Terror of Mechagodzilla

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Terror of Mechagodzilla

Credits
Title:	Terror of Mechagodzilla
Genres:	Sci-fi
Directed by:	Ishirô Honda
Written by:	Yukiko Takayama
Produced by:	Tomoyuki Tanaka Henry G. Saperstein ^[1]
Music by:	Akira Ifukube
Cinematography:	Sokei Tomioka
Edited by:	Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Production
Distributed by:	Toho Company, Ltd.
Released:	March 15th, 1975
Rating:	Unrated
Running time:	79 min. ^[2] 89 min. ^[3]
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese
Gross:	$970,000 (Japan) ^[4]
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Terror of Mechagodzilla is a Japanese feature film of the science fiction genre. It is classified as daikaiju tokusatsu, which was a popular form of storytelling involving giant monsters, elaborate miniatures and considerable special effects. It is the fifteenth installment in the Godzilla film series by Toho Company. It was directed by Ishirô Honda and written by Yukiko Takayama. It was produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka and premiered in Japan on March 15th, 1975.

Plot[]

Actor	Role
Katsuhiko Sasaki	Biologist Akira Ichinose
Tomoko Ai	Katsura Mafune
Akihiko Hirata	Doctor Shinzo Mafune
Katsumasa Uchida	Interpol agent Jiro Muraskoshi
Gorô Mutsumi	Alien leader Mugal
Tadao Nakamaru	Interpol Chief Tagawa
Shin Roppongi	Yûichi Wakayama
Yasuko Agawa	Yuri Yamamoto
Tôru Ibuki	Tsuda
Kenji Sahara	Defense force commander
Kotaro Tomita	Professor Ôta
Ikio Sawamura	Mafune's silent butler
Masaaki Daimon	Submarine captain Kusakari
Yoshio Kirishima	Alien henchman
Kazuo Suzuki	Alien henchman
Masayoshi Kikuchi	Alien henchman
Takuya Yuki	Alien henchman
Jun Nishihara	Alien henchman
Akinori Umezu	Boy
Shizuko Azuma	Old country lady
Toshihiko Furata	Interpol worker
Takuzô Kumagai	Defense Corps executive
Toru Kawai	Godzilla
Ise Mori	Mechagodzilla (II)
Katsumi Nimiamoto	Titanosaurus
Yasuzô Ogawa	Unknown
Hiraya Kamita	Unknown
Masaichi H.	Unknown
Saburô Kadowaki	Unknown
Shigeo Katô	Unknown
Kazuo Imagi	Unknown
Kiyoshi Yoshida	Unknown
Toshio Hosoi	Unknown
H. Ishiya	Unknown

The original Japanese name for the film is メカゴジラの逆襲, Mekagojira no Gyakushū, which translates to Counterattack of Mechagodzilla (all preceding links redirect to this page).

Terror of Mechagodzilla was released in the United States in March, 1977, where it open to limited theatrical release.

Terror of Mechagodzilla premiered in South Korea on March 18th, 1975 and in Portugal on April 19th, 1975. It opened in West Germany on August 22nd, 1975. ^[5]

Terror of Mechagodzilla is Ishirô Honda's forty-eighth feature film as a director. It is his twenty-fifth film in the science fiction and/or daikaiju genre. It is also his final film work as a director.

This is Yukiko Takayama's first film work as a screenwriter. It is also her only work in the science fiction genre.

This is the final film in the Shōwa period of the Godzilla' film series. It is also the final appearance of all interpretations of these characters from this era.

Actress Yasuko Agawa is credited as Tomoe Mari in this film. This is her final film work to date.

This is Toru Kawai's first film role. It is also his only work playing the character of Godzilla.

Taglines for this film include, "Battle to save the Earth!", "From a black hole in space... they came to conquer Earth...!" and "Metal meets Monster".

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↑ U.S. re-release only.
↑ Original Japanese version.
↑ American version, which included an prologue showing clips from previous films.
↑ Opening weekend admissions.
↑ IMDB; Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975); Release info.