movie

2000 · Japan

Godzilla vs. Megaguirus

Tonight at a glance

Runtime: 105 min
Age rating: NR
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Violence: Moderate
Frights: Strong

Why tonight?

Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
In Japanese — subtitles on.

The story

In an alternate timeline the original Godzilla is never defeated and repeatedly reemerges to feed on Japan's energy sources. A new inter-dimensional weapon called the Dimension Tide is created with the intent of eliminating Godzilla. However, the new weapon might also serve as a gateway to something far more sinister.

japan
monster
giant monster
black hole
battle
fighting
gojira
millennium
kaiju
infestation

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

Hiroyuki Suzuki — Jun Hayasaka
Makiya Yamaguchi — First Lieutenant Seiichi Hosono
Tetsuo Yamashita — Third Lieutenant Tomoharu Okumura
Toshiyuki Nagashima — Captain Takuya Miyagawa
Katsuo Nakamura — Dr. Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
Kazuko Kato — Kaoru Hayasaka
Masatô Ibu — Motohiko Sugiura
Yuriko Hoshi — Dr. Yoshino Yoshizawa
Koichi Ueda — Government Official
Susumu Kurobe — Maritime Self-Defense Forces executive
Koichi Yamadera — Kid's TV Host

Directed: Masaaki Tezuka
Written: Wataru Mimura, Hiroshi Kashiwabara

Production

Rating: 6.7 / 10 · 225 ratings
Studio: Toho Pictures

The Collection

The complete story, in order.

2000 · You’re here
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
Where it starts.
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
2001
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
2002
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
2003

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