Jun Fukuda

Godzilla vs. Gigan

Godzilla vs. Gigan

An alien invasion prompts a tag-team battle between Godzilla and Anguirus, the planet protectors, and King Ghidorah and the new monster Gigan, a cyborg with scythe-like claws, an abdominal buzz saw, winglike back fins, and pincerlike mandibles. In this action-packed film, which veers from the sublime to the ridiculous, the cockroachlike aliens—disguised as humans—use Gigan and King Ghidorah as weapons of conquest in their plot to take over a contaminated Earth.

New cover illustration by Becky Cloonan

Film Info

  • Japan
  • 1972
  • 89 minutes
  • Color
  • 2.35:1
  • Japanese

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Collector's Set

Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975

Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975

Blu-ray Box Set

8 Discs

$179.96

Godzilla vs. Gigan
Cast
Hiroshi Ishikawa
Gengo Kotaka
Yuriko Hishimi
Tomoko Tomoe
Minoru Takashima
Shosaku Takasugi
Tomoko Umeda
Machiko Shima
Toshiaki Nishizawa
Kubota
Zan Fujita
Fumio Sudo
Kunio Murai
Takashi Shima
Gen Shimizu
Commander of Japan Self-Defense Forces
Credits
Director
Jun Fukuda
Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Screenplay
Shinichi Sekizawa
Director of photography
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Art director
Yoshifumi Honda
Music
Akira Ifukube
Editor
Yoshio Tamura
Special-effects director
Teruyoshi Nakano
Special-effects photography
Mototaka Tomioka
Special-effects art director
Yasuyuki Inoue
Special-effects set design
Toshiro Aoki

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