Japan, 1999
99m
35mm film, colour, 2.35:1
Dolby Digital, SDDS, Japanese
A Japanese science fiction film directed by Takao Okawara.
Plot Summary
Shinoda of the Godzilla Prediction Network and a newspaper reporter named Yuki discover a plot by the Crisis Control Intelligence Agency to destroy Godzilla. The monster is revived by a mysterious flying object sighted off the coast of Japan while all computers in Japan are hacked by the aliens.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Takao Okawara
©/Author: Toho Co, Ltd.
Presented by: TriStar Pictures [US version]
Executive Producer: Shogo Tomiyama
Producer: Toshihiro Ogawa
Associate Producer: Ritsuko Suzuki
Written by: Mayumi Okuda, Junko Aoki
Screenplay: Hiroshi Kashiwabara, Wataru Mimura
Director of Photography: Katsuhiro Kato
Editor: Yoshiyuki Okuhara
Music: Takayuki Hattori
Godzilla’s Theme Composed by: Akira Ifukube
Sound Recordist: Teiichi Saito
Hair/Make-up: Izumi Matsushita, Kumiko Furutani
Director Special Effects: Kenji Suzuki
Special Visual Effects Supervisors: Tetsuo Ohya, Yoshiyuki Kishimoto, Yutaka Onodera
Art Director: Takeshi Shimizu
Casting: Tadao Tanaka
Casting Co-ordinator: Shiro Kido
Cast
Takehiro Murata (GPN Director Yuji Shinoda)
Hiroshi Abe (CCI Chief Mitsuo Katagiri)
Naomi Nishida (Yuki Ichinose)
Takeo NakaharaMayu Suzuki (Io Shinoda)
Takeshi Ôbayashi, Shirô Namiki, Sakae Kimura, Bengal, Kenichi Nagira, Kenichi Ishii, Horyu Nakamura, Masaru Shinozuka, Toshihiko Sakakibara, Yoshimasa Kondo, Kôichi Ueda, Koichi Nihei, Toshimasa Niiro, Masahiro Kizawa, Yoshiyuki Omori, Seiroku Nakazawa, Hakobu Okubo, Toru Kodama, Daisuke Honda, Masahiko Nishimura, Satomi Achiwa, Denden, Yoshiki Arizono, Toshifumi Muramatsu, Yoichi Nukumizu, Hajime Anzai, Terumi Yoshida, Masako Omata, Shinsuke Kasai, Atsuko Kohata, Yutaka Matsushige, DangerousShirô Sano (CCI Scientist Miyasaka)
Shelley Sweeney ([a reporter])
Tsutomu Kitagawa (Gojira/Godzilla)
Makoto Itô (Oruga/Orga)
François Chau, Denise Iketani, Jack Ong, Ron Yuan, Rachel Crane, Jim Ishida (Principal Voice [US version])
Yoshio Be, Glen Chin, John Cho, Michael Hagiwara, Amy Hill, Rodney Kageyama, Denice Kumagai, Jim Lau, Dana Lee, Lucy Lin, Sachiko, Marilyn Tokuda, Jerry Tondo, Ping Wu (Other Character [US version])
Alternative Titles
G2K: Millenium
Godzila Milenijum – Serbia
Godzilla 2000 – Millennium – Austria, Germany
Godzilla 2000 contra el calamar extraterrestre – Mexico
Godzilla 2000 vs. el calamar extraterrestre – Mexico
Godzilla 2000 – Australia, Belgium (French), Brazil, Canada, Canada (French), France, Greece, India, Slovakia, Turkey, UK, USA
Godzilla 2000: El dinosaurio mutante – Argentina
Godzilla 2000: Millennium – Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croatian), Croatia, Czech Republic, Israel, Italy, Japan, Pakistan, Spain
Godzilla 2000: Minillik – Azerbaijan
Godzilla 2000: Thiên niên kỷ mới – Vietnam
Godzilla Millenium
Godžira ni-sen mireniamu – Belgium (Dutch), Belgium (Flemish), Netherlands
