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6.3/10   1,152 votes
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Writer:
Kazuki Omori (writer)
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Release Date:
9 December 1995 (Japan) more
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Tagline:
Get Ready for a Three-Way Monster Melee! more
Plot:
The aftermath of the Oxygen Destroyer brings forth Destoroyah, a beast intent on killing Godzilla, who is on the verge of a nuclear meltdown. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
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Requiem for a Heavyweight more (45 total)

Cast

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Takurô Tatsumi ... Dr. Kensaku Ijuin
Yôko Ishino ... Yukari Yamane
Yasufumi Hayashi ... Kenichi Yamane
Megumi Odaka ... Miki Saegusa
Sayaka Osawa ... Meru Ozawa
Saburo Shinoda ... Professor Fukazawa
Akira Nakao ... Commander Takaki Aso
Masahiro Takashima ... Major Sho Kuroki
Momoko Kôchi ... Emiko Yamane
Shigeru Kôyama ... Army General
Ronald Hoerr ... Professor Marvin
Kôichi Ueda ... Night Watchman at Aquarium
Takehiro Murata ... Yukari's Editor
Shelley Sweeney ... G-Force Technician
Akihiko Hirata ... Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Godzilla vs. Destroyer
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Runtime:
103 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
An original idea for this movie had Godzilla fighting the original 1954 Godzilla in ghost form. The project, "Godzilla VS Ghost Godzilla", was scrapped because the producers thought Godzilla didn't need to fight a clone version of himself for three movies in a row, following Godzilla VS Mechagodzilla (1993) and Godzilla VS Spacegodzilla (1994). They opted for this idea instead. more
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Miki Saegusa: My job is done now Godzilla. more
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2 out of 2 people found the following review useful.
Requiem for a Heavyweight, 28 May 1999
Author: barugon

When I first saw this movie, I hoped this would have more of a brooding, menacing feel to it than it did. I half expected them to return more to the tone of the 1954 GOJIRA, especially since they made so many other references to the original, like bringing back Momoko Kochi as Emiko.

Instead, G. vs. Desutoroia was shot in the usual nervous style of the Heisei series, which so irritated me at first that I found myself counting seconds, to see if ANY SHOT in the whole movie would make it to ten.

On repeated viewings, though, I felt the movie held together better than most of the others in the 'new' Godzilla series. As usual, the human characters seem simply to be along for the ride (the exception is G. vs. Mechagodzilla (II), where I found myself actually caring what went on between the humans). In this case, it's only natural that the Big G. takes center stage.

The final moments are absolutely amazing. Akira Ifukube's classic "the-army-mobilizes-against-Godzilla" theme is heard for probably the last time: not as the usual march, but in a slow choral arrangement that will tear the heart out of any Godzilla fan...

Godzilla may be back in the form of the new, improved Little Godzilla, but PLEASE someone reassure me that we've finally seen the last of that psychic Miki Saegusa. By the time the Heisei series was over, I knew more about Godzilla's inner life than I did about hers. IMHO the whole Psychic thing added nothing to the continuing story... give her a 900 number and an infomercial and keep her out of Godzilla Millennium!

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