Godzilla 1985

Godzilla 1985 (1985)

Released: 1985-08-23 Duration: 1hr 27min
Rating 6.8
Prepare yourself: the greatest star of all has returned.

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.

Production Companies

New World Pictures
New World Pictures
Toho Pictures
Toho Pictures
Toho Eizo Bijutsu
Tokyo Laboratory
Tokyo Laboratory

Additional Info

Budget $200,000.00
Revenue $4,116,395.00
Original Language ja
Popularity 1.1454

Directed By

R.J. Kizer

Koji Hashimoto

Crew

Director
R.J. Kizer
Producer
Kiyomi Kanazawa
Producer
Norio Hayashi
Producer
Tony Randel
Director
Koji Hashimoto
Director of Photography
Kazutami Hara
Associate Producer
Fumio Tanaka
Set Decoration
Akio Tashiro
Original Music Composer
Reijirō Koroku
Art Direction
Akira Sakuragi
Costume Design
Kenji Kawasaki
Executive Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Special Effects
Teruyoshi Nakano
Casting
Danny Goldman
Casting
Tadao Tanaka
Production Design
Akira Sakuragi
Screenplay
Lisa Tomei
Visual Effects
Takeshi Miyanishi
Special Effects
Koji Matsumoto
Director of Photography
Steven Dubin
Special Effects
Mitsuo Miyakawa
Military Consultant
Hideo Aoki
Visual Effects Camera
Yoshikazu Manoda
Associate Producer
Andrea Barshov Stern
Pyrotechnician
Mamoru Kume
First Assistant Director
Takao Okawara
Pyrotechnician
Tadaaki Watanabe
Visual Effects Director
Teruyoshi Nakano
Sound Recordist
Nobuyuki Tanaka
Still Photographer
Takashi Nakao
Production Manager
Takahide Morichi
Special Effects
Eiichi Asada
Visual Effects
Takeaki Tsukada
Assistant Director
Kensho Yamashita
Special Effects
Shinji Higuchi
Visual Effects Camera
Takeshi Miyanishi
Assistant Director
Lee Berger
Prosthetics
Nobuyuki Yasumaru
Special Effects
Kohhei Mikami
Visual Effects Camera
Takeaki Tsukada
Visual Effects Production Manager
Masayuki Ikeda
Visual Effects Camera
Yoshio Ishii
Lighting Technician
Shinji Kojima
Special Effects
Kiyotaka Matsumoto
First Assistant Director
Kunio Miyoshi
Visual Effects
Teruyoshi Nakano
Visual Effects
Yoshikazu Manoda
Visual Effects
Yoshio Ishii
Makeup & Hair
Mary Michael George
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Charles Grenzbach
Sound Mixer
Mark Sheret
Script Supervisor
Veronica Flynn
Assistant Editor
Kevin Sewelson
VFX Director of Photography
Takeshi Yamamoto
Key Grip
Tracy Neftzger
Negative Cutter
Diana Jackson
Set Decoration
Pam Moffat
Production Assistant
Christopher Ward Trott
VFX Lighting Artist
Kohhei Mikami
VFX Director of Photography
Toshimitsu Oneda
Post Production Coordinator
James Melkonian
Production Secretary
Ann Marie Trulove
Visual Effects
Ernest D. Farino
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
John Wilkinson
Assistant Camera
Samuel Buddy Fries
Boom Operator
Glenn E. Berkovitz
Wardrobe Assistant
Kathryn Sparks
Sound Director
Lee Chaloukian
Best Boy Grip
Lewis A. Weinberg
Second Assistant Director
Hitoshi Hoshino
Main Title Designer
Ernest D. Farino
Supervising Sound Editor
Bob Biggart
Conductor
Katsuaki Nakaya
Assistant Art Director
Gregg Lacy
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Joseph D. Citarella
Assistant Sound Engineer
Noboru Ikeda
Dolby Consultant
Mikio Mori
Lighting Technician
Akira Oba
Best Boy Grip
Paul S. Isiki
Assistant Editor
Mehran Salamati
Production Assistant
Lisa M. Dannenbaum
Visual Effects
Bret Mixon
Costume Design
Nobuyuki Yasumaru
Continuity
Hiroko Kajiyama
Makeup Artist
Fumiko Umezawa
Still Photographer
Yoshinori Ishizuki
Production Design
Mutsumi Toyoshima
Production Design
Yasuyuki Inoue
Visual Effects
Yutaka Tsuchiya
Construction Coordinator
Yoshiki Kasahara
Negative Cutter
Fusako Takahashi
Costume Design
Tomoki Kobayashi
Assistant Costume Designer
Tomoki Kobayashi
Writer
Raymond Burr
Adaptation
Tony Randel
Screenplay
Hideichi Nagahara

TOP CAST

Raymond Burr
Raymond Burr

Steven Martin

Keiju Kobayashi
Keiju Kobayashi

Prime Minister Mitamura

Ken Tanaka
Ken Tanaka

Goro Maki

Yasuko Sawaguchi
Yasuko Sawaguchi

Naoko Okumura

Shin Takuma
Shin Takuma

Hiroshi "Ken" Okumura

Warren J. Kemmerling
Warren J. Kemmerling

General Goodhue

James Scott Hess
James Scott Hess

Colonel Raschen

Travis Swords
Travis Swords

Major McDonough

Eitarō Ozawa
Eitarō Ozawa

Finance Minister Kanzaki

Taketoshi Naitō
Taketoshi Naitō

Takegami, Chief Cabinet Secretary

Nobuo Kaneko
Nobuo Kaneko

Home Affairs Minister Isomura

Mizuho Suzuki
Mizuho Suzuki

Foreign Minister Emori

Takeshi Katō
Takeshi Katō

Internal Trade and Industry Minister Kasaoka

Sho Hashimoto
Sho Hashimoto

Captain of Super X

Junkichi Orimoto
Junkichi Orimoto

Director-General of the Defense Agency

Yoshifumi Tajima
Yoshifumi Tajima

Environmental Director General Hidaka

Hiroshi Koizumi
Hiroshi Koizumi

Geologist Minami

Kunio Murai
Kunio Murai

Secretary Henmi

Shigeo Katō
Shigeo Katō

Ship Captain

Kei Satō
Kei Satō

Gondo

Takenori Emoto
Takenori Emoto

Kitagawa

Chinpei Hayashiya
Chinpei Hayashiya

Cameraman Kamijo (as Shinpei Hayashiya)

Koji Ishizaka
Koji Ishizaka

Member of the Staff of a Nuclear Power Plant

Crawford Binion
Crawford Binion

Lieutenant

Yōsuke Natsuki
Yōsuke Natsuki

Biologist Hayashida

Kenpachirō Satsuma
Kenpachirō Satsuma

Godzilla (uncredited)

Akira Toriyama
Akira Toriyama

Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited)

Similar Movies