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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.
Theatrical
Aug 23, 1985
Box Office
$4.1M
Budget
$200K
Return
20.6x
Theaters
3
Directors
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
New World Pictures, Toho Pictures, Toho Eizo Bijutsu
Original Language
Japanese
Quotes
See all →Change in the Neighborhood Dynamics
Taglines
There goes the neighborhood.
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A New Perspective on Godzilla's Fury
Taglines
Your favorite fire-breathing monster... Like you've never seen him before!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Americanized Godzilla Collection
Because of the Godzilla franchise success in Japan, heavily re-edited "Americanized" versions of some films were made for a theatrical release more suitable for the American audience.
Cast
Full credits →R
Raymond Burr
Steven Martin
K
Keiju Kobayashi
Prime Minister Mitamura
K
Ken Tanaka
Goro Maki
Y
Yasuko Sawaguchi
Naoko Okumura
S
Shin Takuma
Hiroshi "Ken" Okumura
W
Warren J. Kemmerling
General Goodhue
J
James Scott Hess
Colonel Raschen
T
Travis Swords
Major McDonough
E
Eitarō Ozawa
Finance Minister Kanzaki
T
Taketoshi Naitō
Takegami, Chief Cabinet Secretary
N
Nobuo Kaneko
Home Affairs Minister Isomura
M
Mizuho Suzuki
Foreign Minister Emori
T
Takeshi Katō
Internal Trade and Industry Minister Kasaoka
J
Junkichi Orimoto
Director-General of the Defense Agency
Y
Yoshibumi Tajima
Environmental Director General Hidaka
H
Hiroshi Koizumi
Geologist Minami
K
Kunio Murai
Secretary Henmi
S
Shigeo Katō
Ship Captain
K
Kei Satō
Gondo
T
Takenori Emoto
Kitagawa
