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Godzilla vs. Gigan

Godzilla vs. Gigan

Defeat the evil space monsters! You can protect the Earth, Godzilla!

Part of Godzilla (Showa) Collection

1972•1h 29m•6.4/10
ActionAdventureScience Fiction

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6.4/10(221)

Manga artist Gengo Odaka lands a job with the World Children's Land amusement park only to become suspicious of the organization when a garbled message is discovered on tapes. As Gengo and his team investigate, Godzilla and Anguirus quickly decipher the message and begin their own plan of action.

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Production

TOHO, Toho Eizo Bijutsu, Tokyo Laboratory

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Hiroshi Ishikawa

Gengo Odaka

Tomoko Umeda

Machiko Shima

Yuriko Hishimi

Yuriko Hishimi

Tomoko Tomoe

Minoru Takashima

Minoru Takashima

Shosaku Takasugi

Zan Fujita

Chairman Fumio Sudo

Toshiaki Nishizawa

Toshiaki Nishizawa

Director Kubota

Kunio Murai

Kunio Murai

Takeshi Shima

Gen Shimizu

Gen Shimizu

Commander of Defense Forces

Kuniko Ashihara

Fumio's Mother

Zeko Nakamura

Zeko Nakamura

Priest

Shosei Muto

Shosei Muto

Naoya Kusakawa

Naoya Kusakawa

Policeman

Wataru Ōmae

Wataru Ōmae

Henchman

Hiroto Kimura

Henchman

Sadao Watanabe

Henchman

Akira Nishikawa

Henchman

Noritake Saito

Henchman

Haruo Nakajima

Haruo Nakajima

Godzilla / JSDF Officer / Background Comic Editor

Kôetsu Ômiya

Anguirus / JSDF Radar Operator

Kanta Ina

King Ghidorah

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