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Godzilla 1985

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Okumura, witnesses a huge monster during a storm. Biologist Hayashida hears Okumura's story from Toto Nippo reporter Maki and concludes that Godzilla, who was buried 30 years ago, has come back to life. Godzilla then appears in Tokyo Bay.

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Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand It’s still a guy in a suit stomping through lovingly detailed miniatures, and by American standards it’ll always have that delightfully cheesy camp element, but this painstakingly crafted affair is one of the easier series efforts to take seriously. Apr 26, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Hugo M Must watch if you love monster movies. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/24/25 Full Review Audience Member The Japanese Version of Godzilla 1985 is called "Return of Godzilla" or simply "Godzilla" from 1984. It's the start of the Heisei Godzilla era and features high war-tension between Japan, America and Russia. It's "very of it's time" as an 80s film, but I found it an enjoyable film before the US Version "Godzilla 1985" re-dubbed and re-edited the film and sub-plots. Some things worked better in the American Dub/Edit, but go for the Japanese 1984 Version without Raymond Burr. Godzilla really is the innocent creature on the rampage just going on and happens to attack Tokyo once again, like in 1954, but really isn't the villian by the end of film as it reaches an emotional conclusion! Give it a chance and watch the Japanese Version with English subtitles, etc. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/12/25 Full Review Laura B If you can get past the laughably bad dubbing and additional American scenes, your gonna get exactly what you ask for. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 06/08/25 Full Review Matt F This Godzilla film follows in the footsteps of the 1st film, but takes place 30 years after. The changing times give way to new views of what Godzilla is and represents, but the political drama is still present. I rank think still in my top 5 of all the Godzilla films. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/28/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Okumura, witnesses a huge monster during a storm. Biologist Hayashida hears Okumura's story from Toto Nippo reporter Maki and concludes that Godzilla, who was buried 30 years ago, has come back to life. Godzilla then appears in Tokyo Bay.
Director
Kohji Hashimoto
Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Screenwriter
Shuichi Nagahara
Production Co
Toho Company Ltd.
Genre
Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Original Language
Japanese
Runtime
1h 43m
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