The Return of Godzilla

The Return of Godzilla

103 mins | Action, Thriller, Science Fiction | Dec. 15, 1984

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.

The Return of Godzilla

103 mins | Action, Thriller, Science Fiction | Dec. 15, 1984

The Return of Godzilla
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Toho Pictures, Inc.
Original title ゴジラ
Directors Koji Hashimoto, Teruyoshi Nakano
Writers Hideichi Nagahara, Tomoyuki Tanaka

Cast

Ken Tanaka

as Goro Maki

Yasuko Sawaguchi

as Naoko Okumura

Yōsuke Natsuki

as Professor Makoto Hayashida

Keiju Kobayashi

as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura

Shin Takuma

as Hiroshi Okumura

Eitarō Ozawa

as Minister of Finance Kanzaki

Hiroshi Koizumi

as Professor Minami

Taketoshi Naitô

as Chief Cabinet Secretary Takegami

Kenpachirō Satsuma

as Godzilla

Mizuho Suzuki

as Foreign Minister Emori

Junkichi Orimoto

as Director-General of the Defense Agency

Kei Satō

as Chief Editor Gondo

Tetsuya Takeda

as Homeless man

Nobuo Kaneko

as Home Affairs Minister Isomura

Takenori Emoto

as Desk Editor Kitagawa

Kunio Murai

as Secretary Henmi

Shigeo Katô

as Captain of the Yahata Maru

Koji Ishizaka

as Power plant guard

Joe Raznack

as Kramer, American Ambassador (uncredited)

Joseph Grace

as Zazimov, Soviet Ambassador (uncredited)

Walter Nichols

as Rosenburg, Special Envoy for the President of the United States

Alexander Kilis

as Chefsky, Special Envoy for the Soviet Union

Akira Toriyama

as Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited)

Yuji Horii

as Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited)

Akira Sakuma

as Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited)