Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Katsuhiko Sasaki
Inventor Goro Ibuki
Yutaka Hayashi
Hiroshi Jinkawa
Hiroyuki Kawase
Rokuro 'Roku-chan' Ibuki
Kanta Mori
Japan Special Defense Forces Chief
Kotaro Tomita
Lead Seatopian Agent
Ulf Otsuki
Seatopian Agent
Sakyo Mikami
Truck Driver's Assistant
Fumiyo Ikeda
Man from Unit 1
Robert Dunham
Emperor Antonio of Seatopia
Gentaro Nakajima
Truck Driver
Rolf Jessup
Antonio's Aide (Radio Operator in White)
Shinji Takagi
Godzilla
Hideto Odachi
Megalon
Tsugutoshi Komada
Jet Jaguar
Masachika Mori
Jet Jaguar
Kenpachirō Satsuma
Gigan (as Kengo Nakayama)
Gorō Naya
Emperor Atonio of Seatopia (voice)
John Sirabella
Producer
Eisuke Nakanishi
Narrator
Haruo Nakajima
Godzilla (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jun Fukuda
Director / Screenplay
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Yuzuru Aizawa
Director of Photography
Michiko Ikeda
Editor
Riichirō Manabe
Original Music Composer
Yoshifumi Honda
Production Design
Eishiro Hayashi
Sound Recordist
Masakuni Morimoto
Lighting Technician
Shinichi Sekizawa
Lyricist / Story
Masato Shimon
Vocals
Keisuke Shinoda
Production Manager
Teruyoshi Nakano
Special Effects / Visual Effects Director / Visual Effects
Toshiro Aoki
Visual Effects Art Director
Takeshi Miyanishi
Visual Effects
Shoji Ogawa
Special Effects
Kazunobu Sanpei
Visual Effects Compositor / Visual Effects
Takeshi Kimura
Original Story
Tsunesaburo Nishikawa
First Assistant Director
Eiichi Asada
Assistant Director
Tadaaki Watanabe
Special Effects
Nobuyuki Yasumaru
Costume Design / Modeling
Tomoki Kobayashi
Assistant Costume Designer / Costume Design / Modeling
Motoyoshi Tomioka
VFX Director of Photography / Special Effects
Shizuo Nakajima
Production Assistant
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 17, 1973
Original Nameゴジラ対メガロ
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 22m
Content RatingG
Budget$760,000
Box Office$980,000
Filming LocationsJapan
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This Movie Is About.
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Godzilla vs. Megalon (ゴジラ対メガロ, Gojira tai Megaro) is a 1973 Japanese kaiju film directed by Jun Fukuda, written by Fukuda and Shinichi Sekizawa, and produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka, with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano. Distributed by Toho and produced under their effects subsidiary Toho–Eizo, it is the 13th film in the Godzilla franchise, and features the fictional monster characters Godzilla, Megalon, and Gigan, along with the mecha character Jet Jaguar. The film stars Katsuhiko Sasaki, Hiroyuki Kawase, Yutaka Hayashi, and Robert Dunham, alongside Shinji Takagi as Godzilla, Hideto Date as Megalon, Kenpachiro Satsuma as Gigan, and Tsugutoshi Komada as Jet Jaguar.
Godzilla vs. Megalon was released theatrically in Japan on March 17, 1973, it received generally mixed reviews from critics and audiences with criticism of its special effects and use of stock footage in previous Godzilla films. The film was given a theatrical release in the United States during the summer of 1976 by Cinema Shares. Given this release and subsequent home media, the film has become one of the most well-known kaiju films in the United States. The film's popularity might also be a major contributor to Western perceptions of kaiju films as comedic or campy. The film received revived recognition after an appearance on Mystery Science Theater 3000 in 1991.
The film was followed up by the fourteenth film in the Godzilla franchise, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, released on March 21, 1974.