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Gojira tai Biorante (1989)
Country of Origin:
Japan
Year of Production: 1989
Running Times: 105 mins
Format: colour 35mm
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: Dolby CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Toho Company Ltd
Executive Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer: Shogo Tomiyama
Production Manager: Kishu Morichi
SCRIPT
Script: Kazuki Omori
Story: Shinichirô Kobayashi
DIRECTION
Director: Kazuki Omori
Assistant Directors: Kazuhiko Fukami, Hideyuki Inoue, Hiroshi Kubo
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Yudai Kato
Lighting: Takeshi Awakibara
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Michiko Ikeda
MUSIC
Music: Kôichi Sugiyama
Themes: Akira Ifukube
Conductor / Arranger: David Howell
Orchestrators: Kôichi Sugiyama, David Howell
Music Producer: Masao Iwase
SOUND
Sound Mixer: Kazuo Miyauchi
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Kenji Kawasaki
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Director of Special Effects: Koichi Kawakita
Biollante Designer: Fuyuki Shinada
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Shigekazu Ikuno
Property Master: Minoru Kujirai
Assistant Property Master: Gou Suzuki
CAST
Kunihiko Mitamura (Kazuhito Kirishima)
Yoshiko Tanaka (Asuka Okouchi)
Masanobu Takashima (Major Sho Kuroki)
Megumi Odaka (Miki Saegusa)
Tôru Minegishi (Lieutenant Goro Gondo)
Koji Takahashi (Dr Shiragami)
Toshiyuki Nagashima (Director Seiichi Yamamoto)
Ryunosuke Kaneda (Azuka's Father)
Kazuma Matsubara (Super-X2 coordinator)
Yasunori Yugi (Prime Minister)
Yoshiko Kuga (Prime Minister's wife)
Yasuko Sawaguchi (Erika Shiragami)
Haruko Sagara (TV reporter)
Kôichi Ueda (General Hyodo)
Kosuke Toyohara (Super-X2 controller)
Katsuhiko Sasaki (soldier with glasses)
Hirohisa Nakata (helicopter onlooker)
Kenzo Hagiwara (officer)
Kenpachiro Satsuma, Yoshitaka Kimura, Shigeru Shibazaki (Gojira)
Masashi Takegumi (Biorante)
Dêmon Kogure (Dêmon Kogure Kakka)
Kurt Cramer (John Lee)
Derrick Holmes (Michael Low)
Beth Blatt (reporter)
Abdallah Helal (Saradia scientist)
Manjot Beoi (Saradia plant director)
Brien Uhl (SSS9)
Robert Corner (extra - uncredited) PLOT SUMMARY
Cells from the body of the trapped
Godzilla are retrieved by a scientist who uses them in his experiments.
genetically combining them with those of a rose. The result is the
monstrous biological horror Biollante which menaces Tokyo. Meanwhile,
a young psychic has detected signs that Godzilla is stirring... AVAILABILITY
Canada
Theatrical Distributor: Alliance Home Video
Japan
Theatrical Distributor: Toho Company Ltd
South Korea
Theatrical Distributor: Kuk Dong
Spain
Theatrical Distributor: Manga Films S.L.
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Dimension Films
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Spain
Rating: 13
USA
Rating: PG
West Germany
Rating: 12
TIMELINE
1989
December
16: Japan – theatrical release
1990
February
15: South Korea – theatrical release POSTER TAGS
The most terrifying monster of all time is back in his
greatest movie ever
The ultimate battle has only just begun. ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Godzilla 1990 - South Korean title
Godzilla contra Biollante - Spanish title
Godzilla Contra-Ataca - Portugese title
Godzilla contre Biollante - French video title
Godzilla vs Biollante
Godzilla, der Urgigant - German title
Gojira vs Biorante – US title LINKS
SEQUEL TO
Gojira (1984)
SEQUELS
Gojira VS Kingugidora (1991)
Gojira VS Mosura (1992)
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Mars Attacks! (1996)
SEE ALSO
Super Godzilla (1993) KEYWORDS
giant monsters; godzilla; monsters; sequels
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