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Godzilla vs. Hedorah (Japanese: ゴジラ対ヘドラ, Hepburn: Gojira tai Hedora) is a 1971 Japanese kaiju film directed and co-written by Yoshimitsu Banno, with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano. Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd., it is the 11th film in the Godzilla franchise and Banno's directorial debut.
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Godzilla vs. Hedorah: Directed by Yoshimitsu Banno, Ishirô Honda. With Akira Yamanouchi, Toshie Kimura, Hiroyuki Kawase, Toshio Shiba. A toxic, ever-evolving alien life-form from the Dark Gaseous Nebula arrives to consume rampant pollution, threatening to destroy all life in its wake unless Godzilla is able to stop it.
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- Animation, Action, Family
- Yoshimitsu Banno, Ishirô Honda
- 1972-02-10
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At his family home on the outskirts of Fuji City, Shizuoka, young Ken Yano is playing outside with his Godzilla toys when his uncle Yukio Keuchi asks him if Godzilla is his favorite. Ken responds that to him, Godzilla is Superman. Local fisherman Gohei comes to the Yanos' home to show Ken's marine biologist father Torua strange black tadpole he fou...
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right. 1. Akira Yamanouchi as Dr. Toru Yano, marine biologist 2. Hiroyuki Kawase as Ken Yano, 2nd grader 3. Toshie Kimura as Toshie Yano, junior high physical education instructor 4. Mari Keiko as Miki Fujinomiya, singer at nightclub 5. Toshio Shibaki as Yukio Keuchi, All Japan Youth Federation memb...
Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster (United States; United Kingdom)Hedorah, the Toxic Bubble (Hedorah, la burbuja tóxica; Spain)Godzilla Against Hedorah, the Toxic Bubble (Godzilla contra Hedorah, la burbuja tóxica; Spanish video title)Godzilla Against Monsters of Smog (Godzilla contra monstruos del smog; Mexico)View all posters for the film here. 1. Japan - July 24, 1971 [view poster] 2. West Germany - December 10, 1971 [view poster] 3. United States - February 1972 [view poster] 4. Canada - March 5, 1972 5. Italy - 1972 [view poster] 6. Belgium - 1972 7. Netherlands - August 9, 1972 8. Brazil - October 1972 9. Mexico - 1973 [view poster] 10. Poland - 197...
U.S. release
Godzilla vs. Hedorah was released theatrically in the United States in February 1972 by American International Pictures under the title Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster. It was dubbed into English by Titan Productions, in the company's last work on a Godzilla film.Almost no footage was cut or replaced apart from shots of Japanese text, which were either left textless or rendered in English accordingly. Changes in AIP's version include: 1. A partly reanimated graphic for "HEDORAH" during the firs...
United Kingdom release
Eaton Films released Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster in cinemas on a double bill with another AIP film, The Thing with Two Heads, in April 1975. It was given an "A" (Adult Content) rating by the BBFC and passed with no cuts. While the AIP version would remain unreleased on home video in the UK, Carlton Home Entertainment released Toho's international export version on VHS in 1998 to tie in with TriStar Pictures' release of GODZILLA. This release was classified by the BBFC as PG. The assembly of...
Godzilla vs. Hedorah was panned by the few Japanese critics who reviewed it, except the Yomiuri Shimbun. It was mentioned in passing by New York Times critic Vincent Canby in his review of Frogs, with Godzilla described as "a sort of Japanese Smokey the Bear...looking as embarrassed and pious as an elderly clergyman at a charity masquerade ball." W...
Power MultimediaDVD (1999) 1. Region:N/A 2. Discs:1 3. Audio:English (Mono, international dub), Mandarin (Mono) 4. Subtitles:English, Chinese (traditional and simplified) 5. Special features:None 6. Notes:Presents an unaltered 16mm transfer of the film's international version, albeit cropped to 1.33:1. Out of print. DVD TohoDVD (2004) 1. Region:2 2...
Godzilla vs. Hedorah played in Japanese theaters as the main feature in the Summer 1971 Toho Champion Festival, accompanied by a Return of Ultraman compilation film (which contained episodes 5 and...Godzilla vs. Hedorah includes a scene that is the first, and only, time Godzilla demonstrated the ability of flight in a film, using his atomic breath as jet propulsion. Yoshimitsu Banno reportedly...Despite Tomoyuki Tanaka allegedly prohibiting Yoshimitsu Banno from ever working on another Godzilla film, Toho attempted to produce a sequel to Godzilla vs. Hedorah with Banno as director as the 1...During the fight against Hedorah in the countryside, Godzilla tries to fend off one of Hedorah's eye beams by forming a cross with his arms, a reference to the pose Ultramanstrikes when firing his...Scans of AIP's Godzilla vs. the Smog MonsterpressbookThis is a list of references for Godzilla vs. Hedorah. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this:
Godzilla vs. Hedorah. 1972 · 1 hr 26 min. PG. Sci-Fi · Horror · Foreign/International. When an ever-evolving creature born from the world’s pollution starts spewing toxic gas and sludge, it takes the avatar of nuclear war to save Earth. Audio Languages: English.
- Yoshimitsu Banno, Ishirô Honda
- 85 min
- January 1, 1972
Godzilla vs. Hedorah. An ever evolving alien life-form from the Dark Gaseous Nebula arrives to consume rampant pollution. Spewing mists of sulfuric acid and corrosive sludge, neither humanity...
Perhaps one of the most unique films of the Showa Era of Godzilla is GODZILLA vs. HEDORAH, also known around the world as GODZILLA vs. THE SMOG MONSTER!***.
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Godzilla vs. Hedorah (ゴジラ対ヘドラ, Gojira Tai Hedora?, lit. Godzilla Against Hedorah) is a 1971 tokusatsu kaiju film produced by Toho Company Ltd., and the eleventh installment in the Godzilla series as well as the Showa series.
