Movie·1985·1h 27m
Godzilla 1985
Prepare yourself: the greatest star of all has returned.
Directed By
R.J. Kizer
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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The Story
Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of Raymond Burr, this 16th Godzilla film ignores all previous sequels and serves as a direct follow-up to the 1956 "Godzilla King of the Monsters", which also featured scenes with Burr edited into 1954's "Godzilla". This film restores the darker tone of the original, as we witness the nuclear destruction of giant lizard terrorizing Japan.
Written By
Lisa Tomei, Straw Weisman, Raymond Burr
Producer
Kiyomi Kanazawa, Norio Hayashi
Cinematography
Kazutami Hara
Music
Reijirō Koroku
Editor
Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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Cast
Raymond Burr
Steven Martin
Keiju Kobayashi
Prime Minister Mitamura
Ken Tanaka
Goro Maki
Yasuko Sawaguchi
Naoko Okumura
Shin Takuma
Hiroshi "Ken" Okumura
Warren J. Kemmerling
General Goodhue
James Scott Hess
Colonel Raschen
Travis Swords
Major McDonough
Eitarō Ozawa
Finance Minister Kanzaki
Taketoshi Naitō
Takegami, Chief Cabinet Secretary
Nobuo Kaneko
Home Affairs Minister Isomura
Mizuho Suzuki
Foreign Minister Emori
Takeshi Katō
Internal Trade and Industry Minister Kasaoka
Sho Hashimoto
Captain of Super X
Junkichi Orimoto
Director-General of the Defense Agency
Yoshibumi Tajima
Environmental Director General Hidaka
Hiroshi Koizumi
Geologist Minami
Kunio Murai
Secretary Henmi
// crew
Crew
R.J. Kizer
Director
Kiyomi Kanazawa
Producer
Norio Hayashi
Producer
Tony Randel
Producer
Koji Hashimoto
Director
Kazutami Hara
Director of Photography
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Story, Executive Producer
Reijirō Koroku
Original Music Composer
Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Editor
Lisa Tomei
Screenplay
Steven Dubin
Director of Photography
Michael Spence
Editor
Straw Weisman
Writer
Raymond Burr
Writer
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