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Godzilla vs. Gigan
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Godzilla vs. Gigan is a 1972 Japanese science fiction kaiju film directed by Jun Fukuda and written by Shinichi Sekizawa. Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka and distributed by Toho, the movie features music by Akira Ifukube and cinematography by Kiyoshi Hasegawa. The cast includes Haruo Nakajima, Kenpachirō Satsuma, Yuriko Hishimi, and Kunio Murai. Filming took place in Japan, and the narrative is set in Tokyo.
The film follows Godzilla vs. Hedorah and is followed by Godzilla vs. Megalon. It is part of the Godzilla media franchise and the Godzilla (Showa) Collection. The story involves an alien invasion and focuses on a dinosaur and giant monster. The original title is 地球攻撃命令 ゴジラ対ガイガン. The runtime is 89 minutes.
Critical reception includes a vote average of 6.4 on TMDb and a rating of 5.6 on IMDb. The film was released on March 12, 1972, with additional dates in April, October, and January. It has been distributed via video on demand. The production involved companies TOHO, Toho Eizo Bijutsu, and Tokyo Laboratory.
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Film · TMDB
6.4Manga artist Gengo Odaka lands a job with the World Children's Land amusement park only to become suspicious of the organization when a garbled message is discovered on tapes. As Gengo and his team investigate, Godzilla and Anguirus quickly decipher the message and begin their own plan of action.
Cast
- Hiroshi Ishikawa as Gengo Odaka
- Tomoko Umeda as Machiko Shima
- Yuriko Hishimi as Tomoko Tomoe
- Minoru Takashima as Shosaku Takasugi
- Zan Fujita as Chairman Fumio Sudo
- Toshiaki Nishizawa as Director Kubota
Themes
- japan
- peace
- giant monster
- cockroach
- sequel
- alien invasion
- amusement park
- theme park
- gojira
- kaiju
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- Japanese
- Followed by
- Godzilla vs. Megalon
- Follows
- Godzilla vs. Hedorah
- Main subject
- alien invasion
- Director
- Jun Fukuda
- Screenwriter
- Shinichi Sekizawa
- Composer
- Akira Ifukube
- Producer
- Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Production company
- Toho
- Cinematographer
- Kiyoshi Hasegawa
- Narrative location
- Tokyo
- Filming location
- Japan
- Duration
- 89
- FilmAffinity ID
- 473778
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1980-04-00
- title
- 地球攻撃命令 ゴジラ対ガイガン
- distributed by
- Toho
- media franchise
- Godzilla
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 67%
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