Godzilla 1985

Name: Godzilla 1985
Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror
Released: 1985-08-23
Duration: 1 h 27 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Raymond Burr, Keiju Kobayashi, Ken Tanaka, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Shin Takuma

Prepare yourself: the greatest star of all has returned.

Godzilla 1985 (1985)

Timing: 1:27 (87 min)

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Watch film Godzilla 1985 | Godzilla 1985 (1985) original theatrical trailer [FTD-0370]

Release date

1985-08-23

Country

United States, Japan

Production

New World Pictures, Toho Pictures, Toho Eizo Co.

Genre

Action, Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror

Budget

$200 000

Revenue

$4 116 395

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Director

R.J. Kizer, Koji Hashimoto

Actors

Raymond Burr, Keiju Kobayashi, Ken Tanaka, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Shin Takuma, Warren J. Kemmerling, James Scott Hess, Travis Swords, Eitarō Ozawa, Taketoshi Naitō
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Scenario

Producer

Tony Randel, Norio Hayashi, Kiyomi Kanazawa, Tomoyuki Tanaka

Operator

Kazutami Hara

Composer

Reijirō Koroku

Artist

Akira Sakuragi, Yasuyuki Inoue, Mutsumi Toyoshima

Audition

Tadao Tanaka, Danny Goldman

Editing

Yoshitami Kuroiwa, Michael Spence
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Short description

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.

What's left behind the scenes

The film was released in Hong Kong as “Return of Godzilla.” This version of the film was purchased by the United Kingdom and became the international cut.
This is the sixteenth film in the Godzilla franchise, the first and only one featuring Shockiras, and the first not directed by Ishiro Honda.
The film opens the second kaiju era – Heisei, which disregards the events of all previous films except the very first.
Unlike the later Showa films, Godzilla is portrayed as an antagonist here.
The film's script was written in 1980. Originally, according to the creators' vision, Godzilla was to fight the mega-monster Bagan and the powerful weapon Super X, which was to play a significantly smaller role. Ishiro Honda was initially intended to direct, and Akihiko Hirata was to play one of the main roles. However, the actor died a few years later, and Honda was removed from working on the film. Bagan and Super X were removed from the script to reduce financial contributions. Ultimately, in addition to Godzilla, the film only features the small marine flea Shockilas, which mutated alongside Godzilla. Super X did appear, but received little attention.
In 1985, the Americans released their own version of the film, in which some scenes were cut and the title was "Godzilla 1985".
Soviet actors appeared in supporting roles in the film, and their roles were not dubbed, so Russian speech can be heard in the film.
The scene with the sinking ship is very similar to one in Roland Emmerich's "Godzilla" (1998).