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.
Keiju Kobayashi
Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
Ken Tanaka
Goro Maki
Yasuko Sawaguchi
Naoko Okumura
Shin Takuma
Hiroshi Okumura
Yōsuke Natsuki
Professor Makoto Hayashida
Eitarō Ozawa
Minister of Finance Kanzaki
Taketoshi Naitō
Chief Cabinet Secretary Takegami
Nobuo Kaneko
Home Affairs Minister Isomura
Mizuho Suzuki
Foreign Minister Emori
Junkichi Orimoto
Director-General of the Defense Agency
Director
Koji Hashimoto
Screenplay
Hideichi Nagahara
Tagline
"Breaking 30 years of silence comes the anticipated-worldwide latest "Godzilla" work!"
Status
Released
Original Language
JA
Budget
$6,000,000
Revenue
$11,000,000
Production
Toho Pictures
John Chard
June 7, 2019
It's good to have the moody atomic beast back! After an extended break, Godzilla as a movie force made its comeback with this the 16th Godzilla film and the first of what would be the Heisei series. It's a reboot that basically follows on from the original Gojira film of 1954. Plot has Godzilla back as a destroyer of mankind, setting its eyes on stomping Tokyo into oblivion. As Zilla goes about...
Jstewart2007
January 14, 2026
After the campier films of the 1960s and 1970s, this was a great return to form for the Godzilla franchise.
★ 6.5
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