Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

三大怪獣　地球最大の決戦 (1964)

Timing: 1:32 (92 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1964-12-20

Country

Japan

Production

TOHO

Genre

Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Budget

$0

Revenue

$3 237 880

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Director

Ishirō Honda

Actors

Yōsuke Natsuki, Yuriko Hoshi, Akiko Wakabayashi, Hisaya Ito, Hiroshi Koizumi, Takashi Shimura, Yumi Ito, Emi Ito, Akihiko Hirata, Minoru Takada
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Scenario

Producer

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Operator

Hajime Koizumi

Composer

Akira Ifukube

Artist

Audition

Editing

Ryôhei Fujii
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• The fifth Godzilla film, the third about Mothra, the second about Rodan, and the first about Ghidorah.
• The film was released in 1964, 10 years after the first film.
• The film was recognized as one of the best of the Showa era, and upon its release in Japan, it attracted 4,320,000 viewers in theaters.
• Toho Studio did not reveal to the public that Godzilla was played by a man in a suit until the film's release.
• The actor Hisaya Ito, playing Malness, never removes his sunglasses throughout the entire film.
• This is the first film to feature both Godzilla and Rodan together. Subsequently, Rodan never appeared without Godzilla.
• When Rodan takes flight over the crater for the first time, Godzilla's roar is heard instead of his usual cry.