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Gojira tai Hedora (1971)
Country of Origin:
Japan
Year of Production: 1971
Running Times: 87 mins (USA)
96 mins (Germany)
Format: colour 35mm
Tohoscope
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Toho
Executive Producers: Samuel Z. Arkoff, Tomoyuki Tanaka
SCRIPT
Script: Yoshimitsu Banno, Kaoru Mabuchi (real name: Takeshi Kimura)
DIRECTION
Director: Yoshimitsu Banno
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Yoichi Manoda
Lab: Tokyo Laboratory Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Yoshitami Kuroiwa
US Version Editor: Eli Haviv
MUSIC
Music: Riichiro Manabe
Songs: Riichiro Manabe, Yoshimitsu Banno (Kaese! Taiyô wo; Hedora
wo yattsukero!)
Songs Performed By: Keiko Mari, the Honey Knights and the Moon Drops
(Kaese! Taiyô wo; Hedora wo yattsukero!)
SOUND
English Dubbing Supervisor: Salvatore Billitteri
English Dubbing Director: Lee Kresel
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Director of Special Effects: Teruyoshi Nakano
Special Effects Cinematographer: Yoichi Manoda
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Taiko Inoue
STUNTS
Stunt Choreographer: Haruo Nakajima CAST
Akira Yamauchi (Dr Yano)
Toshie Kimura (Toshie Yano)
Hiroyuki Kawase (Ken Yano)
Keiko Mari (Miki Fujiyama)
Toshio Shiba (Yukio Keuchi)
Yukihiko Gondo (mean general)
Eisaburo Komatsu (fisherman)
Tadashi Okabe (scientist)
Wataru Omae (helpless police officer)
Susumu Okabe (interviewer)
Haruo Nakajima (Gojira)
Kengo Nakayama (real name: Kenpachiro Satsuma) (Hedora) PLOT SUMMARY
As Tokyo's pollution problem
grows steadily worse, a new monster emerges from the slime - Hedrah,
the smog monster. It immediately sets about laying waste to Tokyo
and only Godzilla can prevent it from completely destroying the whole
of Japan. CAPSULE REVIEW
Surely the strangest of all the Godzilla films, with its surreal
animated cutaways, psychedelic nightclub scenes and half-baked ecological
message. The sight of Godzilla flying has purists in uproar and non-fans
will likely be unimpressed by the muddled script, tatty Godzilla suit
and dreadful music. But die-hard kaiju fans will find plenty to enjoy
in this second-division but still very enjoyable entryt in the long
running franchise, one that doesn't really deserve the appalling reputation
it's had to suffer. AVAILABILITY
Canada
Theatrical Distributor: Astral Films
Italy
Theatrical Distributor: Titanus Distribuzione S.p.a.
South Korea
Theatrical Distributor: Kuk Dong
USA
Theatrical Distributor: AIP
Laserdisc Distributor: Image Entertainment Inc
Video Distributors: Orion Home Video; Simitar Video
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
USA
Rating: G
TIMELINE
1971
July
24: Japan – theatrical release
December
Day Unknown: South Korea – theatrical release
10: West Germany – theatrical release
1972
February
Day Unknown: USA – theatrical release ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Frankensteins Kampf gegen die Teufelsbrut –
German title
Frankensteins Kampf gegen die Teufelsmonster –
German title
Godzilla - Furia di mostri – Italian title
Godzilla vs Hedora – International English
language title
Godzilla vs the Smog Monster – Canadian / UK
/ US title
Hedora, la burbuja tóxica – Spanish
title LINKS
SEQUEL TO
Gojira (1954)
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Gojira Fuantajî ~SF Kôkyô Fuantajî~ (1984) KEYWORDS
children; discos; environmental; experimental films; giant monsters;
godzilla; hallucinations; pollution; scientists; sequels; surrealism
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