Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)

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Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (also known as Godzilla vs. The Cosmic Monster) is a 1974 tokusatsu kaiju film,Directed by Jun Fukuda.was produced and released by Toho Video under the production and distribution of Toho as part of the " Toho Champion Festival " on March 21, 1974 (Showa 49) . Japan of special effects movie . The 14th work of " Godzilla series ". Color, cinemascope . The screening time is 84 minutes. The number of spectators was 1.33 million.

The Tagline (catch phrase) at the time of release was " Flying in space and shooting missiles! A terrific Godzilla with a whole body as a weapon appeared! ".

## Plot

a woman predicts the future, meanwhile aliens are slowly taking off the earth with there robot described as Godzilla called fake Godzilla he destroys everything in his path lukaly the monster Anguirus calls on Godzilla to help Godzilla then battles the monster in a destroyed powerplant when the aliens reveal that he is "Mechagodzilla" a robot version of the king of the monsters himself! the two monsters battle later when the sun rises in the west king Caesar comes to help in their battle. Godzilla uses himself as a magnet to pull Mechagodzilla towards him and finish the fight Mechagodzilla Resist's using its shield against Godzilla but it does not work king caesar and the king of the monsters work together to take down Mechagodzilla and go back to there homes king Caesar into the rock and Godzilla returns to the pacific ocean.

## Cast

* Keisuke Shimizu: Masaaki Daimon
* Masahiko Shimizu: Kazuya Aoyama
* Saeko Kanaguso: Reiko Tajima
* Nami Kunigami: Belvera Lean
* Ikuko Miyajima: Hiromi Matsushita
* Hideto Miyajima: Akihiko Hirata
* Dr. Wagura: Hiroshi Koizumi
* Kuronuma (Black Hole Third Planet): Mutsumi
* Nanbara (Interpol Investigator): Shin Kishida
* Ship's Captain: Kenji Sahara
* Yanagawa (Black Hole 3rd Planet R1): Daigo Kusano
* Tamura (Investigator Interpol): Isao Torii
* Site director: Yasuzou Ogawa
* Tengan Kunito: Masao Imafuku
* Black Hole Third Planet: Takamitsu Watanabe , Takanobu Toya
* Hotel Front: Shinya Kashima
* Black Hole Third Planet: Yuichi Yanagisawa
* Reporter: Yoichiro Kitagawa
* Godzilla: Zushi Isao
* Mechagodzilla: Kazushige Mori
* King Caesar / Anguirus  : Kinichi Kusumi

\* The following is non-credit

* Construction site worker: Kusama Akiraotto , Takuzo Kumagai

## Staff

* Production: Toho Video Co., Ltd.
* Distribution: Toho

### Main story

* Production: Tomoyuki Tanaka
* Original: Shinichi Sekizawa , Masami Fukushima
* Screenplay: Hiroyasu Yamaura , Jun Fukuda
* Music: Masaru Sato
* Photo: Yuzuru Aizawa
* Art: Kazuo Satsuya
* Recording: Fumio Yanoguchi
* Lighting: Masakuni Morimoto
* Edited by: Michiko Ikeda
* Assistant Director: Tsunezaburo Nishikawa
* Assistant Director: Koichi Kawakita , Toshio Kobayashi, Eiichi Asada
* Photographing assistants: Masaru Kakinuma, Mitsuhiro Hasegawa, Yuji Sato, Keiichi Sakurai
* Lighting Assistant: Kenji Hirosawa, Yasuo Takahashi, Kohei Mikami, Hiroshi Shirakawa
* Producer: Keisuke Shinoda
* Steel: Kazukiyo Tanaka
* Sound adjustment: Toho Recording Center
* Effect: Toho effect group
* Development: Tokyo Laboratory
* Director: Jun Fukuda

### Special Technology

* Special Skill Director  : Teruyoshi Nakano
* Photo: Motoyoshi Tomioka , Takeshi Yamamoto
* Art: Toshiro Aoki , Kan Komura
* Special effects: Tadaaki Watanabe
* Modeling Chief: Nobuyuki Yasumaru
* Operation: Shoji Ogawa
* Assistant Director: Koichi Kawakita
* Art Assistant: Akihiko Iguchi
* Synthesis: Kazunobu Sampei
* Optical photography: Takeshi Miyanishi , Koichi Kawakita
* Optical drawing: Tadashi Kawana

### Cooperation

* Japan High Speed ​​Ferry
* All Nippon Airways
* Okinawa Gyokusendo
* Terukoku Yusen

## Titles

* Godzilla vs. The Cosmic Monster (Original United States release title)
* Godzilla vs The Bionic Monster (Early United States title)
* Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (Japanese: ゴジラ対メカゴジラ Original Japanese release title)

## DVD

* The DVD will be released on November 21, 2002, along with the release of " Godzilla x Mechagodzilla " at the same time as the next work " Mechagodzilla's Counterattack " .[1]Production:
	+ It is included in the tall case version "Godzilla DVD Collection III" released on March 28, 2008, and a single version is also released at the same time.
	+ It is included in "GODZILLA FINAL BOX" released on April 22, 2005.
	+ On May 14, 2014, a low-priced version for a limited time will be released as "Godzilla 60th Anniversary".
	+ On June 15, 2016, Toho DVD masterpiece selection version was released.
* BD will be released on July 16, 2014.