Gojilla 2000 – South Korea
Gojira 2000 Millennium
Gojira 2000 – Japan
judazila 2000: al’alfia – Israel (Arabic)
Powrót Godzilli – Poland
Znovuzrodená skáza – Slovakia
Γκοτζίλα 2000 – Greece
Гадзіла 2000: Тысячагоддзе – Belarus
Годзила 2000: Милениум – North Macedonia
Годзила: Милениум – Bulgaria
Годзилла 2000: Мыңжылдық – Kazakhstan
Годзилла 2000: Мянган жил – Mongolia
Годзилла: Миллениум – Russia
Ґодзілла 2000: Міленіум – Ukraine
ゴジラ 2000 MILLENNIUM – Japan
屠龍風雲2000 – Taiwan
Links
Sequel to
Gojira (1954)
Gojira no gyakushû (1955)
Mosura (1961)
Kingu Kongu tai Gojira (1962)
Mosura tai Gojira (1964)
San Daikaijû Chikyû Saidai no Kessen (1964)
Kaijû daisensô (1965)
Gojira · Ebira · Mosura Nankai no daikettô (1966)
Kaijûtô no kessen: Gojira no musuko (1967)
Kaijû sôshingeki (1968)
Gojira Minira Gabara Ôru kaijû daishingeki (1969)
Gojira tai Hedora (1971)
Chikyû kôgeki meirei Gojira tai Gaigan (1972)
Gojira tai Megaro (1973)
Gojira tai Mekagojira (1974)
Mekagojira no gyakushû (1975)
Gojira (1984)
Gojira vs. Biorante (1989)
Gojira vs. Kingu Gidorâ (1991)
Gojira vs. Mosura (1992)
Gojira vs. Mekagojira (1993)
Gojira vs. Supesugojira (1994)
Gojira vs. Desutoroiâ (1995)
Sequels
Gojira tai Megagirasu: Jî shômetsu sakusen (2000)
Gojira Mosura Kingu Gidora Daikaijû sôkôgeki (2001)
Gojira × Mekagojira (2002)
Gojira tai Mosura tai Mekagojira: Tôkyô S.O.S. (2003)
Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
Shin Gojira (2016)
Includes extracts from
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
Extracts included in
Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
See also
G -1.0 (2023)
References
Periodicals
- Asian Cult Cinema no.26 (2000) pp.36-43 – Illustrated article
- Cinefantastique vol.32 no.2 (August 2000) p.62 – illustrated preview (Godzilla 2000 by Mike Woods)
- Fangoria no.191 (April 2000) pp.24-28, 79 – illustrated article (Godzilla 2000: Beast for the millennium by Norman England)
- Fangoria no.195 (August 2000) pp.42-46, 79 – illustrated interview with Takao Ogawara (Godfather of Godzilla by Norman England)
- Fangoria no.204 (July 2001) p.29 – illustrated interview with Shinichi Wakasa (Building the perfect beast by Norman England)
- Film Score Monthly vol.5 no.6 (July 2000) pp.24-29 – illustrated article (Summer movie soundtracks: This year, mediocrity sounds like genius by Jeff Bond)
- Film Score Monthly vol.5 no.7 (August 2000) p.44 – soundtrack review (Score by JB)
- Music from the Movies no.28 (August 2000) p.4 – illustrated note (Coming attractions: All the latest film music news)
- Music from the Movies no.28 (August 2000) p.56 – soundtrack review (Film music review by MC)
- Screen International no.1218 (23 July 1999) p.17 – credits (International production)
- Screen International no.1227 (24 September 1999) p.7 – illustrated article (Godzilla stamps all over Japan)
- Variety 21 August 2000 p.16 – illustrated credits, synopsis, review (Film reviews by Joe Leydon)
