Terror of Mechagodzilla
In Godzilla’s last gasp of the Showa era, aliens retrieve Mechagodzilla’s remains and rebuild it with the aid of an unhinged biologist (a scenery-chewing Akihiko Hirata), in hopes of defeating Godzilla for possession of planet Earth. This film marked the return of director Ishiro Honda, who had retired years earlier, disheartened by the increasingly kid-friendly approach of the series. For this final entry, Honda steers the King of the Monsters back into grim territory, interweaving an alien-invasion plot with a tale of tragic romance.
New cover illustration by Chris Wisnia
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Collector's Set
Cast
- Katsuhiko Sasaki
- Akira Ichinose
- Tomoko Ai
- Katsura Mafune
- Akihiko Hirata
- Dr. Shinzo Mafune
- Tadao Nakamaru
- Interpol Chief Tagawa
- Goro Mutsumi
- Mugar
- Katsumasa Uchida
- Jiro Murakoshi
- Toru Ibuki
- Tsuda
- Ikio Sawamura
- Dr. Mafune’s servant
- Masaaki Daimon
- Kusakari
Credits
- Director
- Ishiro Honda
- Producer
- Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Screenplay
- Yukiko Takayama
- Director of photography
- Mototaka Tomioka
- Art director
- Yoshifumi Honda
- Music
- Akira Ifukube
- Editor
- Yoshitami Kuroiwa
- Special-effects director
- Teruyoshi Nakano
- Special-effects art director
- Toshiro Aoki
- Special-effects art director
- Kan Komura
- Special-effects assistant director
- Yoshio Tabuchi
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