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| The Return of Godzilla | |||||
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 Theatrical release poster by Noriyoshi Ohrai | |||||
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| Katakana | ゴジラ | ||||
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| Directed by | Koji Hashimoto[1] | ||||
| Screenplay by | Shuichi Nagahara[1] | ||||
| Story by | Tomoyuki Tanaka[1] | ||||
| Produced by | Tomoyuki Tanaka[1] | ||||
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| Cinematography | Katsumi Hara[1] | ||||
| Edited by | Yoshitami Kuroiwa[1] | ||||
| Music by | Reijiro Koroku[1] | ||||
Production company | Toho Pictures[2] | ||||
| Distributed by | Toho | ||||
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Running time | 103 minutes[1] | ||||
| Country | Japan | ||||
| Languages | Japanese Russian English | ||||
| Budget | $6.25 million[3] | ||||
| Box office | $14 million[4] | ||||
The Return of Godzilla (ゴジラ, Gojira)[a] is a 1984 Japanese kaiju film directed by Koji Hashimoto, with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano. Distributed by Toho and produced under their subsidiary Toho Pictures, it is the 16th film in the Godzilla franchise, the last film produced in the Shōwa era,[6][7] and the first film in the Heisei series. In Japan, the film was followed by Godzilla vs. Biollante in 1989.
The Return of Godzilla stars Ken Tanaka, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Yosuke Natsuki, and Keiju Kobayashi, with Kenpachiro Satsuma as Godzilla. The film serves as both a sequel to the original 1954 film and a reboot[8] of the franchise that ignores the events of every Shōwa era film aside from the original Godzilla, placing itself in line with the darker tone and themes of the original film and returning Godzilla to his destructive, antagonistic roots. The film was released theatrically in Japan on December 15, 1984. Critics praised Godzilla's return, Koroku's score, themes, special effects and darker tone. The following year, a heavily-re-edited localized version, titled Godzilla 1985, was released in the United States by New World Pictures; it features new footage, with Raymond Burr reprising his role from Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956), itself an American localization of Godzilla (1954).
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- ^ Tsutsui 2004, p. 65.
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- ^ "Shōwa period". Britannica. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ Lusty-Cavallari, Saro (May 20, 2014). "Reawakening The Monster: The Long History of Godzilla Reboots". Four Three Film. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
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