| Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla | |
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| Credits | |
| Title: | Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla |
| Director: | Jun Fukuda |
| Writers: | Jun Fukuda; Masami Fukushima; Shin'ichi Sekizawa; Hiroyasu Yamamura |
| Producers: | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
| Composer: | Masaru Satô |
| Cinematography: | Yuzuru Aizawa |
| Editors: | Michiko Ikeda |
| Production | |
| Distributed by: | Toho Company, Ltd. |
| Released: | March 21st, 1974 |
| Rating: | PG |
| Running time: | 84 min. |
| Country: | Japan |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Navigation | |
| Previous: | Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) |
| Next: | Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) |
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla is a Japanese tokusatsu feature film of the Shōwa period. It is the fourteenth installment in the ever-growing Godzilla film series. The movie was written and directed by Jun Fukuda and co-written by Masami Fukushima, Shin'ichi Sekizawa and Hiroyasu Yamamura. It was produced by Toho Company and premiered in Japan on March 21st, 1974. This film pits everyone's favorite daikaiju super-monster Godzilla against an alien robot built in his likeness - Mechagodzilla.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Masaaki Daimon | Keisuke Shimizu |
| Kazuya Aoyama | Masahiko Shimizu |
| Reiko Tajima | Saeko Kanagusuku |
| Akihiro Hirata | Hideto Miyajima |
| Hiromi Matsuhita | Ikuku Miyajima |
| Hiroshi Koizumi | Professor Wagura |
| Masao Imafuku | Tengan Kunigami |
| Barbara Lynn | Nami Kunigami |
| Shin Kishida | Interpol agent Nanbara |
| Goro Mutsumi | Kuronuma |
| Daigo Kusano | Yanagawa |
| Takayasu Torii | Tamura |
| Kenji Sahara | Ship's captain |
| Yasuzo Ogawa | Construction foreman |
| Takamitsu Watanabe | Alien henchman #1 |
| Takanobu Toya | Alien henchman #2 |
| Koji Ozaki | Alien henchman #3 |
| Isao Zushi | Godzilla |
| Ise Mori | Mechagodzilla |
| Momoru Kusumi | Anguirus/King Caesar |
Notes & Trivia[]
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) redirects to this page.
- The Japanese title to this film is Gojira tai Mekagojira, which is the direct translation of Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla.
- In the United States, this film was released under the title Godzilla vs. the Cosmic Monster, or on some promotional posters, Godzilla vs. Cosmic Monster.
- The tagline for this film is "See the mighty Godzilla in a fight to the death with his cosmic double!"
- This film was released in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Godzilla, the first film of which, Gojira, was released in November, 1954.
- There are a total of twenty credited cast members in this film.
- This is the first and only appearance of the first Mechagodzilla, who is destroyed at the end of this film. A second Mechagodzilla appears in the film's sequel, Terror of Mechagodzilla.
- Yes, the Black Hole aliens look suspiciously similar to the evolved apes from the Planet of the Apes film series.
- King Ghidorah appears in archival stock footage only in this movie.
- This is the fifth and final movie in the Godzilla film series directed by Jun Fukuda. It is his second and final movie in the series as a writer. He previously wrote and directed Godzilla vs. Megalon in 1973.
- Actor Kinichi Kusumi is credited as Momoru Kusumi in this film. This is his first professional acting work.
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Media
The World of Godzilla
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