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Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

Poster for Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Released
19 Dec 1964
Runtime
93 min
Japanese title
三大怪獣 地球最大の決戦
San Daikaijû Chikyû Saidai No Kessen
Three Giant Monsters
Also known as
Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster
American Theatrical Release
Series
No. 5
Godzilla Series
  1. Godzilla (1954)
  2. Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
  3. King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
  4. Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
  5. Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
  6. Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
  7. Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
  8. Son of Godzilla (1967)
  9. Destroy All Monsters (1968)
  10. All Monsters Attack (1969)
  11. Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)
  12. Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)
  13. Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
  14. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
  15. Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
  16. The Return of Godzilla (1985)
  17. Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
  18. Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
  19. Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
  20. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
  21. Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)
  22. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
  23. Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)
  24. Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
  25. Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
  26. Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)
  27. Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)
  28. Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
  29. Shin Godzilla (2016)
  30. Godzilla Minus One (2023)
  31. Godzilla Minus Zero (2026)

Preceded by Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
Followed by Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
Studio
Toho Co., Ltd.
Staff
Director
SFX Director
Producer
Screenplay
Photography
Art
Sound
Yanoguchi Fumio
Lighting
Kojima Shôshichi
Music
Editor
Fujii Ryôhei
SFX Photography
SFX Assistant Director
Credits
製作Producer
田中友幸Tanaka Tomoyuki
脚本Screenplay
関沢新一Sekizawa Shin’ichi
撮影Photography
小泉一Koizumi Hajime
美術Art
北猛夫Kita Takeo
録音Recording
矢野口文雄Yanoguchi Fumio
照明Lighting
小島正七Kojima Shôshichi
音楽Music
伊福部昭Ifukube Akira
挿入歌Insert Song
『幸せを呼ぼう』“Call Happiness”
作詞Lyrics
岩谷時子Iwatani Tokiko
作曲Composition
宮川泰Miyagawa Hiroshi
整音Dubbing
下永尚Shimonaga Hisashi
監督助手Assistant Director
佐野健Sano Ken
編集Editing
藤井良平Fujii Ryôhei
音響効果Sound Effects
知久長Tomohisa Chô
現像Developing
東京現像所Tokyo Laboratory
製作担当者Production Manager
中村茂Nakamura Shigeru
特殊技術Special Technology
撮影Photography
有川貞昌Arikawa Sadamasa
富岡素敬Tomioka Mototaka
光学撮影Optical Photography
真野田幸雄Manoda Yukio
徳政義行Tokumasa Yoshiyuki
美術Art
渡辺明Watanabe Akira
照明Lighting
岸田九一郎Kishida Kuichirô
合成Composition
向山宏Mukôyama Hiroshi
監督助手Assistant Director
中野昭慶Nakano Teruyoshi
製作担当者Production Manager
小池忠司Koike Tadashi
出演者Performers
夏木陽介Natsuki Yôsuke
星由里子Hoshi Yuriko
小泉博Koizumi Hiroshi
志村喬Shimura Takashi
ザ・ピーナッツThe Peanuts
伊藤エミItô Emi
伊藤ユミItô Yumi
若林映子Wakabayashi Akiko
伊藤久哉Itô Hisaya
黒部進Kurobe Susumu
平田昭彦Hirata Akihiko
佐原健二Sahara Kenji
伊吹徹Ibuki Tôru
野村浩三Nomura Kôzô
田島義文Tajima Yoshibumi
天本英世Amamoto Hideyo
小杉義男Kosugi Yoshio
高田稔Takada Minoru
英百合子Hanabusa Yuriko
加藤春哉Katô Haruya
沢村いき雄Sawamura Ikio
富田仲次郎Tomita Nakajirô
石田茂樹Ishida Shigeki
大友伸Ôtomo Shin
中山豊Nakayama Yutaka
大村千吉Ômura Senkichi
松本染升Matsumoto Someshô
鈴木和夫Suzuki Kazuo
青空千夜Aozora Sen’ya
青空一夜Aozora Ichiya
広瀬正一Hirose Shôichi
ヘンリー・大川Henry Ôkawa
向井淳一郎Mukai Jun’ichirô
古田俊彦Furuta Toshihiko
池田生二Ikeda Seiji
澁谷英男Shibuya Hideo
勝本圭一郎Katsumoto Keiichirô
手塚勝巳Tezuka Katsumi
宇野晃司Uno Kôji
井上大助Inoue Daisuke
三浦敏男Miura Toshio
浦山珠実Urayama Tamami
熊谷卓三Kumagai Takuzô
津田光男Tsuda Mitsuo
勝部義夫Katsube Yoshio
坪野鎌之Tsubono Kamayuki
今井和雄Imai Kazuo
門脇三郎Kadowaki Saburô
越後憲三Echigo Kenzô
伊原徳Ihara Toku
古谷敏Furuya Bin
黒木順Kuroki Jun
岡豊Oka Yutaka
中島春雄Nakajima Haruo
宇畄木耕嗣Uruki Kôji
坂本晴哉Sakamoto Haruya
特技監督Special Effects Director
円谷英二Tsuburaya Eiji
監督Director
本多猪四郎Honda Ishirô
Cast

Top billed

Hanabusa Yuriko
Shindô's Mother
Hanabusa Yuriko
Aozora Sen'ya
TV Presenter
Aozora Sen'ya
Aozora Ichiya
TV Presenter
Aozora Ichiya
Ikeda Seiji
Village Policeman
Ikeda Seiji

Supporting

Suzukawa Jirô
Reporter
Suzukawa Jirô · uncredited
Suzukawa Jirô
Bystander
Suzukawa Jirô · uncredited
Kaiju
Rodan
Rodan
Uruki Kôji · Suit Actor
Mothra
Mothra
Puppet
Home Video

VHS

Ghidrah the Three Headed Monster
Video Treasures · 1988
Ghidrah the Three-Headed Monster
Anchor Bay Entertainment · 1997

DVD

Ghidorah the Three-Headed Monster
Classic Media · 2007
3 special features
  • US and Japanese Versions
  • Audio Commentary by David Kalat
  • Eiji Tsuburaya Biography

Blu-ray

Godzilla: The Showa Films, 1954-1975
Criterion Collection · 2019
Box set · 15 films
10 special features
  • Audio Commentaries by David Kalat
  • Ishiro Honda Interview
  • Special Effects Featurette
  • Alex Cox Interview
  • Bin Furuya Interview
  • Tsugutoshi Komada Interview
  • Haruo Nakajima Interview
  • Akira Takarada Interview
  • Akira Ifukube Interview
  • "The Unluckiest Dragon" Audio Essay by Greg Pflugfelder

VOD