Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla

1/19/19991h 48m

Physical Release (US)

~ The descent of the God of Destruction ~

Overview:

A mysterious extraterrestrial being resembling Godzilla rapidly approaches Earth. The monster, dubbed SpaceGodzilla, lands to challenge the King of the Monsters.

Director:

Kensho Yamashita

Status:

Released

Language:

Japanese

Buget:

$10,300,000.00

Revenue:

$20,000,000.00

Key words:

island
japan
helicopter
giant monster
robot
kaiju
esp
crystal
godzilla
tokusatsu

Cast

Jun Hashizume

~ as ~

Lieutenant Koji Shinjo

Megumi Odaka

~ as ~

Miki Saegusa

Zenkichi Yoneyama

~ as ~

Lieutenant Kiyoshi Sato

Akira Nakao

~ as ~

Colonel Takaaki Aso

Yousuke Saito

~ as ~

Dr. Susumu Okubo

Koichi Ueda

~ as ~

Deputy Commander Hyodo

Kenji Sahara

~ as ~

Minister Takayuki Segawa

Towako Yoshikawa

~ as ~

Dr. Chinatsu Gondo

Akira Emoto

~ as ~

Major Akira Yuki

Keiko Imamura

~ as ~

Cosmos

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Reviews (2)

John Chard
Written 5 year(s) ago
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Godzilla! I still have something to settle with you!

Gojira vs. Supesugojira (Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla) is directed by Kenshô Yamashita and written by Kanji Kashiwa, Hiroshi Kashiwabara and Shinichirô Kobayashi. It stars Megumi Odaka, Jun Hashizume, Zenkichi Yoneyama and Akira Emoto. Music is by Takayuki Hattori and cinematography by Masahiro Kishimoto.

Godzilla faces two new foes, Mogera - a UN built giant robotic machine, and Space Godzilla - a beast spawned from Godzilla's particles in space...

Oh how nutty it is, here we have part of what is known as the Heisei period of "Zilla" movies, and it's utterly bonkers. Is it meant to be a comedy, serious, thrown together quickly to make some money? Who knows? Who cares? Very divisive in Godzilla fan circles (totally understandable), pic throws a number of action series staples at the piece, slots in Godzilla's kid (a goofy looking Godzuki monstrosity), and pitches the moody big lizard against two foes that creates ultimate fire and destruction mayhem.

Godzilla stomps the city of course, all while trying to keep out the telekinetic skills of the yummy Miki Saegusa (Odaka). There's some truly great matte shots in the mix, mad science, a nifty score that the likes of Williams and Barry wouldn't be ashamed of, and a traditional laser show of a finale smackdown. It's not great, in fact it's pretty dumb and maybe even lazy, but there is merit here for entertainment purpose. So strap yourself in, leave the brain at the door and enjoy the colourful carnage, it's trippy man! 6/10
nuttyhuddy
Written 2 year(s) ago
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An ok entry to the heisei era . The characters are fine space Godzilla is a cool monster although the concept around him is kind of stupid. Moguera looks cool, but overall is just horrible in comparison to Mechagodzilla. The final battle is entertaining although it does go on for a little too long, I don’t really know there really isn’t much to say about Godzilla this time around. As I said, it’s just OK.