Godzilla Entry #28: GODZILLA: FINAL WARS

GODZILLA: FINAL WARS (Gojira: Fainaru Uôzu, 2004)

Directed by: Ryuhei Kitamura

Written by: Isao Kiriyama, Ryuhei Kitamura

Starring: Masahiro Matsuoka, Rei Kikukawa, Don Frye, Maki Mizuno, Kazuki Kitamura, Naoko Kamio, Tsutomu Kitagawa, Motokuni Masumoto, Toshihiro Ogura
Synopsis: When aliens gain control of all the kaiju on planet Earth, it's up Godzilla and the EDF to stop them. 

Godzilla Entry #27: GODZILLA: TOKYO S.O.S.

GODZILLA S.O.S. (Gojira tai Mosura tai Mekagojira: Tôkyô S.O.S., 2003)

Directed by: Masaaki Tezuka

Written by: Masaaki Tezuka, Masahiro Tokotani,

Starring: Noboru Kaneko, Miho Yoshioka, Mituki Koga, Hiroshi Koizumi, Tsutomu Kitagawa, Motokuni Nakagawa. 

Synopsis: Picking up after the events of GODZILLA AGAINST MECHAGODZILLA, Mothra comes to Japan to warn its people that they must return the bones of the original Godzilla used to build MechaGodzilla/Kiryu to bottom of the sea or else she will attack 

Godzilla Entry #26: GODZILLA AGAINST MECHAGODZILLA

GODZILLA AGAINST MECHAGODZILLA

(Gojira tai Mekagojira, 2002)

Directed by: Masaaki Tezuka

Written by: Wataru Mimura

Starring: Yumiko Shaku, Shin Takuma, Kana Onodera,Tsutomu Kitagawa, Hirofumi Ishigaki

Synopsis: 50 years after the first Godzilla was killed, a new Godzilla reemerges, and Japan builds a MechaGodzilla with the bones of the original.

Godzilla Entry #25: GODZILLA VS. MEGAGUIRUS

GODZILLA VS. MEGAGUIRUS (Gojira X Megagirasu: G Shōmetsu Sakusen, 2000)

Directed by: Masaaki Tezuka

Written by: Hiroshi Kashiwabara, Wataru Mimura

Starring: Misato Tanaka, Shôsuke Tanihara, Masatô Ibu, Yuriko Hoshi, Tstutomu Kitagawa, Minoru Watanabe

Synopsis: In trying to develop a weapon to destroy Godzilla, the G-Graspers indadvertedly created Megaguirus, a giant prehistoric creature that drains the energy of other creatures.  

Godzilla Entry #24: GODZILLA 2000: MILLENIUM

GODZILLA 2000 (Gojira ni-sen mireniamu, 1999)

Directed by: Takao Okawara

Written by: Hiroshi Kashiwabara, Wataru Mimura

Starring: Takehir Murata, Hiroshi Abe, Naoimi Nishi, Mayu Suzuki, Tsutomu Kitagawa, Makoto Ito

Synopsis: Rebooting the franchise again and acting as a direct sequel to GOJIRA, the movie stars a new Godzilla that must fight an invading alien that wants to steal his DNA.

Godzilla Entry #23: GODZILLA VS. DESTROYAH

GODZILLA VS. DESTROYAH

(Gojira Tai Desutoroiâ, 1995)

Directed by: Takao Okawara

Written by: Kazuki Ohmori

Starrring: Takurô Tatsumi, Yôko Ishino, Yasufumi Hayashi, Megumi Odaka, Kenpachiro  Satsuma, Ryo Hariya, Hurricane Ryu Hariken. 

Synopsis: After an incident on Birth Island, Godzilla's heart begins to meltdown causing him to go in to great fits of destruction. With Godzilla as a walking, ticking nuclear bomb, a new creature Destroyah has evolved, thanks to the Oxygen Destroyer, and starts causing chaos in Japan. 

