The Return of Godzilla
“Breaking 30 years of silence comes the anticipated-worldwide latest "Godzilla" work!”
Synopsis
When a fishing boat is attacked, the only surviving crew member discovers that the assailant is a resurrected Godzilla. Attempts to publicize the threat are stifled by the Japanese government, as rising political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union escalate, with both nations considering military action against Japan to neutralize the creature.
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Principal cast & crew: 39
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Yoshitami KuroiwaShot by Kazutami HaraScored by Reijiro KorokuDesigned by Akira Sakuragi
Box Office
1984 · Box office
⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.8× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$11.0M
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Cast & Crew
39 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Eitaro Ozawa
as Minster of Finance Kanazaki
Nobuo Kaneko
as Home Affairs Minister Isomura
Keiju Kobayashi
as Prime Minster Seiki Mitamura
Ken Tanaka
as Goro Maki
Yasuko Sawaguchi
as Naoko Okumura
Shin Takuma
as Hiroshi Okumura
Yosuke Natsuki
as Professor Makoto Hayashida
Takeshi Kato
as Trade Minister
Mizuho Suzuki
as Foreign Minister Emori
Taketoshi Naito
as Chief Cabinet Secretary Takegami
Junkichi Orimoto
as Director-General of the Defense Agency
Hiroshi Koizumi
as Professor Minami
Supporting cast
14Kunio Murai
as Secretary Henmi
Kei Sato
as Chief Editor Gondo
Shigeo Kato
as Captain of the Yahata Maru
Walter Nichols
as Rosenburg, Special Envoy for the President of the United States
Alexander Kilis
as Chefsky, Special Envoy for the Soviet Union
Takenori Emoto
as Desk Editor Kitagawa
Koji Ishizaka
as Power plant guard
Tetsuya Takeda
as Homeless man
Joe Raznack
as Kramer, American Ambassador (uncredited)
Joseph Grace
as Zazimov, Soviet Ambassador (uncredited)
Kenpachiro Satsuma
as Godzilla
Akira Toriyama
as Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited)
Yuji Horii
as Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited)
Akira Sakuma
as Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited)
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2Other crew
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