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About
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.
Box Office
$11.0M
Budget
$6.0M
Return
1.8x
DVD / Blu-ray
Sep 13, 2016
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Toho Pictures
Original Title
ゴジラ
Original Language
Japanese
Cast
Full credits →K
Keiju Kobayashi
Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
K
Ken Tanaka
Goro Maki
Y
Yasuko Sawaguchi
Naoko Okumura
S
Shin Takuma
Hiroshi Okumura
Y
Yōsuke Natsuki
Professor Makoto Hayashida
E
Eitarō Ozawa
Minister of Finance Kanzaki
T
Taketoshi Naitō
Chief Cabinet Secretary Takegami
N
Nobuo Kaneko
Home Affairs Minister Isomura
M
Mizuho Suzuki
Foreign Minister Emori
J
Junkichi Orimoto
Director-General of the Defense Agency
H
Hiroshi Koizumi
Professor Minami
K
Kunio Murai
Secretary Henmi
K
Kei Satō
Chief Editor Gondo
S
Shigeo Katō
Captain of the Yahata Maru
T
Takenori Emoto
Desk Editor Kitagawa
T
Tetsuya Takeda
Homeless Man
K
Kenpachirō Satsuma
Godzilla
T
Takeshi Katō
Trade Minister
S
Shinsuke Mikimoto
Chief of Staff
K
Kanta Mori
Okouchi
Godzilla (Heisei) Collection
Film series featuring Godzilla from the Heisei era.
Quotes
See all →Reflections on The Return of Godzilla
Quotes about The Return of Godzilla
* Teruyoshi Nakano, as quoted in "EXTRA: The Return of Godzilla 30th / ゴジラ('84) 30周年スペシャル〜EXTRA〜 (SciFi JAPAN TV #36)", CHO Japan (December 11, 2014)
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Godzilla's Eyes: A Blend of Heroism and Sorrow
Quotes about The Return of Godzilla
One thing I was against was having the white of Godzilla's eye visible between the iris and his lower eyelid to make him look scary. Godzilla had been a hero for a while, but even a hero needs a taste of sadness. Even if he's a villain, I wanted a bit of sorrow in his eyes. I didn't want his eyes to be obviously scary.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
