The Return of Godzilla
“Breaking 30 years of silence comes the anticipated-worldwide latest "Godzilla" work!”
After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.
Genres
Science Fiction, Action, Horror
Studio
Toho Pictures
Language
ja
Status
Released
How The Return of Godzilla performed
Budget
$6.0M
Worldwide Gross
$11.0M
Gross Profit
$5.0M
Return
1.8× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$1M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~34/66, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (37% of the domestic run, typical for Science Fiction) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
Keiju Kobayashi
Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
Goro Maki
Ken Tanaka
Goro Maki
Naoko Okumura
Yasuko Sawaguchi
Naoko Okumura
Hiroshi Okumura
Shin Takuma
Hiroshi Okumura
Professor Makoto Hayashida
Yōsuke Natsuki
Professor Makoto Hayashida
Minister of Finance Kanzaki
Eitarō Ozawa
Minister of Finance Kanzaki
Chief Cabinet Secretary Takegami
Taketoshi Naitō
Chief Cabinet Secretary Takegami
Home Affairs Minister Isomura
Nobuo Kaneko
Home Affairs Minister Isomura
Foreign Minister Emori
Mizuho Suzuki
Foreign Minister Emori
Director-General of the Defense Agency
Junkichi Orimoto
Director-General of the Defense Agency
Professor Minami
Hiroshi Koizumi
Professor Minami
Secretary Henmi
Kunio Murai
Secretary Henmi
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