Godzilla vs. Hedorah
Intended to address the crisis levels of pollution in postwar Japan, Godzilla vs. Hedorah finds the King of the Monsters fighting an alien life form that arrives on Earth and steadily grows by feeding on industrial waste. Director Yoshimitsu Banno infuses the film with equal parts ecological horror, humorous monster antics, and sixties psychedelia straight out of San Francisco, making for a truly unique—and divisive—entry in the series.
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Cast
- Akira Yamauchi
- Dr. Toru Yano
- Toshie Kimura
- Toshie Yano
- Hiroyuki Kawase
- Ken Yano
- Toshio Shiba
- Yukio Keuchi
- Keiko Mari
- Miki Fujiyama
- Yoshio Yoshida
- Fisherman
- Susumu Okabe
- TV announcer
- Haruo Suzuki
- Japan Self-Defense Forces officer
Credits
- Director
- Yoshimitsu Banno
- Producer
- Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Screenplay
- Kaoru Mabuchi
- Screenplay
- Yoshimitsu Banno
- Director of photography
- Yoichi Manoda
- Art director
- Yasuyuki Inoue
- Music
- Riichiro Manabe
- Editor
- Yoshitami Kuroiwa
- Special-effects director
- Teruyoshi Nakano
- Special-effects assistant director
- Koichi Kawakita