Godzilla 1985 (1985)

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1h 27min
Action, Drama
23 Aug 1985 (USA)
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Thirty years after the original monster's rampage, a new Godzilla emerges and attacks Japan.

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2 wins & 3 nominations.
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Thirty years after the original monster's rampage, a new Godzilla emerges and attacks Japan.

Still of Dennis Falt in Godzilla 1985 (1985)

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	Raymond Burr	...	Steve Martin
	Keiju Kobayashi	...	Prime Minister Mitamura
	Ken Tanaka	...	Goro Maki
	Yasuko Sawaguchi	...	Naoko Okumura
	Shin Takuma	...	Hiroshi Okumura
	Warren J. Kemmerling	...	General Goodhue
	James Hess	...	Colonel Raschen
	Travis Swords	...	Major McDonough
	Eitarô Ozawa	...	Finance Minister Kanzaki
	Taketoshi Naitô	...	Takegami, Chief Cabinet Secretary
	Nobuo Kaneko	...	Home Affairs Minister Isomura
	Mizuho Suzuki	...	Foreign Minister Kanzaki
	Junkichi Orimoto	...	Director-General of the Defense Agency
	Yoshifumi Tajima	...	Environmental Director General Hidaka
	Hiroshi Koizumi	...	Geologist Minami
	Kunio Murai	...	Henmi
	Kei Satô	...	Gondo
	Takenori Emoto	...	Kitagawa
	Kôji Ishizaka	...	Power Plant Guard
	Tetsuya Takeda	...	Tramp
	Crawford Binion	...	Lieutenant
	Justin Gocke	...	Kyle
	Yôsuke Natsuki	...	Dr. Hayashida
	Patrick Feren	...	Extra
	Mark Simon	...	Extra
	Shepard Stern	...	Extra
	Alan D. Waserman	...	Extra (as Alan Waserman)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Sho Hashimoto	...	Captain of Super X
	Shigeo Katô	...	Ship Captain
	Kenpachirô Satsuma	...	Gojira (as Kengo Nakayama)
	Takashi Ebata	...	Ship Captain (uncredited)
	Dennis Falt	...	Soviet Submarine Captain (uncredited)
	Kenji Fukuda	...	Super X Lieutenant (uncredited)
	Shinpei Hayashiya	...	Cameraman Kamiya (uncredited)
	Isao Hirano	...	Air Force Chief of Staff (uncredited)
	Luke Johnson	...	Soviet Colonel Kashirin (uncredited)
	Alexandre Kairis	...	Soviet Ambassador Chefski (uncredited)
	Eiji Kana	...	Army Chief of Staff (uncredited)
	Takeshi Katô	...	Trade Minister (uncredited)
	Shin Kazanaka	...	Uno (uncredited)
	Yasuhiko Kono	...	Naval Chief of Staff (uncredited)
	Shinsuke Mikimoto	...	Chief of Staff (uncredited)
	Kanta Mori	...	Official at Diet (uncredited)
	Takerô Morimoto	...	Newscaster (uncredited)
	Haruo Nakajima	...	Godzilla (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
	Walter Nichols	...	American Ambassador Rosenberg (uncredited)
	Yumiko Tanaka	...	Akemi (uncredited)
	Kenichi Urata	...	Secretary Ishimaru (uncredited)
	Kiyoshi Yamamoto	...	Science Agency Director (uncredited)

Directed by

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Koji Hashimoto
R.J. Kizer	...	(US footage)
Ishirô Honda	...	(uncredited) (earlier film clips)
Toshio Masuda	...	(uncredited) (earlier film clips)
Shûe Matsubayashi	...	(uncredited) (earlier film clips)
Shirô Moritani	...	(uncredited) (earlier film clips)

Written by

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Reuben Bercovitch	...	(story "Godzilla vs. Gargantua")

Fred Dekker	...	(story Godzilla: King of the Monsters 3D)

Akira Murao	...	(story "The Resurrection of Godzilla")

Hideichi Nagahara	...	(story)

Ryûzô Nakanishi	...	(story Tokyo S.O.S.: Godzilla's Suicide Strategy)

Tony Randel	...	() (uncredited)

Shin'ichi Sekizawa	...	(story "Godzilla Legend: The Asuka Fortress")

Tomoyuki Tanaka	...	(story "The Resurrection of Godzilla")

Lisa Tomei	...	()

Straw Weisman	...	()

