Gojira VS Supesugojira (1994)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Kensho Yamashita

Writers:

Kanji Kashiwa (writer)
Hiroshi Kashiwabara (writer)

Release Date:

10 December 1994 (Japan)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Hakai Shin Korin [Destruction Deity Descent]

Plot:

Godzilla is threatened by two new forces: Mogera - another UN built machine; and Space Godzilla - a beast spawned from Godzilla's particles in space.

Plot Keywords:

Godzilla | Tied Up While Barefoot | Gojira | Moguera | Shobijin

Cast

Megumi Odaka	...	Miki Saegusa
Jun Hashizume	...	Lt. Koji Shinjo
Zenkichi Yoneyama	...	Lt. Kiyoshi Sato
Akira Emoto	...	Major Akira Yuki
Towako Yoshikawa	...	Dr. Chinatsu Gondo
Yôsuke Saitô	...	Dr. Susumu Okubo
Kenji Sahara	...	Minister Takayuki Segawa
Akira Nakao	...	Commander Takaki Aso
Kôichi Ueda	...	Deputy Commander Hyodo
Houka Kinoshita	...	Moguera Pilot (as Hôka Kinoshita)
Keiko Imamura	...	Cosmos #1
Sayaka Osawa	...	Cosmos #2
Kenpachiro Satsuma	...	Gojira
Ryo Hariya	...	SpaceGodzilla
Wataru Fukuda	...	Mogera
Little Frankie	...	LittleGodzilla
Ronald Hoerr	...	Professor Alexander Mammilov
Ed Sardy	...	Eric Gould
Tom Duran	...	McKay, the mafia boss
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kunihiro Matsumura

Directed by
Kensho Yamashita

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Hiroshi Kashiwabara		writer
Kanji Kashiwa		writer

Produced by
Tomoyuki Tanaka	....	executive producer
Shogo Tomiyama	....	producer

Original Music by
Takayuki Hattori

Cinematography by
Masahiro Kishimoto

Special Effects by
Tetsuzô Ôsawa	....	special effects production designer
Shinichi Wakasa	....	suit maker

Visual Effects by
Tetuzo Osawa	....	visual effects designer

Camera and Electrical Department
Kenichi Eguchi	....	spfx photography

Music Department
Akira Ifukube	....	themes

Other crew
Koichi Kawakita	....	director of spfx

Production Companies

• Toho Company

Distributors

• Astro Distribution (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• Korporatsiya Arena (Russia) (VHS)
• Kuk Dong
• Madman Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD)
• Tele 5 (2006) (Germany) (TV)
• TriStar Pictures (USA) (dubbed)

Special Effects

• Marbling FineArts (miniatures and models)

Also Known As:

Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla

Runtime:

108 min | USA:106 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:PG (2006) | Germany:12

Company:

Toho Company

Trivia:

Godzilla and SpaceGodzilla never make physical contact during their fight at Birth Island.

Goofs:

Plot holes: It is stated that SpaceGodzilla was created by the Godzilla cells either from Mothra or Biollante, however in Gojira vs. Kingu Gidorâ (1991) Godzilla was erased from history meaning he couldn't have existed up until after that film which means there were no Godzilla cells which contradicts the creation of Biollante.

Quotes:

Lt. Koji Shinjo: [after Miki levitates a stretcher] What was that?
Miki Saegusa: Telekinesis.
Lt. Koji Shinjo: Tele what?
Miki Saegusa: I just never tried it before.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Angry Video Game Nerd: Godzilla (#4.15)" (2009)

I liked Dr. Gondo

This Godzilla movie was a vast improvement over its previous version "Godzilla vs Mecha Godzilla II". I liked the plot, and I especially liked the fact that new monster worthy of Godzilla was introduced here instead of old monsters (especially Mothra and King Gidorah) being recycled into its plot. Cinematography was good, and the way Godzilla was depicted in this movie had freshness to it with Godzilla shown in a scene with actually existing landscapes like Mt. Aso in Kyushu.

The actors were mostly all new to this movie, and they were better actors than those in the earlier series. If there's one actor that I don't understand why she's in it is Megumi Odaka(Miki Saegusa). She has no expression, and just stands there and talks the dialog, and she's in every single Godzilla movie made in the '90s. The actor I liked the most was Dr. Gondo. The plot is that her brother was killed by Godzilla. Toho should work more on casting with these movies. They could easily bring up the quality of production couple of notches (as '90s Gamera series proved with rented talent from Toho doing special effects and directing).