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In Godzilla’s last gasp of the Showa era, aliens retrieve Mechagodzilla’s remains and rebuild it with the aid of an unhinged biologist (a scenery-chewing Akihiko Hirata), in hopes of defeating Godzilla for possession of planet Earth. This film marked the return of director Ishiro Honda, who had retired years earlier, disheartened by the increasingly kid-friendly approach of the series. For this final entry, Honda steers the King of the Monsters back into grim territory, interweaving an alien-invasion plot with a tale of tragic romance.New cover illustration by Chris Wisnia
Original Release
03/15/1975
US Release
03/24/1977
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Katsuhiko Sasaki | Biologist Akira Ichinose |
Tomoko Ai | Katsura Mafune |
Akihiko Hirata | Dr. Shinzô Mafune |
Katsumasa Uchida | Interpol Agent Jiro Murakoshi / Jiro Murakoshi |
Goro Mutsumi | Alien Leader Mugal / Mugal |
Tadao Nakamaru | Interpol Chief Tagawa |
Shin Roppongi | Yûichi Wakayama / Yûuchi Wakayama |
Yasuko Agawa | Yuri Yamamoto |
Tomoe Mari | Yuri Yamamoto |
Tôru Ibuki | Tsuda (bearded alien) |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Katsuhiko Sasaki | Biologist Akira Ichinose |
Tomoko Ai | Katsura Mafune |
Akihiko Hirata | Dr. Shinzô Mafune |
Katsumasa Uchida | Interpol Agent Jiro Murakoshi / Jiro Murakoshi |
Goro Mutsumi | Alien Leader Mugal / Mugal |
Tadao Nakamaru | Interpol Chief Tagawa |
Shin Roppongi | Yûichi Wakayama / Yûuchi Wakayama |
Yasuko Agawa | Yuri Yamamoto |
Tomoe Mari | Yuri Yamamoto |
Tôru Ibuki | Tsuda (bearded alien) |
Kenji Sahara | Defense Force Commander |
Kotaro Tomita | Professor Ôta |
Ikio Sawamura | Mafune's Silent Butler / Mafune's Butler |
Masaaki Daimon | Submarine Captain Kusakari / Captain Kusakari |
Yoshio Kirishima | Alien Henchman #2 |
Hiroya Morita | Captain Nakatani |
Kazuo Suzuki | Alien Henchman #1 |
Masayoshi Kikuchi | Alien Henchman #3 |
Takuya Yuki | Alien Henchman #4 |
Shôichi Hirose | Slave worker at alien base |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Henry G. Saperstein | Executive Producer |
Tomoyuki Tanaka | Executive Producer |
Alois Brummer | Producer |