Godzilla Entry #22: GODZILLA VS. SPACEGODZILLA

GODZILLA VS. SPACEGODZILLA 

(Gojira tai Supesugojira, 1994)

Directed by: Kensho Yamashita

Written by: Kanji Kashiwa, Hiroshi Kashiwabara

Starring: Megumi Odaka, Jun Hashizume, Zenkichi Yoneyama, Akira Emoto, Kenpachiro Satsuma, Ryo Hariya, Wataru Fukuda, Little Frankie.

Synopsis: When SpaceGodzilla, who is Godzilla cells or (G-cells) that were thrown through a black hole, emerged from a white hole and on the other side to absorb the energy of a dying start, after merging with an organic crystalline organism, to become the monster, and comes to earth. It's up to Godzilla to fight him while avoiding the UGNCC's new weapon MOGERA.

Godzilla Entry #21: GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA (II)

GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA (Gojira tai Mekagojira, 1993)

Directed by: Takao Okawara

Written by: Wataru Mimura

Starring: Masahiro Takashima, Ryoko Sano, Megumi Odaka, Yûsuke Kawazu, Kenji Sahara, Kenpachiro Satsuma, Wataru Fukuda.

Synopsis: When a baby Godzillasaurus is discovered, Godzilla has to track him down while also battling Rodan and the new Mechagodzilla.

Godzilla Entry #20: GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA

GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA (Godzilla tai Mosura, 1992)

Directed by: Takao Okawara

Written by: Kazuki Ohmori

Starring: Tesuya Bessho, Satomi Kobayashi, Takehiro, Keiko Imamura, Sayaka Osawa, Kenpachiro Satsuma, Hurricane Ryu Hariken.

Synopsis: When a group of explorers discover Mothra, it must fight against its counterpart Battra and Godzilla to save Earth. 

GODZILLA Entry #19: GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH

GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH (Gojira tai Kingu Gidorâ, 1991)

Directed by: Kazuki Ohmori

Written by: Kazuki Ohmori
Starring: Kosuke Toyohara, Anna Nakagawa, Megumi Odaka, Katsuhiko Sasaki, Kenpachiro Satsuma, Hurricane Ryu Hariken, Chuck Wilson.
Synopsis: When Godzilla's origins are traced to World War II, a group of humans from the future go back in time to try to stop Godzilla from ever being created.

Godzilla Entry #18: GODZILLA VS. BIOLLANTE

Godzilla vs. Biollante (Gojira tai Biorrante, 1989)

Directed by: Kazuki Ohmori

Written by: Kazuki Ohmori

Starring: Kunihiko Mitamura, Yoshiko Tanaka, Kôji Takhashi, Tôru Minegishi, Masanobu Takashima, Kenpachiro Satsuma, Yoshitaka Kimura, Shigeru Shibazaki, Masashi Takegumi

Godzilla Entry: #16: TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA

TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA (Mekagojira no gyakushu, 1975)

Director: Ishirô Honda

Written by: Yukiko Takayama, 

Starring: Katsuhiko Sasaki, Tomoko Ai, Akihiko Hirata, Goro Mutsumi, Toru Kawai, Ise Mori, Katsumi Nimiamoto

Synopsis: Picking up immediately after the events of the last movie, a group of Interpol agents investigate the disappearance of a renowned scientists, while the Simeons work to rebuild an improved Mechagodzilla.

#Godzilla2013 Review #15: GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA

GODZILLA Vs. MECHAGODZILLA (Gojira tai Mekagojira, 1974)

Directed by: Jun Fukuda, 

Written by: Jun Fukuda, Msami Fukushima, Shin'ichi Sekizawa and Hiroyasu Yamamura

Starring: Masaaki Daimon, Kazuya Aoyama, Reiko Tajima, Goro Mutsumi, Isao Zushi, Ise Mori, Kinichi Kusumi

Synopsis: Giant robot is disguised as Godzilla used by aliens to take over the Earth. The real Godzilla must fight against him with new ally, King Caesar.

