Godzilla 1985: The Legend Is Reborn
Prepare yourself: the greatest star of all has returned.
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Release Date
8/23/1985Runtime
87 minsOverview
Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of Raymond Burr, this 16th Godzilla film ignores all previous sequels and serves as a direct follow-up to the 1956 "Godzilla King of the Monsters", which also featured scenes with Burr edited into 1954's "Godzilla". This film restores the darker tone of the original, as we witness the nuclear destruction of giant lizard terrorizing Japan.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
JapaneseBudget
$200,000Revenue
$4,116,395Homepage
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A monumental force of destruction returns to terrorize Japan, treated with the grim weight of nuclear-age disaster rather than pulp spectacle. It's a kaiju film that plays it straight, channeling genuine menace from a seemingly unstoppable monster.
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Raymond Burr
Steven Martin
Keiju Kobayashi
Prime Minister Mitamura
Ken Tanaka
Goro Maki
Yasuko Sawaguchi
Naoko Okumura
Shin Takuma
Hiroshi "Ken" Okumura
Warren J. Kemmerling
General Goodhue
James Scott Hess
Colonel Raschen
Travis Swords
Major McDonough
Eitarō Ozawa
Finance Minister Kanzaki
Taketoshi Naitō
Takegami, Chief Cabinet Secretary
Nobuo Kaneko
Home Affairs Minister Isomura
Mizuho Suzuki
Foreign Minister Emori
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