The Return of Godzilla
Released: December 15, 1984Runtime: 103 minLanguage: JA
After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.
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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
Taketoshi Naito
as Chief Cabinet Secretary Takegami
Eitaro Ozawa
as Minster of Finance Kanazaki
Nobuo Kaneko
as Home Affairs Minister Isomura
Takeshi Kato
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Mizuho Suzuki
as Foreign Minister Emori
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