Chikyu kogeki meirei: Gojira tai Gaigan (1972)

Japan, 1972
89m
35mm film, Panavision (anamorphic), 2.35:1
Japanese

A Japanese science fiction film directed by Jun Fukuda. It is the twelfth film in the Godzilla series of films. It was the last film in which Godzilla would be played by actor Haruo Nakajima.

Premise

Aliens are planning to conquer the Earth using the monsters Gigan and King Ghidrah, which they are controlling from their secret base hidden inside the head of a giant Godzilla-shaped building at a children's theme park. Standing in their way are Godzilla and Anguirus…

Credits

* = uncredited

Crew
Directed by: Jun Fukuda
© 1972 Toho Co., Ltd.
A Toho Eizo production
Executive Producer: Tanaka Tomoyuki
Screenplay by: Shinichi Sekizawa
Story: Gojira tai Uchu Kaijû by Takeshi Kimura
Photography by: Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Film Editor: Yoshio Tamura
Music by: Akira Ifukube
Recording by: Fumio Yanoguchi
Special Effects Directed by: Teruyoshi Nakano
Mechanical Effects: Takesaburo Watanabe
Sets by: Yoshifumi Honda

Cast
Hiroshi Ishikawa (Gengo Kotaka)
Tomoko Umeda (Machiko Shima)
Yuriko Hishimi (Tomoko Tomoe)
Minoru Takashima (Shosaku Takasugi)
Zan Fujita (Fumio Sudo)
Toshiaki Nishizawa (Kubota, Head of Children's Land)
Kunio Murai (Takashi Shima)
Gen Shimizu (Commander of Defense Forces)
Kuniko Ashihara (middle-aged woman)
Kurayoshi Nakamura ¹Zeko Nakamura on English language prints (priest)
Akio Murata ²Akio Muto on English language prints (editor of Comics Magazine)
Naoya Kusakawa, Wataru Omae (henchmen)
Haruo Nakajima [Gojira] *
Kenpachiro Satsuma [Gaigan] *
Koetsu Omiya [Angirasu] *
Kanta Ina [Kingugidora] *

Alternative Titles

Godzilla on Monster Island
Godzilla vs. Gigan
War of the Monsters

Links

Extracts included in
Gojira Fuantajî ~SF Kôkyô Fuantajî~ (1984)

References

Periodicals

• L'Écran Fantastique no.59 (August 1985) pp.51-65 – article
• Fangoria no.173 (June 1998) p.25 – illustrated article (Godzilla: The Japanese adventures by Michael Gingold)
• Fantastic Films vol.1 no.3 (August 1978) p.62 – note (Fan Scene)
• Film Score Monthly9 no.10 (November/December 2004) p.48 – DVD review (The Laserphile by Andy Dursin)
• Guia de Filmes no.47 (September/October 1973) p.136 – review
• Monthly Film Bulletin vol.44 no.520 (May 1977) p.99 – credits, synopsis, review
• Screen International no.83 (16 April 1977) p.32 – review
• UniJapan Film Quarterly vol.15 no.1 (19720 p.24 – credits
• UniJapan Film Quarterly vol.15 no.2 (1972) p.12 – review

Books

• Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.167 – credits