Themes Films about animals,
Dinosaur films,
La fin du monde,
Kaiju films,
Films about magic and magicians,
Seafaring films,
La préhistoire,
Transport films,
Animaux préhistoriques,
Films about insects,
Films about dragons,
Les fées,
Giant monster films,
Godzilla films,
Children's films,
Films about extraterrestrial life,
Disaster films
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, released in Japan as San Daikaijū: Chikyū Saidai no Kessen (三大怪獣 地球最大の決戦, lit. "Three Giant Strange Beasts: The Greatest Battle on Earth"), is a 1964 Japanese crossover science fiction kaiju film produced by Toho. Directed by Ishirō Honda, and featuring special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya, the film starred Yosuke Natsuki, Hiroshi Koizumi, and Akiko Wakabayashi. It is the fifth film in the Godzilla series and was the second Godzilla film produced that year (production began following Mothra vs. Godzilla). This film marked the change of Godzilla from villain to hero, and featured the first appearance of King Ghidorah, the main antagonist of the Godzilla series.
The film was released theatrically in the United States in the Fall of 1965 by Continental Distributing as Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster.Synopsis
Police Detective Shindo (Yosuke Natsuki) is assigned to guard Princess Selina Salno of Selgina (Akiko Wakabayashi) during the Princess' visit to Japan, due to a suspected assassination plot. Although Shindo is smitten with Selina's photograph, her plane never makes it to Japan, as it is destroyed by a bomb en route. At exactly the same time a meteorite shower draws the attention of Professor Murai (Hiroshi Koizumi), who along with his team of scientists strikes out into the wilderness to examine the largest of the meteors, which has magnetic properties.
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