# Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, released in Japan as San Daikaijū: Chikyū Saidai no Kessen (三大怪獣　地球最大の決戦, lit. "Three Giant Strange Beasts: Earth's Greatest Battle"), is a 1964 Japanese science fiction Kaiju film in which after a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo and Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.
    Directed by Ishirō Honda. Written by Shinichi Sekizawa.

## UFO Expert

* [on the disappearance of the princess] Yes, I think she survived because she fell into a gap between dimensions. You may not be aware of this...but there are other dimensions besides those we know. And there's a whole other world therein. The explosion created a gap between the two worlds. She was saved when she fell into it.

## Dialogue

    Mas Selina Salno, Princess of Sergina: Why does no one pay heed to my warning? The entire human race will perish from the Earth. When the monster Ghidorah passes, only flaming ruins are left...
    Detective Shindo: Ghidorah?
    Mas Selina Salno, Princess of Sergina: Centuries ago, the monster appeared in the skies of Mars. Within a month, the culture of Mars had been wiped out completely. The civilization on my planet had reached a stage of development which you people will not achieve for a long time. Centuries, at least. Today, because of the space monster, it is a dead world. Dead and uninhabited.
    Dr. Tsukamoto: It would be a bad situation if that creature came here to Earth.
    Mas Selina Salno, Princess of Sergina: It's worse, because he's arrived.
    Naoko Shindo: [as Mothra converses with Godzilla and Rodan] Mothra's talking to them. What do you think she's saying?
    Detective Shindo: How would I know? I don't speak monster!
    [Everyone turns to the fairies]
    Professor Miura: What's she saying?
    Shobijin, Shobijin: She's trying to persuade them, but they're not convinced. "Let's stop fighting each other. Let's join forces and protect the Earth from King Ghidorah."
    Naoko Shindo: Do Godzilla and Rodan agree?
    Shobijin, Shobijin: No, they say they don't care. They say it's none of their business.
    Professor Miura: Damn them!
    Detective Shindo: Those bastards!
    Shobijin, Shobijin: Godzilla's saying, "We have no reason to help humans. Humans are always bullying us." Rodan says he agrees.

## Tagline

* The Three-Headed Monster battles Godzilla, Mothra and Rodan for the world!

## External links

* Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster quotes at the Internet Movie Database
* Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster at Rotten Tomatoes
* 三大怪獣　地球最大の決戦 (San Daikaijū: Chikyū Saidai no Kessen) (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved on 2007-07-16.
Godzilla  (1954) · Godzilla Raids Again  (1955) · King Kong vs. Godzilla  (1962) · Mothra vs. Godzilla  (1964) · Ghidorah, the Three-Headed   Monster  (1964) · Invasion of Astro-Monster  (1965) · Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster  (1966) · Son of Godzilla  (1967) · Destroy All Monsters   (1968) · All Monsters Attack  (1969) · Godzilla vs. Hedorah  (1971) · Godzilla vs. Gigan  (1972) · Godzilla vs. Megalon  (1973) · Godzilla vs.   Mechagodzilla  (1974) · Terror of Mechagodzilla  (1975) :
| Japanese films | Heisei series | The Return of Godzilla (1984) · Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) · Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) · Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) · Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) · Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) · Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) |
| Japanese films | Millennium series | Godzilla 2000 (1999) · Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) · Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) · Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) · Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003) · Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) |
| Japanese films | Reiwa series | Godzilla Resurgence (2016) · Godzilla Minus One (2023) |
| Foreign films | Adaptations | Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) · Cozzilla (1977) · King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963) · Godzilla 1985 (1985) |
| Foreign films | Co‑productions | Monster Zero (1970) |
| Foreign films | TriStar Pictures | Godzilla (1998) |
| Foreign films | Legendary Pictures | Godzilla (2014) · Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) · Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) · Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) |
| Related films | Rodan (1956) · The Mysterians (1957) · Varan the Unbelievable (1958) · Battle in Outer Space (1959) · Mothra (1961) · Gorath (1962) · Atragon (1963) · Dogora (1964) · Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965) · The War of the Gargantuas (1966) · King Kong Escapes (1967) · Latitude Zero (1969) · Space Amoeba (1970) · The War in Space (1977) · Gunhed (1989) · Rebirth of Mothra (1996) · Rebirth of Mothra II (1997) · Rebirth of Mothra III (1998) | Rodan (1956) · The Mysterians (1957) · Varan the Unbelievable (1958) · Battle in Outer Space (1959) · Mothra (1961) · Gorath (1962) · Atragon (1963) · Dogora (1964) · Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965) · The War of the Gargantuas (1966) · King Kong Escapes (1967) · Latitude Zero (1969) · Space Amoeba (1970) · The War in Space (1977) · Gunhed (1989) · Rebirth of Mothra (1996) · Rebirth of Mothra II (1997) · Rebirth of Mothra III (1998) |
| Television | Zone Fighter (1973) · Ike! Godman (1972–1973) · Ike! Greenman (1973–1974) · Godzilla (1978–1981) · Godzilla Island (1997–1998) · Godzilla: The Series (1998–2000) · Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (2023–present) | Zone Fighter (1973) · Ike! Godman (1972–1973) · Ike! Greenman (1973–1974) · Godzilla (1978–1981) · Godzilla Island (1997–1998) · Godzilla: The Series (1998–2000) · Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (2023–present) |
| See also | King Kong | King Kong |