Godzilla vs. Gigan

Movie Information:

  • Release Date: March 12, 1972
  • Production Company: Toho
  • Distribution Company: Toho
  • Original Runtime: 89 minutes
  • Atlernate Titles:
    • Japanese: 地球攻撃命令 ゴジラ対ガイガン
    • Hepburn: Chikyu Kogeki Meirei: Gojira tai Gaigan
    • Literal Translation: Earth Destruction Directive: Godzilla vs. Gigan
    • Original U.S. Title: Godzilla on Monster Island

Cast

Hiroshi Ishikawa as Gengo Kotaka
Tomoko Umeda as Machiko Shima
Yuriko Hishimi as Tomoko Tomoe
Minoru Takashima as Shosaku Takasugi
Zan Fujita as Fumio Sudo, the Chairman of World Children's Land
Toshiaki Nishizawa as Kubota, Secretary of World Children's Land
Kunio Murai as Takashi Shima
Gen Shimizu as Defense Forces Commander
Kuniko Ashihara as Middle-aged Woman
Zeko Nakamura as Priest
Akio Muto as Editor of Comics Magazine
Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla
Kenpachiro Satsuma as Gigan
Koetsu Omiya as Anguirus
Kanta Ina as King Ghidorah

Crew

Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka
Director: Jun Fukuda
Special Effects Director: Teruyoshi Nakano
Writers: Takeshi Kimura and Shinichi Sekizawa
Cinematography: Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Music: Akira Ifukube and Kunio Miyauchi

Alternate Versions

International

United States

United Kingdom

Australia

France

Germany

Mexico

Spain

Godzilla vs. Gigan

  • Runtime: 89 minutes

Dub Cast

Chris Hilton as Fumio Sudo
Michael Kaye as Shosaku
Linda Masson as Tomoko Tomoe
Ted Thomas as Kubota, Radio Announcer, Godzilla
Esma Wilson as Machiko Shima

Iterations

  • Theatrical
    • Runtime: 89 minutes
    • Notes:
      • An English international dub was made in Hong Kong. The international version omits the comic book bubbles when Godzilla and Anguirus are speaking to each other, instead opting to dub them.
  • New World Home Video
    • Runtime: 89 minutes
    • Notes:
      • New World Home Video's release of the film to VHS and LaserDisc contains the international version, but utilizes a new ending title produced on film featuring copyright information.
  • Sony
    • Runtime: 89 minutes
    • Release Date: October 19, 2004
    • Notes:
      • When Sony released Godzilla vs. Gigan on DVD in 2004, they made a new video master for Toho.
      • This version features a new video-generated title card, which is strangely tinted green. This version also has new video-generated opening credits which fix a mistranslation of Teruyoshi Nakano's name. The ending title is video generated and features copyright information below it.
      • Sony tried to correct a recurring audio glitch in the original dub by cutting it out, however this causes the dub to occasionally go off-sync.
  • Revised International
    • Runtime: 89 minutes
    • Notes:
      • A newer revised international version exists, which has only aired on the Sci-Fi channel and has never been released on home video, notably retains the comic book bubbles. The dub is the same as the previous international dub.