Godzilla 1985

6.8

87 minutes

7/26/1985

Overview

Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of Raymond Burr, this 16th Godzilla film ignores all previous sequels and serves as a direct follow-up to the 1956 "Godzilla King of the Monsters", which also featured scenes with Burr edited into 1954's "Godzilla". This film restores the darker tone of the original, as we witness the nuclear destruction of giant lizard terrorizing Japan.

Cast List

Raymond Burr
as Steven Martin
Keiju Kobayashi
as Prime Minister Mitamura
Ken Tanaka
as Goro Maki
Yasuko Sawaguchi
as Naoko Okumura
Shin Takuma
as Hiroshi "Ken" Okumura
Warren J. Kemmerling
as General Goodhue
James Scott Hess
as Colonel Raschen
Travis Swords
as Major McDonough
Eitarō Ozawa
as Finance Minister Kanzaki
Taketoshi Naitō
as Takegami, Chief Cabinet Secretary
Nobuo Kaneko
as Home Affairs Minister Isomura
Mizuho Suzuki
as Foreign Minister Emori
Takeshi Katō
as Internal Trade and Industry Minister Kasaoka
Sho Hashimoto
as Captain of Super X
Junkichi Orimoto
as Director-General of the Defense Agency
Yoshifumi Tajima
as Environmental Director General Hidaka
Hiroshi Koizumi
as Geologist Minami
Kunio Murai
as Secretary Henmi
Shigeo Katô
as Ship Captain
Kei Satō
as Gondo
Takenori Emoto
as Kitagawa
Chinpei Hayashiya
as Cameraman Kamijo (as Shinpei Hayashiya)
Koji Ishizaka
as Member of the Staff of a Nuclear Power Plant
Tetsuya Takeda
as Tramp
Crawford Binion
as Lieutenant
Justin Gocke
as Kyle
Yōsuke Natsuki
as Biologist Hayashida
Kenpachirō Satsuma
as Godzilla (uncredited)
Akira Toriyama
as Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited)