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Godzilla vs. Gigan is a japonais film of genre Science fiction directed by Jun Fukuda released in USA on 19 august 1977 with Haruo Nakajima
Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)
Chikyû kogeki meirei: Gojira tai Gaigan
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 19 august 1977
Length 1h29
Directed by Jun Fukuda
OriginJapon
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La fin du monde, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Transport films, Films set in the future, Animaux préhistoriques, Films about dragons, Films about extraterrestrial life, Giant monster films, Godzilla films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Rating56%
Godzilla vs. Gigan, released in Japan as Chikyū Kōgeki Meirei: Gojira tai Gaigan (地球攻撃命令 ゴジラ対ガイガン, lit. "Earth Destruction Directive: Godzilla vs. Gigan"), is a 1972 Japanese Kaiju film produced by Toho. Directed by Jun Fukuda with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano, the film starred Hiroshi Ishikawa, Yuriko Hishimi and Minoru Takashima. The twelfth film of the Godzilla series, this film featured the return of Godzilla's greatest foe King Ghidorah. Producer Tomoyuki Tanaka was displeased with the previous film, Godzilla vs. Hedorah, and wanted to return the series to the more traditional route of well known monsters and an alien invasion plot. This was the last film in which Godzilla was portrayed by Haruo Nakajima who had played the character since the first film in 1954.
The film received a limited theatrical release in the United States in 1978 by Cinema Shares as Godzilla on Monster Island.
Synopsis
Giant insectoid aliens from a dying planet in "Space Hunter Nebula-M" plot to colonize the Earth. The aliens assume the forms of dead humans and work as the development staff of the peace-themed theme park, World Children's Land, the centerpiece of which is "Godzilla Tower". The Nebula-M aliens plan to use the space monsters Gigan and King Ghidorah, guided by two "Action Signal Tapes," to wipe out human civilization.Actors
Haruo Nakajima
(Godzilla / JSDF Officer / Background Comic Editor)
Kunio Murai
(Takashi Shima)
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