Hiroyasu Yamaura	...	(story Super Godzilla: God's Angry Messenger)

Produced by

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Norio Hayashi	...	producer
Kiyomi Kanazawa	...	producer
Tony Randel	...	producer
Andrea Barshova Stern	...	associate producer
Fumio Tanaka	...	associate producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka	...	executive producer

Music by

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Reijirô Koroku

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(as Reijiro Koroku)

Cinematography by

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Kazutami Hara

Editing by

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Yoshitami Kuroiwa

Editorial Department

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James Melkonian	...	post-production coordinator: english version
Kevin Sewelson	...	assistant editor: english version
Michael Spence	...	editor: US version
Fusako Takahashi	...	negative cutter

Casting By

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Danny Goldman
Tadao Tanaka

Production Design by

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Akira Sakuragi
Mutsumi Toyoshima

Art Direction by

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Akira Sakuragi

Set Decoration by

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Akio Tashiro

Costume Design by

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Kenji Kawasaki

Makeup Department

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Fumiko Umezawa

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makeup artist

Production Management

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Takahide Morichi

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executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Lee Berger	...	first assistant director: US
Takao Okawara	...	chief assistant director

Art Department

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Yoshiki Kasahara	...	construction coordinator
Gregg Lacy	...	set designer US version

Sound Department

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Glenn E. Berkovitz	...	boom operator - USA
Noboru Ikeda	...	assistant sound technician
Mikio Mori	...	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Mark Scheret	...	sound mixer - USA
Noboyuki Tanaka	...	re-recording mixer
Bob Biggart	...	sound editor (uncredited)
Joseph D. Citarella	...	re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Charles Grenzbach	...	re-recording mixer (uncredited)
John Wilkinson	...	re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Eiichi Asada	...	assistant camera
Yasuyuki Inoue	...	special effects art director
Mamoru Kume	...	pyrotechnician
Koji Matsumoto	...	wire works
Mitsuo Miyagawa	...	pyrotechnician / wire works
Takeshi Miyanishi	...	pyrotechnician
Teruyoshi Nakano	...	director of special effects
Tadaaki Watanabe	...	pyrotechnician
Nobuyuki Yasumaru	...	prosthetics creator
Shinji Higuchi	...	special effects assistant (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Yoshio Ishii	...	matte photography
Yoshikazu Manoda	...	optical photography
Kohei Mikami	...	special effects lighting
Bret Mixon	...	animation camera: US version only
Takeshi Miyanishi	...	optical photography
Toshimitsu Oneda	...	special effects cameraman
Yutaka Tsuchiya	...	computer graphics
Takeaki Tsukuda	...	matte photography
Takeshi Yamamoto	...	special effects cameraman

Camera and Electrical Department

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Steve Dubin	...	cinematographer: USA
Hideo Inagaki	...	electrician
Yoshinori Ishizuki	...	still photographer
Shinji Kojima	...	lighting technician
Akira Oba	...	lighting assistant
Shunji Yokota	...	lighting grip

Music Department

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Takasha Miki	...	composer: songs
Katsuaki Nakaya	...	conductor
Jeff Vaughn	...	score mixer
Christopher Young	...	composer: stock music

Script and Continuity Department

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Veronica Flynn	...	script supervisor
Hiroko Kajiyama	...	continuity

Additional Crew

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Hideo Aoki	...	special advisor
Ernest Farino	...	title designer (US version only) (as Ernest D. Farino)
Amy C. Halpern	...	gaffer
Yorihiko Osaki	...	special advisor
Toshifumi Sakata	...	visual consultant
Kazuo Suzuki	...	maintenance
Takehisa Takarada	...	assistant to director
Hitoshi Takeuchi	...	special advisor
Toyo Tanaka	...	special engineer
Takashi Wakiya	...	assistant to director
Straw Weisman	...	creative consultant
Nobuyuki Yasumaru	...	gojira suit designer and constructor
Gregory Snegoff	...	voice dubbing: various characters (uncredited)
Fumio Tanaka	...	consultant (uncredited)

