Editor Kitagawa
![Ryuzo Nakanishi](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ryuzo Nakanishi
Writer
![Kunio Murai](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/201760-kunio-murai.webp)
Kunio Murai
Secretary Henmi
![Shinichi Sekizawa](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/161738-shinichi-sekizawa.webp)
Shinichi Sekizawa
Writer
![Norio Hayashi](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Norio Hayashi
Producer
![Shigeo Katô](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/214124-shigeo-kato.webp)
Shigeo Katô
Captain of the Yahata Maru
![Kiyomi Kanazawa](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Kiyomi Kanazawa
Producer
![Koji Ishizaka](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/9469-koji-ishizaka.webp)
Koji Ishizaka
Power plant guard
![Joe Raznack](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Joe Raznack
Kramer, American Ambassador (uncredited)
![Joseph Grace](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Joseph Grace
Zazimov, Soviet Ambassador (uncredited)
![Walter Nichols](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Walter Nichols
Rosenburg, Special Envoy for the President of the United States
![Alexander Kilis](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Alexander Kilis
Chefsky, Special Envoy for the Soviet Union
![Tadao Tanaka](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Tadao Tanaka
CastingDirector
![Akira Toriyama](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/35830-akira-toriyama.webp)
Akira Toriyama
Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited)
![Mutsumi Toyoshima](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Mutsumi Toyoshima
ProductionDesigner
![Yuji Horii](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Yuji Horii
Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited)
Media.
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Details.
Release DateDecember 15, 1984
Original Nameゴジラ
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 43m
Budget$6,000,000
Box Office$11,000,000
Filming LocationsJapan
Genres
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Wiki.
The Return of Godzilla (ゴジラ, Gojira) is a 1984 Japanese kaiju film directed by Koji Hashimoto, with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano. Distributed by Toho and produced under their subsidiary Toho Pictures, it is the 16th film in the Godzilla franchise, the last film produced in the Shōwa era, and the first film in the Heisei series. In Japan, the film was followed by Godzilla vs. Biollante in 1989.
The Return of Godzilla stars Ken Tanaka, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Yosuke Natsuki, and Keiju Kobayashi, with Kenpachiro Satsuma as Godzilla. The film serves as both a sequel to the original 1954 film and a reboot of the franchise that ignores the events of every Shōwa era film aside from the original Godzilla, placing itself in line with the darker tone and themes of the original film and returning Godzilla to his destructive, antagonistic roots. The film was released theatrically in Japan on December 15, 1984, Critics praised Godzilla's return, Koroku's score, themes, special effects and darker tone. The following year, a heavily-re-edited localized version, titled Godzilla 1985, was released in the United States by New World Pictures; it features new footage, with Raymond Burr reprising his role from Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956), itself an American localization of Godzilla (1954).
Godzilla (Heisei) Collection.
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