Return of Godzilla

Movie Information:

  • Release Date: December 15, 1984
  • Production Company: Toho
  • Distribution Company: Toho
  • Original Runtime: 103 minutes
  • Atlernate Titles:
    • Japanese: ゴジラ
    • Hepburn: Gojira
    • Literal Translation: Godzilla
    • U.S. Title: Godzilla 1985
    • U.S. Home Release Alternate Title: Godzilla 1984

Cast

Keiji Kobayashi as Prime Minister Mitamura
Ken Tanaka as Goro Maki
Yasuko Sawaguchi as Naoko Okamura
Shin Takuma as Hiroshi Okamura
Yosuke Natsuki as Professor Hayashida
Taketoshi Naito as Chief Cabinet Secretary Takegami
Mizuho Suzuki as Minister of Foreign Affairs Emori
Eitaro Ozawa as Finance Minister Kazaki
Junkichi Orimoto as Defense Secretary Mori
Shinsuke Mikimoto as Joint Chief of Staff Kakurai
Kanta Mori as National Land Agency Secretary Okochi
Nobuo Kaneko as Minister of Home Affairs Isomura
Kiyoshi Yamamoto as Science Minister Kajita
Takeshi Kato as Trade Minister Kasaoka
Yoshifumi Tajima as Environment Minister Hidaka
Kunio Murai as Secretary Henmei
Tetsuya Takeda as Vagrant
Kenichi Urata as Ishimaru
Hiroshi Koizumi as Minami
Kei Sato as Chief Editor Godo
Takenori Emoto as Desk Editor Kitagawa
Takero Morimoto as Newscaster
Takashi Ebata as Yahata Maru Captain
Senoishi Tahara as Fisherman
Shigeo Kato as Radioman
Walter Nichols as U.S. Ambassador Rosenberg
Alexandre Kyris as Soviet Ambassador Chevsky
Shinpei Hayashiya as Camerman Kamijo
Isao Hashimoto as Super-X Captain Akiyama
Kenji Fukuda as Super-X Lieutenant
Yumiko Tanaka as Akemi
Shin Kazenaka as Uno
Luke Johnston as Captain Kathren
Dennis Falt as Soviet Submarine Captain
Koji Ishizaka as Power Plant Guard
Hiroshi Kamayatsu as Bullet Train Passenger
Shinya Kashima as Head Interpreter Officer (uncredited)
Kenpachiro Satsuma as Godzilla

Crew

Producers: Tomoyuki Tanaka, Fumio Tanaka
Director: Koji Hashimoto
Special Effects Director: Teruyoshi Nakano
Screenplay: Shuichi Nagahara, Tomoyuki Tanaka (story)
Cinematography: Kazutami Hara
Music: Reijiro Koroku
Editor: Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Assistant Directors: Takao Okawara, Kensho Yamashita
Art Director: Akira Sakuragi
Lighting: Shinji Kojima
Sound Recording: Nobuyuki Tanaka
Production Manager: Takehide Morichi
Assistant Special Effects Director: Eichi Asada
Special Effects Cinematography: Takeshi Yamamoto, Toshimitsu Oneda
Special Effects Art Director: Yasuyuki Inoue
Special Effects Lighting: Kohei Mikami
Special Effects Unit Production Manager: Keisuke Shinoda
Visual Effects Optical Photography: Takeshi Miyanishi
Visual Effects Opticals: Tadashi Watanbe
Modeling and Godzilla Design: Nobuyuki Yasumaru
Still Photographer: Yoshinori Ishitsuki
Special Effects Still Photographer: Takashi Nakao

Alternate Versions

Japan

International

United States

Australia

United Kingdom

France

Italy

Spain

Taiwan

China

Thailand

Gallery

Godzilla

Iterations

  • "A" Mix
    • Notes:
      • The Return of Godzilla has two main audio mixes, an "A" mix and a "B" mix that utilize different music and effects tracks. The "A" mix is the only version that has been released on home video, and has been used as the basis of the stereo mix and 5.1 surround sound remixes, as well as the basis for most foreign language copies.
  • "B" Mix
    • Notes:
      • The "B" mix was likely created for a mono theatrical release, though no copies have surfaced. This mix was notably used as a basis for a 1985 Drama LP, the original copies of the international dub, and the American version, Godzilla 1985.
      • The most notable difference in the "B" mix is that Godzilla screams as he falls into the volcano at the end of the movie.