Godzilla: Final Wars

Godzilla: Final Wars




Director Ryuhei Kitamura
Producer Shogo Tomiyama
Screenplay Wataru Mimura
Isao Kiriyama
Special Effects Eiichi Asada
Music Keith Emerson
Nobuhiko Morino
Daisuke Yano
Photography Takumi Furuya
Art Yukiharu Seshimo
Sound Teiichi Sato
Lighting Toshihide Takasaka
Editor Shuichi Kakesu
Stunt Coordinator Tak Sakaguchi
Yuji Shimomura
Overseas Unit Director Ryuichi Takatsu
Gotengo Design Yoji Shinkawa
EDF Design Yoji Shinkawa
Production Companies Toho
Release Date December 4, 2004
Runtime 125 minutes
Preceded by Godzilla X Mothra X Mechagodzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003)
Followed by Shin Godzilla (2016)



Director Ryuhei Kitamura
Producer Shogo Tomiyama
Screenplay Wataru Mimura
Isao Kiriyama
Special Effects Eiichi Asada
Music Keith Emerson
Nobuhiko Morino
Daisuke Yano
Photography Takumi Furuya
Art Yukiharu Seshimo
Sound Teiichi Sato
Lighting Toshihide Takasaka
Editor Shuichi Kakesu
Stunt Coordinator Tak Sakaguchi
Yuji Shimomura
Overseas Unit Director Ryuichi Takatsu
Gotengo Design Yoji Shinkawa
EDF Design Yoji Shinkawa
Production Companies Toho
Release Date December 4, 2004
Runtime 125 minutes
Preceded by Godzilla X Mothra X Mechagodzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003)
Followed by Shin Godzilla (2016)

The Earth Defense Force, mankind’s last line of defense against monster attacks, recruits soldiers with superior strength and speed called “mutants.” Ozaki, a mutant soldier, is assigned bodyguard to biologist Miyuki. Miyuki is examining the remains of a mummified monster and determines that it shares the same anomalous gene that the mutants do. Ozaki and Miyuki receive a vision from the Shobijin who inform them that the monster is Gigan, and that it fought Mothra ages ago. Suddenly monsters appear in every major city around the globe, and the EDF is spread thin trying to contain the threats. Just as suddenly, the monsters are vanquished by newly arrived UFOs. The UFOs have rescued the UN secretary general, Daigo, who vouches for the aliens, who call themselves the Xians. The Xians warn mankind that a rogue planet is on a collision course with earth, and that they must concentrate their firepower on its coordinates to save themselves.

Miyuki discovers that Daigo has been replaced by an Xian, and that the rogue planet is nothing more than a hologram. Ozaki recruits his superior officer, Captain Gordon, to help them expose the aliens’ true intentions: to subjugate earth and feed on humans. With their plan exposed, the Xians release the monsters to continue destroying earth’s cities. They also revive Gigan and take control of all the mutant soldiers by manipulating their genes. Ozaki, for some reason, is unaffected by the mind control. Gordon gathers a small crew and launches his warship, the Gotengo, towards the South Pole, where Godzilla is being kept imprisoned under the ice. They free Godzilla, and the Gotengo leads it back to Japan. The Xians send every monster to intercept Godzilla, but he easily defeats all of them.

Godzilla arrives in Japan and duels with the Xians last monster, Monster X, as the Gotengo mounts an assault on the Xian mothership. The crew is captured and held prisoner while the lead Xian, the Controller, coerces Ozaki into obeying him. Ozaki is a special mutant called a “keizer,” with enhanced abilities he has not learned to harness yet. Ozaki breaks free from the Controller’s influence and uses his keizer powers to defeat the Controller, causing the mothership to self destruct. Monster X begins to overpower Godzilla. Ozaki uses the Gotengo to transmit his keizer energy into Godzilla, who defeats Monster X. Godzilla then turns on the Gotengo and disables it. A stand off ensues when Minya, the son of Godzilla, arrives and stands between Godzilla and the humans. Godzilla relents and departs with Minya in tow.

