Movie
The Return of Godzilla
1984 · 103 min
A somber, politically charged monster movie that plays its Cold War stakes straight, with slow-building dread and city-stomping spectacle.
- Directed by
- Koji Hashimoto
- Genres
- Science fiction, Action, Horror
- Starring
- Keiju Kobayashi, Ken Tanaka, Yasuko Sawaguchi
- Tagline
- Breaking 30 years of silence comes the anticipated-worldwide latest "Godzilla" work!
- Overview
- 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.
- How it feels
- Tense, dark, earnest and bleak. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Politics, survival, power, war
- Content
- Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Koji Hashimoto
- Genres
- Science fiction, Action, Horror
- Starring
- Keiju Kobayashi, Ken Tanaka, Yasuko Sawaguchi
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