The Return of Godzilla
- Keiju Kobayashi: Prime Minister Mitamura
- Ken Tanaka: Goro Maki
- Yasuko Sawaguchi: Naoko Okumura
- Yosuke Natsuki: detective Shindo
- Shin Takuma: Hiroshi Okumura
Godzilla - The Return of the Monsters (Japaneseゴジラ, Gojira ) is a Japanese giant monster film directed by Koji Hashimoto from the year 1984 with the film called the Heisei era. . In the movie Godzilla is in a long time an all -destroying monster.
Action
On a stormy night a fishing boat, the Yahata Maru, an island approaches. On board is the young biology student Hiroshi Okumura. Not knowing that the island is a volcano, the fishermen drifting closer and closer to the island. Suddenly, the volcano erupts, and a terrible scream is heard.
Goro Maki, a reporter from the Tokyo Press finds, randomly drifting the lost ship in the sea. On board he finds traces that point to a fight, and louder dehydrated human body. Hidden in a locker discovered Maki students Okumura. As soon as he found him, he is attacked by a giant parasite, but Okumura saves his life.
Once in Japan, Okumura is questioned by Hayashida. Maki tries during which to inform the public. But the government has ordered the matter to be treated as secret affair. Maki learns Okumuras sister Naoko know and told her that her brother is still alive. Meanwhile, Godzilla has attacked and destroyed a Russian nuclear submarine. Now finally decides the government to inform the public; a panic breaks out.
Godzilla now appears in a nuclear power plant, in order to absorb its radioactivity. Hayashida and his team are there rushed to explore it, and indeed they find an idea how they can sell Godzilla: by Zugvögelrufe.
Godzilla is in fact lured by the Zugvögelrufen. That's why they want on the Mihara volcano build a plant that mimics the ultrasonic waves of migrating birds, and thus lure Godzilla into the volcano crater. The Prime Minister gives his consent, and the work begins.
Nevertheless, Godzilla surfaces in Tokyo, where nothing can stop him. The military is powerless until the " Super X " appears, a flying machine without wings that can withstand the heat rays of Godzilla thanks to a titanium protection. With cadmium bombs they can put Godzilla for a while out of action. However, as ramming Godzilla in Tokyo Bay a Russian freighter, it automatically replaces from a nuclear missile towards Tokyo. The Americans shoot of Okinawa from from an interceptor that intercepts the Russian nuclear missile.
But the detonation takes place too close over Tokyo. Due to the radioactivity that Godzilla has absorbed the explosion, he awakens to new life and turns Tokyo finally into a battlefield; the " Super X " is destroyed by it.
Hayashida has arrived at Mihara Volcano and begins to lure Godzilla with ultrasonic waves. Godzilla leaves Tokyo and is on his way there. The Army has detonators attached to the crater rim, leading to Godzilla fall into magma.
Background
When in 1975 with Godzilla - The breeding of the devil ( Mekagojira no gyakushu ) came out of the last Godzilla film of the Showa era, they wanted to produce in 1979 a new Godzilla movie, but the time was not yet come. They brought classics like Godzilla the Thing ( Gojira tai Mosura ) from the year 1964 and command of the Dark ( Kaiju daisenso ) from 1965 successfully to the movies again. But in 1984 they wanted to, 30 years after the original Godzilla, bring out a sequel.
Producer Tomoyuki Tanaka had Ishiro Honda and Akira Ifukube asked if they would like to again lead the film, the director and to compose the music, both refused. Finally, Tanaka Koji Hashimoto and Nakano Teruyoshi brought into the boat, and the filming could begin.
With a budget of $ 6,250,000 came on 15 December 1984, the 16th Godzilla movie in Japanese theaters.
1989 appeared the sequel Godzilla, the Urgigant.
Extra scenes were filmed with Raymond Burr For the American version again, who played the role of the journalist Steve Martin in the first Godzilla movie, and was obliged again for some dialogs. However, since there was now a well-known Hollywood actor named Steve Martin, Burr's role name was changed to Mr. Martin, to avoid confusion.
Reviews
"Voltage lot remake of the film from 1954; despite some trendy ingredients a naive disaster spectacle as its predecessor. "