Top Billed Cast

Masahiro Matsuoka
Shinichi Ozaki
Rei Kikukawa
Miyuki Otonashi
Don Frye
Col. Douglas Gordon
Maki Mizuno
Anna Otonashi
Kazuki Kitamura
X-Seijin Controller
Kane Kosugi
Katsunori Kazama
Kumi Mizuno
EDF Commander Reiko Namikawa
Kenji Sahara
Hachiro Jinguji
Masami Nagasawa
Shobjin
Chihiro Otsuka
Shobijin
Shigeru Izumiya
Samon Taguchi
Masakatsu Funaki
Chief Kumasaka
Masato Ibu
X-Seijin Commander
Jun Kunimura
Major Komuro
Akira Takarada
SG Naotaro Daigo

Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically

Matthew Masaru Baron
Gotengo Crew
Gary Goodridge
Nick
Jun Hashizume
Daigo's Assistant
Nami Ichinohe
Gotengo Crew
Nobuaki Kakuda
Himself
Naoko Kamio
Rodan, Minya
Yumi Kikuchi
Mutant Soldier
Daisaku Kimura
Himself
Tsutomu Kitagawa
Godzilla
Ryuhei Kitamura
Radio Interviewer
Kenji Kobashi
Himself (as X)
Minoru Matsumoto
Mutant Soldier
Takashi Matsuo
Himself
Motokuni Nakagawa
King Caesar, Monster X, Keizer Ghidorah
Akira Nakao
Old Gotengo Captain
Junichi Nirasawa
Himself
Kazuhito Oba
Gotengo Crew
Toshihiro Ogura
Anguirus, Ebirah, Keizer Ghidorah
Yoshihiko Otsuki
Himself
Mick Preston
NYC Cop
Tak Sakaguchi
X-Seijin
Hideo Sakaki
Eclair Officer
Shiro Sano
Assassin
Tamao Sato
Tokyo Woman
Darren Schnase
NYC Pimp
Ray Sefo
Glenn
Wataru Shihodo
Maj. General Kunikida
Tomoe Shinohara
Herself
Kenta Suga
Kenta Taguchi
Shinji Suzuki
Mutant Soldier
Shelley Sweeney
Eclair Captain
Ko Takasugi
Karyu Captain
Yasunari Takeshima
Gotengo Crew
Shosuke Tanihara
Tokyo Man
Michael Tomioka
Himself
Koichi Ueda
Old Gotengo Officer
Kanae Uotani
X-Seijin
Koichi Yamadera
Narrator
Kazuhiro Yoshida
Gigan, Hedorah
Top Billed Cast

Shinichi Ozaki
Masahiro Matsuoka

Miyuki Otonashi
Rei Kikukawa

Col. Douglas Gordon
Don Frye

Anna Otonashi
Maki Mizuno

X-Seijin Controller
Kazuki Kitamura

Katsunori Kazama
Kane Kosugi

EDF Commander Reiko Namikawa

Hachiro Jinguji

Shobjin
Masami Nagasawa

Shobijin
Chihiro Otsuka

Samon Taguchi
Shigeru Izumiya

Chief Kumasaka
Masakatsu Funaki

X-Seijin Commander
Masato Ibu

Major Komuro
Jun Kunimura

SG Naotaro Daigo
Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically

Gotengo Crew
Matthew Masaru Baron

Nick
Gary Goodridge

Daigo's Assistant
Jun Hashizume

Gotengo Crew
Nami Ichinohe

Himself
Nobuaki Kakuda

Rodan

Minya
Naoko Kamio

Mutant Soldier
Yumi Kikuchi

Himself
Daisaku Kimura

Godzilla
Tsutomu Kitagawa

Radio Interviewer
Ryuhei Kitamura

Himself (as X)
Kenji Kobashi

Mutant Soldier
Minoru Matsumoto

Himself
Takashi Matsuo

King Caesar

Monster X

Keizer Ghidorah
Motokuni Nakagawa

Old Gotengo Captain
Akira Nakao

Himself
Junichi Nirasawa

Gotengo Crew
Kazuhito Oba

Anguirus

Ebirah

Keizer Ghidorah
Toshihiro Ogura

Himself
Yoshihiko Otsuki

NYC Cop
Mick Preston

X-Seijin
Tak Sakaguchi

Eclair Officer
Hideo Sakaki

Assassin
Shiro Sano

Tokyo Woman
Tamao Sato

NYC Pimp
Darren Schnase

Glenn
Ray Sefo

Maj. General Kunikida
Wataru Shihodo

Herself
Tomoe Shinohara

Kenta Taguchi
Kenta Suga

Mutant Soldier
Shinji Suzuki

Eclair Captain
Shelley Sweeney

Karyu Captain
Ko Takasugi

Gotengo Crew
Yasunari Takeshima

Tokyo Man
Shosuke Tanihara

Himself
Michael Tomioka

Old Gotengo Officer
Koichi Ueda

X-Seijin
Kanae Uotani

Narrator
Koichi Yamadera

Gigan

Hedorah
Kazuhiro Yoshida