Gojira tai Mekagojira (1974)

Director:

Jun Fukuda

Writers:

Jun Fukuda (writer)
Masami Fukushima (story)

Release Date:

March 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Put the Monster to the Metal!

Plot:

Apelike aliens build a robotic Godzilla to destroy Japan, and the true Godzilla may not be powerful enough to destroy it.

Plot Keywords:

Godzilla | Alien | Prophecy | Sequel | Lightning

Cast

Masaaki Daimon	...	Keisuke Shimizu
Kazuya Aoyama	...	Masahiko Shimizu
Reiko Tajima	...	Saeko Kanagusuku
Akihiko Hirata	...	Professor Hideto Miyajima
Hiromi Matsushita	...	Ikuko Miyajima
Hiroshi Koizumi	...	Professor Wagura
Masao Imafuku	...	Tengan Kunito, the Azumi Royal Family High Priest
Beru-Bera Lin	...	Nami Kunito, the Azumi Royal Family Princess
Shin Kishida	...	Interpol Agent Nanbara
Goro Mutsumi	...	Alien Supreme Leader Kuronuma
Daigo Kusano	...	Yanagawa, Alien Agent #1
Takayasu Torii	...	Interpol Agent Tamura
Kenji Sahara	...	Ship's Captain
Yasuzô Ogawa	...	Construction Foreman
Takamitsu Watanabe	...	Alien Henchman # 1

Also Known As:

Godzilla vs. Bionic Monster (USA)
Godzilla vs. Cosmic Monster (USA) (reissue title)
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (USA)

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color (Fujicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | Norway:12 (video rating) | Finland:K-16 | UK:15 | USA:G | West Germany:12 (nf)

Company:

Toho Company

Trivia:

This was Hiroshi Koizumi's final appearance in the classic Godzilla film series (the Showa Series). He would return in Gojira (1984), the first film in the VS Series (AKA: Heisei Series).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Keisuke drives to the cave to search for Masahiko, Professor Miyajima and Eiko, he drives there in a fast back coupe. However, when the car explodes it inexplicably changes into a four-door sedan.

Quotes:

Professor Hideto Miyajima: What's this ? Who are you ?
Alien Supreme Leader Kuronuma: Commander for conquest of Earth, from the third planet of the black hole, outer space.
Professor Hideto Miyajima: So I was right. You are spacemen.
Alien Supreme Leader Kuronuma: I admire your deductive processes.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Gojira: Fainaru uôzu (2004)

Soundtrack:

Beat Mechagodzilla

I love that MechaGodzilla.

I always thought MechaGodzilla was the coolest monster Godzilla fought. He shoots lasers, missiles, and can fly. This is his first appearance in a Godzilla movie. Created by aliens who turn into guys wearing fake monkey masks when killed they send MechaGodzilla to take care of all the people. It clobbers that one armadillo like monster that sometimes pals with Godzilla then it fights Godzilla. At this point it looks exactly like Godzilla until the aliens hit a switch, which burns of the skin, and MechaGodzilla is revealed. They have a brief fight where Godzilla is apparently killed and the robot is a bit messed up as well. What I don't understand is why the aliens need a human to put the robot back together. In the end MechaGodzilla gets his act together and the heroes awaken this stupid fuzzy monster that is quite ineffective against MechaGodzilla. You know who though shows up just in time though.