Godzilla 1985 1985
Directed by R.J. Kizer, Koji Hashimoto
- Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
- 87 min
- PG
Prepare yourself: the greatest star of all has returned.
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.
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Earnest, grave, plot-driven and nostalgic.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Raymond BurrSteven Martin
- Keiju KobayashiPrime Minister Mitamura
- Ken TanakaGoro Maki
- Yasuko SawaguchiNaoko Okumura
- Shin TakumaHiroshi "Ken" Okumura
- Warren J. KemmerlingGeneral Goodhue
- James Scott HessColonel Raschen
- Travis SwordsMajor McDonough
- Eitarō OzawaFinance Minister Kanzaki
- Taketoshi NaitōTakegami, Chief Cabinet Secretary
Crew
- R.J. KizerDirector
- Koji HashimotoDirector
- Lisa TomeiScreenplay
- Hideichi NagaharaScreenplay
- Straw WeismanScreenplay
- Kazutami HaraDirector of Photography
- Steven DubinDirector of Photography
- Reijirō KorokuOriginal Music Composer
- Yoshitami KuroiwaEditor
- Michael SpenceEditor
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Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
Similar in taste
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Both grave, earnest, epic.
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