Godzilla vs. Hedorah

ゴジラ対ヘドラ (1971)

Timing: 1:25 (85 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1971-07-24

Country

Japan

Production

TOHO

Genre

Action, Science Fiction, Horror, Family

Budget

$250 000

Revenue

$2 768 400

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Director

Yoshimitsu Banno

Actors

Akira Yamanouchi, Toshie Kimura, Hiroyuki Kawase, Keiko Mari, Toshio Shiba, Yukihiko Gondō, Eisaburo Komatsu, Tadashi Okabe, Wataru Ōmae, Susumu Okabe
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Scenario

Takeshi Kimura, Yoshimitsu Banno

Producer

Tomoyuki Tanaka, Samuel Z. Arkoff

Operator

Yôichi Manoda

Composer

Riichirō Manabe

Artist

Audition

Editing

Yoshitami Kuroiwa
All team (9)

• This is the eleventh Godzilla film and the first about Hedora.
• The film's budget was $250,000.
• Following the film 'Attack of Godzilla' (1969), Hedorah became the second new opponent for Godzilla. Essentially, Hedorah is an alien, but her origin and how she arrived on Earth are unknown.
• Hedorah's first stage resembles a tadpole, which is what it was initially mistaken for. It swims in water and cannot survive on land. In the second stage, Hedorah can already move outside of water. It can even hover in the air, likely inhaling gases to do so. The next stage only flies – it has no limbs, but clearly defined flat wings like those of a ray. It can release hydrochloric acid in a gaseous state. The adult form moves on land on thick hind legs, and it gains a red heat ray as a weapon.
• At the time of its release, Hedorah was the strongest enemy Godzilla had faced.
• In Japan, 1,740,687 viewers saw the film in theaters.
• In the battle against Hedorah, Godzilla loses his left eye, but in subsequent films, he sees normally with both eyes.
• At all stages, electric current and Godzilla's heat ray are fatal to Hedorah. The monster was ultimately killed by luring it into a giant capacitor and sending electric waves through it.
• This is the only film in which Godzilla can fly, using his atomic ray as a turbine.