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Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster is a japonais film of genre Science fiction directed by Ishirō Honda released in USA on 13 september 1965 with Yuriko Hoshi

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)

San Daikaijū: Chikyū Saidai no Kessen

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
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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.

Actors

Yuriko Hoshi

(Naoko Shindo)
Akiko Wakabayashi

(Mas Selina Salno)
Hiroshi Koizumi

(Professor Miura)
Haruo Nakajima

(Godzilla (uncredited))
Takashi Shimura

(Dr. Tsukamoto)
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Godzilla (1954) Godzilla Raids Again (1955) Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) Rodan (1956) The Mysterians (1957) Varan (1958) Battle in Outer Space (1959) Mothra (1961) Gorath (1962) King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) Atragon (1963) Dogora (1964) Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965) Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) The War of the Gargantuas (1966) Son of Godzilla (1967) King Kong Escapes (1967) Destroy All Monsters (1968) Latitude Zero (1969) Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969) All Monsters Attack (1969) Space Amoeba (1970) Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) The War in Space (1977) The Return of Godzilla (1985) Godzilla 1985 (1985) Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) Gunhed (1989) Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994) Monster Planet of Godzilla (1994) Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) Rebirth of Mothra (1996) Rebirth of Mothra II (1997) Godzilla (1998) Rebirth of Mothra III (1998) Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla (2002) Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003) Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) Godzilla (2014) Shin Godzilla (2016) Shin Godzilla (2016) Kong: Skull Island (2017) Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

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