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Film / 1984
The Return of Godzilla
Directed by
Koji Hashimoto
After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.
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Godzilla (Heisei) Collection
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Cast
Keiju KobayashiPrime Minister Seiki Mitamura
Ken TanakaGoro Maki
Yasuko SawaguchiNaoko Okumura
Shin TakumaHiroshi Okumura
Yōsuke NatsukiProfessor Makoto Hayashida
Eitarō OzawaMinister of Finance Kanzaki
Taketoshi NaitōChief Cabinet Secretary Takegami
Nobuo KanekoHome Affairs Minister Isomura
Mizuho SuzukiForeign Minister Emori
Junkichi OrimotoDirector-General of the Defense Agency
Hiroshi KoizumiProfessor Minami
Kunio MuraiSecretary Henmi
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Kei SatōChief Editor Gondo
Shigeo KatōCaptain of the Yahata Maru
Walter NicholsRosenburg, Special Envoy for the President of the United States
Alexander KilisChefsky, Special Envoy for the Soviet Union
Takenori EmotoDesk Editor Kitagawa
Tetsuya TakedaHomeless Man
Kenpachirō SatsumaGodzilla
Takeshi KatōTrade Minister
Shinsuke MikimotoChief of Staff
Kanta MoriOkouchi
Yoshibumi TajimaEnvironmental Director General Hidaka
Isao HashimotoCaptain of Super X
Tetsuya UshioOperator (SDF Helicopter Communication Base)
Takashi EbataShip Captain
Chiyoyuki TaharaFisherman
Kenichi UrataSecretary Ishimaru
Yumiko TanakaAkemi
Kenyoi WatanabeOperator
Yuhiro FuseOperator
Nakatomi KazeTechnical Officer
Luke JohnsonSoviet Colonel Kashirin
Dennis FaltSoviet Submarine Captain
Shinpei HayashiyaCameraman Kamiya
Hiroshi KamayatsuChristian Priest Aboard Shinkansen Bullet Train
Takero MorimotoNewscaster
Koji IshizakaPower Plant Guard
Kenji FukudaSuper X Lieutenant (uncredited)
Joseph GraceAmbassador of the Soviet Union (uncredited)
Isao HiranoAir Force Chief of Staff (uncredited)
Yuji HoriiMan fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited)
Eiji KanaArmy Chief of Staff (uncredited)
Shin KazanakaUno (uncredited)
Yasuhiko KonoNaval Chief of Staff (uncredited)
Joe RaznackUS Ambassador to Kramer (uncredited)
Nigel ReedSoviet Nuclear Submarine Deputy Director (uncredited)
Akira SakumaMan fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited)
Terry SombergParachebo Sailor (uncredited)
Akira ToriyamaMan fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited)
Kiyoshi YamamotoScience Agency Director (uncredited)
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