Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
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Cast & Crew.
Kosuke Toyohara
Kenichiro Terasawa
Anna Nakagawa
Emmy Kano
Megumi Odaka
Miki Saegusa
Katsuhiko Sasaki
Professor Mazaki
Akiji Kobayashi
Yuzo Tsuchihashi
Tokuma Nishioka
Takehito Fujio
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Businessman Yasuaki Shindo
Kenji Sahara
Minister Takayuki Segawa
Koichi Ueda
Former Lagos Island Soldier Ikehata
Sō Yamamura
Prime Minister
Robert Scott Field
Android M-11
Yasunori Yuge
Army Chief
Kiwako Harada
Chiaki Moriyuma
Kazuki Ōmori
Director
Kenpachirō Satsuma
Gojira
Shogo Tomiyama
Producer
'Hurricane Ryu' Hariken
Kingugidora
Akira Ifukube
Composer
Wataru Fukuda
Godzilla-Saurus
Yoshinori Sekiguchi
Cinematographer
Michiko Ikeda
Editor
Jun'ichi Yaoi
Guest Commentator
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Koichi Kawakita
Special Effects
Tetsuzô Ôsawa
Special Effects
Tadashi Sakai
Art Direction
Tetuzo Osawa
Visual Effects Designer
Toshimitsu Oneda
VFX Director of Photography
Katsuji Maruyama
Set Decoration
Atsuko Degawa
Costume Design
Yoshiki Kasahara
Set Decoration
Eiichi Inage
Wardrobe Supervisor
Makiko Hirauchi
Makeup Artist
Kenichi Eguchi
VFX Director of Photography
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 14, 1991
Original Nameゴジラvsキングギドラ
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 43m
Content RatingNR
Budget$12,000,000
Box Office$11,000,000
Filming LocationsJapan
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Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (Japanese: ゴジラvsキングギドラ, Hepburn: Gojira tai Kingu Gidora) is a 1991 Japanese kaiju film written and directed by Kazuki Ōmori and produced by Shōgo Tomiyama. Distributed by Toho and produced under their subsidiary Toho Pictures, it is the 18th film in the Godzilla franchise, and is the third film in the franchise's Heisei period. The film features the fictional monster characters Godzilla and King Ghidorah, and stars Kōsuke Toyohara, Anna Nakagawa, Megumi Odaka, Katsuhiko Sasaki, Akiji Kobayashi, Yoshio Tsuchiya, and Robert Scott Field. The plot revolves around time-travelers from the future who convince Japan to travel back in time to prevent Godzilla's mutation, only to reveal their true motives by unleashing King Ghidorah onto the nation.
The production crew of Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah remained largely unchanged from that of the previous film in the series, Godzilla vs. Biollante. Because the previous installment was a box office disappointment, due to a lack of child viewership and alleged competition with the Back to the Future franchise, the producers of Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah were compelled to create a film with more fantasy elements, along with time travel.Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah was the first Godzilla film since 1975's Terror of Mechagodzilla to feature a newly orchestrated score by Akira Ifukube. The film was released theatrically in Japan on December 14, 1991, and was followed by Godzilla vs. Mothra the following year. It was released direct-to-video in North America in 1998 by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment. Despite mixed reviews from critics, Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah was more financially successful at the box office than Godzilla vs. Biollante. The film attracted controversy outside Japan due to its perceived Japanese nationalist themes.