The Return of Godzilla
ゴジラ
Release: 1984-12-15
·Runtime: 103m
·★ 7.2
Science Fiction
Action
Thriller
Horror
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Toho Pictures
Cast
Keiju Kobayashi
as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
Ken Tanaka
as Goro Maki
Yasuko Sawaguchi
as Naoko Okumura
Shin Takuma
as Hiroshi Okumura
Yōsuke Natsuki
as Professor Makoto Hayashida
Eitarō Ozawa
as Minister of Finance Kanzaki
Taketoshi Naitō
as Chief Cabinet Secretary Takegami
Nobuo Kaneko
as Home Affairs Minister Isomura
Mizuho Suzuki
as Foreign Minister Emori
Junkichi Orimoto
as Director-General of the Defense Agency
Hiroshi Koizumi
as Professor Minami
Kunio Murai
as Secretary Henmi
Kei Satō
as Chief Editor Gondo
Shigeo Katō
as Captain of the Yahata Maru
Koji Ishizaka
as Power plant guard
Tetsuya Takeda
as Homeless man
Kenpachirō Satsuma
as Godzilla
Akira Toriyama
as Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited)
Crew
Reijirō Koroku
Original Music Composer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Story
Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Editor
Koji Hashimoto
Director
Hideichi Nagahara
Screenplay
Takao Okawara
First Assistant Director
Takahide Morichi
Production Manager
Teruyoshi Nakano
Visual Effects
Teruyoshi Nakano
Visual Effects Director
Teruyoshi Nakano
Special Effects
Kensho Yamashita
Assistant Director
Kunio Miyoshi
First Assistant Director
Yasuyuki Inoue
Production Design
Tadaaki Watanabe
Pyrotechnician
Shinji Higuchi
Special Effects
Nobuyuki Yasumaru
Prosthetics
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Executive Producer
Nobuyuki Yasumaru
Costume Design
Kenji Kawasaki
Costume Design
Tomoki Kobayashi
Costume Design
Tomoki Kobayashi
Assistant Costume Designer