Godzilla Entry #14: GODZILLA VS. MEGALON

GODZILLA VS. MEGALON (Gojira tai Megaro, 1973)

Directed by: Jun Fukuda

Written by: Jun Fukuda, Takeshi Kimura, 

Starring: Katsuhiko Sasaki, Hirouki Kawase, Yutaka Hayashi, Shinji Takagi, Hideto Odachi, Tsgugtoshi Komada, Kenpachiro Satsuma

Synopsis: When the underwater civilization of ::sigh:: Seatopia gets fed up with our nuclear testing, they send their protector Megalon to the surface to exact their revenge on us.

#Godzilla2013 Entry #13: GODZILLA VS. GIGAN

GODZILLA VS. GIGAN (Chikyū Kogeki Meirei: Godzilla tai Gigan, 1972)

Directed by: Jun Fukuda

Written by: Takeshi Kimura, Shin'ichi Sekizawa

Starring: Hiroshi Ishikame, Yuriko Hishimo, Minoru Takshima, Toshiaki Nishizawa, Haruo Nakajima, Kenpachiro Statsumon, Koetsu Omiya, Kanta Ina.

Synopsis: Cockroach aliens try to invade the world with space kaijus!

#Godzilla2013 Entry #12: GODZILLA VS. HEDORAH

Godzilla vs. Hedorah (Gojira tai Hedorâ, 1971)

Directed by: Yoshimitsu Banno,

Written by: Yoshimitsu Banno, Takesi Kimura

Starring: Akira Yamauchi, Toshie Kimura, HIroyuki Kawase, Haruo Nakajima, Yasuzô Ogawa, Toshio Shiba, Keiko Mari
Synopsis: When an outer space creature, Hedorah, begins to mutate thanks to the pollution in Japan, it's up to Godzilla to destroy him.

#Gozilla2013 Entry #11: GODZILLA'S REVENGE

GODZILLA'S REVENGE/GODZILLA, MINYA, GABARA: ALL MONSTERS ATTACK (Gojira Minira Gabara: Ōru Kaijū Daishingeki, 1969)

Directed by: Ishirô Honda

Written by: Shin'ichi Sekizawa

Starring: Tomonori Yazaki, Hideyo Anamoto, Kenji Sahara, Haruo Nakajima , Yû Sekida, "Little Man" Machan

Synopsis: A young boy can't handle a bleak reality where he is bullied, so he retreats into the imaginary world of a pop culture series that he is obsessed with to deal with it. Remind you of anyone you know?

#Godzilla2013 Entry #10: DESTROY ALL MONSTERS

DESTROY ALL MONSTERS (1968)/ Kaijū Sōshingeki

Directed by: Ishirô Honda

Written by: Ishirô Honda,  Takeshi Kimura

Starring: Akira Kubo, Jun Tazaki, Yukiko Kobayashi, Yû Seikda, Susumu Utsumi, Teruo Nigaki, and Haruo Nakajima

Synopsis: When the various monsters from Monster Island are kidnapped by aliens, the crew of the Moonlight SY-3 must figure out a way to stop them.

#Godzilla2013 Entry #9: SON OF GODZILLA (1967)

SON OF GODZILLA (1967)/ Kaijûtô no kessen: Gojira no musuko

Directed by: Jun Fukuda

Written by: Shin'ichi Sekizawa, Kazue Shiba

Starring: Tadao Takshima, Akira Kubo, Bibari Maeda, Haruo Nakajima

Synopsis: Godzilla has a wild night out and is forced to take responsibility by raising his kid, Minizilla. Also there's giant spiders and praying mantis that he has to fight.

#Godzilla2013 Entry #8: GODZILLA VS. THE SEA MONSTER

GODZILLA VS. THE SEA MONSTER(1966)

Gojira, Ebirâ, Mosura: Nankai no daiketto 

Godzilla, Ebirah, Mothra: Big Duel in the South Seas

Directed by: Jun Fukuda

Written by: Shin'ichi Sekizawa

Starring: Akira Takarada, Kumi Mizuno, Chotaro Togin, Haruo Nakajima, Yu Sekida
Synopsis: When a storm causes his brother to go missing, a young man stumbles unto an island terrorized by a giant lobster and an evil group trying to take over the world.