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The Return of Godzilla

Poster for The Return of Godzilla
Released
14 Dec 1985
Runtime
103 min
Japanese title
ゴジラ
Gojira
Godzilla
Also known as
Godzilla 1985
American Theatrical Release
Series
No. 16
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 Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
Followed by Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
Studio
Toho Co., Ltd.
Staff
Director
Hashimoto Kôji
SFX Director
Producer
Story
Screenplay
Nagahara Shûichi
Co-Producer
Tanaka Fumio
Photography
Hara Kazutami
Art
Sakuragi Akira
Sound
Tanaka Nobuyuki
Lighting
Kojima Shinji
Music
Koroku Reijirô
Assistant Director
Ôkawara Takao
Yamashita Kenshô
Editor
Kuroiwa Yoshitami
SFX Art
SFX Assistant Director
Asada Eiichi
Cast

Top billed

Tanaka Ken
Maki Gorô
Tanaka Ken
Sawaguchi Yasuko
Okumura Naoko
Sawaguchi Yasuko
Takuma Shin
Okumura Hiroshi
Takuma Shin
Takeda Tetsuya
Vagrant
Takeda Tetsuya

Supporting

Ebata Takashi
Ship's Captain
Ebata Takashi
Emoto Takenori
Kitagawa
Emoto Takenori
Dennis Falt
Soviet Submarine Captain
Dennis Falt
Hashimoto Isao
Akiyama
Hashimoto Isao
Ishizaka Kôji
Power Plant Worker
Ishizaka Kôji
Luke Johnston
Colonel Kashirin
Luke Johnston
Alexander Kairis
Chevsky
Alexander Kairis
Kaneko Nobuo
Minister Isomura
Kaneko Nobuo
Katô Takeshi
Minister Kasaoka
Katô Takeshi
Mikimoto Shinsuke
Chief Kakurai
Mikimoto Shinsuke
Mori Kanta
Minister Ôkouchi
Mori Kanta
Morimoto Takerô
News Reader
Morimoto Takerô
Murai Kunio
Henmi
Murai Kunio
Naitô Taketoshi
Secretary Takegami
Naitô Taketoshi
Walter Nichols
Rosenberg
Walter Nichols
Orimoto Junkichi
Minister Môri
Orimoto Junkichi
Satô Kei
Editor Godô
Satô Kei
Suzuki Mizuho
Minister Emori
Suzuki Mizuho
Ushio Tetsuya
Control Room Radio Operator
Ushio Tetsuya
Yamamoto Kiyoshi
Minister Kajita
Yamamoto Kiyoshi
Kaiju
Godzilla
Godzilla
Satsuma Kenpachirô · Suit Actor
Home Video

VHS

Godzilla 1985
New World Pictures · 1986
  • US Version

Blu-ray

Godzilla 1984
Kraken Releasing · 2016