Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
Mechagodzilla's 1974 debut, with King Caesar.
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla is a 1974 film directed by Jun Fukuda, with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano, the 14th Godzilla film. Isao Zushi plays Godzilla, Satoru Kuzumi plays both Anguirus and King Caesar, and Kazunari Mori plays Mechagodzilla.
Quick Facts
- Director
- Jun Fukuda
- Producer
- Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Screenplay
- Hiroyasu Yamamura; Jun Fukuda
- Story
- Shinichi Sekizawa; Masami Fukushima
- Starring
- Masaaki Daimon
- Kazuya Aoyama
- Akihiko Hirata
- Hiroshi Koizumi
- Music
- Masaru Sato
- Cinematography
- Yuzuru Aizawa
- Editing
- Michiko Ikeda
Lore & Background
In Okinawa, an Azumi priestess has a vision of a giant monster destroying a city, and Masahiko Shimizu finds space titanium while exploring a cave.
It opened in Japan on March 21, 1974, to generally positive reviews and reached the United States in 1977 as Godzilla vs. the Bionic Monster, later Godzilla vs. the Cosmic Monster. Terror of Mechagodzilla followed in 1975.
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