The Return of Godzilla

1984 103 min ★ 7.2 Science Fiction, Action, Horror

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.

Cast

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

Details

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

Reviews

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John Chard

June 7, 2019

★ 7/10

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...

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Jstewart2007

January 14, 2026

★ 7/10

After the campier films of the 1960s and 1970s, this was a great return to form for the Godzilla franchise.