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Godzilla vs. Gigan
Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)
Credits
Title: Godzilla vs. Gigan
Director: Jun Fukuda
Writers: Shin'ichi Sekizawa; Takeshi Kimura
Producers: Tomoyuki Tanaka
Composer: Kunio Miyauchi
Cinematography: Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Editors: Yoshio Tamura
Production
Distributed by: Toho Company, Ltd.
Released: March 12th, 1972
Rating: PG
Running time: 89 min.
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Gross: 1,780,000 (Japan)
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Godzilla Vs Gigan is a 1972 science fiction Kaiju film. It is the thirteenth feature film in the Godzilla series and was produced by the Toho Company. The film was directed by Jun Fukuda and written by Shin'ichi Sekizawa based on a story treatment by Takeshi Kimura. It was released in Japan on March 12th, 1972. It premiered in the United States in August, 1977.

Cast[]

Actor Role
Hiroshi Ishikawa Gengo Kotaka
Yuriko Hishimi Tomoko Tomoe
Minoru Takashima Shosaku Takasugi
Tomoko Umeda Machiko Shima
Toshiaki Nishizawa Kubota
Zan Fujita Fumio Sudo
Kunio Murai Takashi Shima
Gen Shimizu Commander of Defense Forces
Koreyoshi Nakamura Priest
Kuniko Ashihara Middle-aged woman
Akio Murata Editor of comics magazine
Noritake Saito Henchman
Yasuhiko Saijô Henchman
Naoya Kusakawa Henchman
Wataru Ômae Henchman
Haruo Nakajima Gojira
Kenpachirô Satsuma Gaigan
Kôetsu Ômiya Angirasu
Kanta Ina Kingugidora

Notes & Trivia[]

  • The Japanese title for the film is Chikyû kogeki meirei: Gojira tai Gaigan.
  • The tagline to this film is "Space Monsters War With Godzilla For The Earth!"
  • Another tagline is "Alien Monsters Threaten to Destroy Mankind"
  • This film is included on the Godzilla 50th Anniversary DVD Collection.
  • This is the final actual work for actor Haruo Nakajima playing the role of Godzilla. However, archival footage from Nakajima's past efforts were incorporated into Godzilla vs. Megalon in 1973.

Recommendations[]

See also[]

Media

The World of Godzilla

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References[]

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