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The Return of Godzilla

The Return of Godzilla

Breaking 30 years of silence comes the anticipated-worldwide latest "Godzilla" work!

Part of Godzilla (Heisei) Collection

1984•1h 43m•7.2/10
Science FictionActionHorror

Ratings

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7.2/10(332)

After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.

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Production

Toho Pictures

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Keiju Kobayashi

Keiju Kobayashi

Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura

Ken Tanaka

Ken Tanaka

Goro Maki

Yasuko Sawaguchi

Yasuko Sawaguchi

Naoko Okumura

Shin Takuma

Shin Takuma

Hiroshi Okumura

Yōsuke Natsuki

Yōsuke Natsuki

Professor Makoto Hayashida

Eitarō Ozawa

Eitarō Ozawa

Minister of Finance Kanzaki

Taketoshi Naitō

Taketoshi Naitō

Chief Cabinet Secretary Takegami

Nobuo Kaneko

Nobuo Kaneko

Home Affairs Minister Isomura

Mizuho Suzuki

Mizuho Suzuki

Foreign Minister Emori

Junkichi Orimoto

Junkichi Orimoto

Director-General of the Defense Agency

Hiroshi Koizumi

Hiroshi Koizumi

Professor Minami

Kunio Murai

Kunio Murai

Secretary Henmi

Kei Satō

Kei Satō

Chief Editor Gondo

Shigeo Katō

Shigeo Katō

Captain of the Yahata Maru

Walter Nichols

Rosenburg, Special Envoy for the President of the United States

Alexander Kilis

Chefsky, Special Envoy for the Soviet Union

Takenori Emoto

Desk Editor Kitagawa

Koji Ishizaka

Koji Ishizaka

Power plant guard

Tetsuya Takeda

Tetsuya Takeda

Homeless man

Joe Raznack

Kramer, American Ambassador (uncredited)

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