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The Return of Godzilla

Movie
1984
1h 43m
Japanese
Science Fiction, Action, Thriller, Horror
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.
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The Return of Godzilla (1984) on IMDb
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Keiju Kobayashi
Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
Ken Tanaka
Goro Maki
Yasuko Sawaguchi
Naoko Okumura
Shin Takuma
Hiroshi Okumura
Ysuke Natsuki
Professor Makoto Hayashida
Eitar Ozawa
Minister of Finance Kanzaki
Taketoshi Nait
Chief Cabinet Secretary Takegami
Nobuo Kaneko
Home Affairs Minister Isomura
Mizuho Suzuki
Foreign Minister Emori
Junkichi Orimoto
Director-General of the Defense Age...
Hiroshi Koizumi
Professor Minami
Kunio Murai
Secretary Henmi
Kei Sat
Chief Editor Gondo
Shigeo Kat
Captain of the Yahata Maru
Walter Nichols
Rosenburg, Special Envoy for the Pr...
Alexander Kilis
Chefsky, Special Envoy for the Sovi...
Takenori Emoto
Desk Editor Kitagawa
Koji Ishizaka
Power plant guard
Tetsuya Takeda
Homeless man
Joe Raznack
Kramer, American Ambassador (uncred...
Joseph Grace
Zazimov, Soviet Ambassador (uncredi...
Akira Toriyama
Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredit...
Yuji Horii
Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredit...
Akira Sakuma
Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredit...
Directed By: Koji Hashimoto
Written By: Tomoyuki Tanaka (Story), Hideichi Nagahara (Screenplay)

Featured Comments/Tips

Liico says...
7 years ago
Does it get any better than this?? Great movie!! Damn! Godzilla was mean!! Love it!!
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Nox Anexayi says...
7 months ago
Torrrrpedo one, fire. Torrrrpedo two, fire. I'm having to watch the dubbed version. I hate dubbed movies but they haven't released a proper subbed one where I live. The voices are horrible.
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AlfieSGD says...
9 months ago
The Godzilla franchise was in desperate need of a fresh start after the 1970s, and I would say that the 1984 reboot attempt was successful in many areas. In "The Return of Godzilla," the eponymous monster is finally back as an almost unopposable force of nature. Godzilla is bigger, meaner, and more brutal here than in the previous films. In terms of content, the film disregards everything that has occurred since the 1954 film, paving the way for a new continuity. I wouldn't necessarily say that the human characters are particularly interesting, but they are a million times better than in the worst parts of the series. Overall, "The Return of Godzilla" excels at laying the groundwork for future films as a decidedly gritty film. In that regard, it's a complete success in my eyes, even if the beginning and end of the movie are better executed than the entire middle section.
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Chinalover33 says...
4 months ago
Solid reboot of Godzilla that returns him to the monster he once was.
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Featured User Reviews

Whitsbrain
7/10  3 years ago
These are some thoughts regarding the Japanese version of the film titled "The Return of Godzilla" or "Gojira (1984)" or something equally confusing.

It was great to see Godzilla as a ruthless punisher of Man again. Godzilla rises from a volcanic eruption looking for some nuclear munchies and no More
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John Chard
6 years ago
It's good to have the moody atomic beast back!

After an extended break, Godzilla as a movie force made its comeback with this the 16th Godzilla film and the first of what would be the Heisei series. It's a reboot that basically follows on from the original Gojira film of 1954. Plot has Godzilla b More
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corruptednoobie
7/10  4 years ago
A reboot that stuck to what made Godzilla great in the first place.

Godzilla is a threat once again and not only that, he is represented in the style of putting the blame on ourselves. We are the cause for Godzilla and we are to pay.

As it stands, it's a good reboot for new audiences to en More
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