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Prepare yourself: the greatest star of all has returned. - Godzilla 1985
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Title: Godzilla 1985

Release Date: 23 Aug 1985

Runtime: 1h 27m

Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

Director: New World Pictures, Toho Pictures, Toho Eizo Bijutsu, Tokyo Laboratory

Production Companies: New World Pictures, Toho Pictures, Toho Eizo Bijutsu, Tokyo Laboratory

Overview: Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of Raymond Burr, this 16th Godzilla film ignores all previous sequels and serves as a direct follow-up to the 1956 "Godzilla King of the Monsters", which also featured scenes with Burr edited into 1954's "Godzilla". This film restores the darker tone of the original, as we witness the nuclear destruction of giant lizard terrorizing Japan.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.8 (179 votes)

Cast

  • Steven Martin: Raymond Burr
  • Prime Minister Mitamura: Keiju Kobayashi
  • Goro Maki: Ken Tanaka
  • Naoko Okumura: Yasuko Sawaguchi
  • Hiroshi "Ken" Okumura: Shin Takuma
  • General Goodhue: Warren J. Kemmerling
  • Colonel Raschen: James Scott Hess
  • Major McDonough: Travis Swords
  • Finance Minister Kanzaki: Eitarō Ozawa
  • Takegami, Chief Cabinet Secretary: Taketoshi Naitō
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