Thanks

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Sôichirô Tahara

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special thanks

Production Companies

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Distributors

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New World Pictures (1985) (United States) (theatrical) (recut version with new added American footage) (dubbed)
Triangelfilm (1985) (Sweden) (theatrical)
Key Video (1985) (Greece) (VHS)
Entertainment Film Distributors (1986) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
Roadshow Films (1986) (Australia) (theatrical)
Roadshow Home Video (1986) (Australia) (VHS)
VCM (Finland) (VHS)
Empire Video (1989) (West Germany) (VHS)
R&G Video (1992) (United States) (VHS)
Starmaker Entertainment (1992) (United States) (VHS)
The ABM Group (1992) (Canada) (VHS)
Vision (1992) (Poland) (VHS)
Carlton Home Entertainment (United Kingdom) (VHS) (dubbed)
Anchor Bay Entertainment (1997) (United States) (VHS)
Anchor Bay Entertainment (2003) (United States) (DVD) (re-cut with new added American footage) (dubbed) (cancelled due to rights issue from Toho Co., Ltd)
Astro Distribution (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
Future Film (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
Warner Bros. (2007) (United States) (tv) (re-cut with added American footage) (dubbed) (widescreen version)
Nihon Eiga Satellite Broadcasting (2008) (Japan) (tv)
Section 23 Films (2016) (United States) (Blu-ray)
Section 23 Films (2016) (United States) (DVD)
Image Entertainment (laserdisc)
New World Video (United States) (VHS)
Vértice 360 (Spain) (video)

Special Effects

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Marbling FineArts (miniatures and models)

Other Companies

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Computer Graphic Lab (cooperation)
Hattori Seiko (cooperation)
International Container Terminal (cooperation)
Mitsubishi Rayon (cooperation)
Nagao Modeling (cooperation)
Osaka Shosen Mitsui Senpaku (cooperation)
Ryder Sound Services (English language version) (US version)
Toho Studios (sound stages)

Storyline

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Plot Summary	A reporter investigates the disappearance of a ship. He finds the ship and discovers that all the hands have been killed by a giant sea louse except for one. The lone survivor then tells the reporter that the ship was attacked by Godzilla (Gojira). Fearing a panic, the Japanese government then takes the survivor into custody to keep him from revealing that Godzilla has returned. However, a Soviet nuclear submarine is destroyed and the situation puts them and the United States on the brink of nuclear war, until the Japanese decide to come clean and admit that it was Godzilla. Soon the Japan and the rest of the world are on red alert as they wait for Godzilla to begin his rampage anew. Written by Brian Washington Plot Summary
Plot Keywords	animal-character-name-as-title godzilla-character gojira-character one-word-title psychotronic-film See All (58) »
Taglines	Your favorite fire-breathing monster... Like you've never seen him before! See more »
Genres	Action Drama Horror Sci-Fi Thriller
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Australia:PG Denmark:11 Finland:K-14 Finland:K-11 (DVD) Germany:12 Norway:16 Norway:12 (recommended rating) Spain:13 United Kingdom:PG (video rating) United Kingdom:PG United States:TV-PG (TV Rating) United States:Unrated United States:PG West Germany:12

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Also Known As	Gojira 1985 (Japan, English title) ゴジラ 1985 (Japan, Japanese title) Godzilla: 1985 (United States) Godzilla '85 (United Kingdom) Le retour de Godzilla (France) See more »
Runtime	87 min
Country	Japan United States
Language	Japanese Russian English
Color	Color
Aspect Ratio	1.85 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Mono (US release)
Filming Locations	Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan See more »

Box Office

Budget	$2,000,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross	$14,852,242

Did You Know?

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Trivia	Contrary to popular belief, Raymond Burr was actually quite proud of his association with Godzilla since his debut in the Americanized version of the film from 1956. It came as a surprise to friends and colleagues when he enthusiastically returned for the international release of the 1985 sequel. While working on that film, he used the clout he'd gained from his success on Perry Mason to ensure the film wasn't too heavily edited and Koji Hashimoto's original intentions were preserved. See more »
Goofs	Godzilla changes sizes many times over the course of the movie. See more »
Movie Connections	Edited from The Return of Godzilla (1984). See more »
Quotes	[US version] Steve Martin: Nature has a way, sometimes, of reminding Man of just how small he is. She occasionally throws up the terrible offsprings of our pride and carelessness... to remind us of how puny we really are in the face of a tornado, an earthquake, or a Godzilla. The reckless ambitions of Man are often dwarfed by their dangerous consequences. For now, Godzilla - that strangely innocent and tragic monster - has gone to earth. Whether he returns or not, or is never again seen by human eyes, the things he has taught us... remain. See more »

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