Godzilla 1985

The story

Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of Raymond Burr, this 16th Godzilla film ignores all previous sequels and serves as a direct follow-up to the 1956 "Godzilla King of the Monsters", which also featured scenes with Burr edited into 1954's "Godzilla". This film restores the darker tone of the original, as we witness the nuclear destruction of giant lizard terrorizing Japan.

In the same saga

Americanized Godzilla Collection

In release order

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

1956

Gigantis, the Fire Monster

1959

King Kong vs. Godzilla

1963

This film

Godzilla 1985

1985

Cast

R Raymond BurrSteve Martin K Keiju KobayashiPrime Minister Mitamura K Ken TanakaGoro Maki Y Yasuko SawaguchiNaoko Okumura S Shin TakumaHiroshi "Ken" Okumura W Warren J. KemmerlingGeneral Goodhue J James Scott HessColonel Raschen T Travis SwordsMajor McDonough E Eitarō OzawaFinance Minister Kanzaki T Taketoshi NaitōTakegami, Chief Cabinet Secretary N Nobuo KanekoHome Affairs Minister Isomura M Mizuho SuzukiForeign Minister Emori

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T Takeshi KatōInternal Trade and Industry Minister Kasaoka S Sho HashimotoCaptain of Super X J Junkichi OrimotoDirector-General of the Defense Agency Y Yoshibumi TajimaEnvironmental Director General Hidaka H Hiroshi KoizumiGeologist Minami K Kunio MuraiSecretary Henmi S Shigeo KatōShip Captain K Kei SatōGondo T Takenori EmotoKitagawa C Chinpei HayashiyaCameraman Kamijo (as Shinpei Hayashiya) K Koji IshizakaMember of the Staff of a Nuclear Power Plant T Tetsuya TakedaTramp C Crawford BinionLieutenant J Justin GockeKyle Y Yōsuke NatsukiBiologist Hayashida K Kenpachirō SatsumaGodzilla (uncredited) H Haruo NakajimaOriginal Godzilla (archive footage) (uncredited) A Akira ToriyamaMan fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited) T Tony PlanaGoro Maki (voice) (uncredited) L Lara CodyNaoko Okumura / Tohto Times walla / Pentagon personnel (voice) (uncredited) A Andy GoldbergHiroshi "Ken" Okumura (voice) (uncredited) G Gregory SnegoffSecretary Takegami / Kitagawa / newscaster (voice) (uncredited) P Paul WilsonBiologist Hayashida / Kakurai (voice) (uncredited)