Jun Fukuda

Godzilla vs. Megalon

Godzilla vs. Megalon

Nuclear testing unleashes mayhem on the undersea kingdom of Seatopia, causing a series of environmental disasters that nearly wipes out Rokuro, the schoolboy protagonist at the center of this film. To exact revenge, Seatopia unleashes Megalon, a gigantic beetle with the ability to fire ray beams and napalm bombs. Meanwhile, Rokuro’s brother creates Jet Jaguar, a flying robot with a built-in moral compass. The inevitable matchup of Godzilla and Jet Jaguar versus Megalon and Gigan decides the world’s fate.

New cover illustration by Ronald Wimberly

Film Info

  • Japan
  • 1973
  • 81 minutes
  • Color
  • 2.35:1
  • Japanese

Available In

Collector's Set

Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975

Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975

Blu-ray Box Set

8 Discs

$157.46

Godzilla vs. Megalon
Cast
Katsuhiko Sasaki
Goro Ibuki
Hiroyuki Kawase
Rokuro Ibuki
Yutaka Hayashi
Hiroshi Jinkawa
Tsugutoshi Komada
Jet Jaguar
Robert Dunham
Emperor Antonio
Kotaro Tomita
Seatopian agent
ULF OTSUKI
Seatopian agent
Gentaro Nakajima
Truck driver
Kanta Mori
Japan Self-Defense Forces chief
Credits
Director
Jun Fukuda
Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Story
Shinichi Sekizawa
Screenplay
Jun Fukuda
Director of photography
Yuzuru Aizawa
Art director
Yoshifumi Honda
Music
Riichiro Manabe
Editor
Michiko Ikeda
Special-effects director
Teruyoshi Nakano
Special-effects photography
Mototaka Tomioka

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