movie

1972 · Japan

Godzilla vs. Gigan

Tonight at a glance

Runtime: 89 min
Age rating: G
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Violence: Mild
Frights: Moderate

Why tonight?

Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
In Japanese — subtitles on.

The story

Manga artist Gengo Odaka lands a job with the World Children's Land amusement park only to become suspicious of the organization when a garbled message is discovered on tapes. As Gengo and his team investigate, Godzilla and Anguirus quickly decipher the message and begin their own plan of action.

japan
peace
giant monster
cockroach
sequel
alien invasion
amusement park
theme park
gojira
kaiju

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

Zan Fujita — Chairman Fumio Sudo
Toshiaki Nishizawa — Director Kubota
Kunio Murai — Takeshi Shima
Gen Shimizu — Commander of Defense Forces
Kuniko Ashihara — Fumio's Mother
Zeko Nakamura — Priest
Shosei Muto
Naoya Kusakawa — Policeman
Wataru Ōmae — Henchman
Hiroto Kimura — Henchman
Sadao Watanabe — Henchman

Directed: Jun Fukuda
Written: Shinichi Sekizawa

Production

Rating: 6.4 / 10 · 235 ratings
Studio: TOHO, Toho Eizo Bijutsu, Tokyo Laboratory

The Collection

The complete story, in order.

If this stayed with you

Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.