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Godzilla vs. Hedorah ()

Gojira tai Hedora (original title)
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An ever-evolving alien life form from the Dark Gaseous Nebula arrives to consume rampant pollution. Spewing mists of sulfuric acid and corrosive sludge, neither humanity or Godzilla may be able to defeat this toxic menace.
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Dr. Toru Yano (as Akira Yamauchi)
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Toshie Yano
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Ken Yano
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Yukio Keuchi
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Miki Fujiyama
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Gohei - a fisherman
Haruo Suzuki ...
JSDF Officer
Yoshio Katsube ...
JSDF Engineer
Susumu Okabe ...
Announcer A
Kentaro Watanabe ...
Announcer B
Wataru Ômae ...
Police Officer
Tadashi Okabe ...
Scientist
Shigeo Katô ...
Screaming Construction Worker
Takuya Yuki ...
Correspondent
Eisaburo Komatsu ...
Non Commissioned Officer
Yukihiko Gondô ...
Helicopter Pilot
Haruo Nakazawa ...
Youth
Akio Kusama ...
Person on TV screen
Yasuzô Ogawa ...
Fleeing Citizen
Kôji Uruki ...
Fleeing Citizen
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Hedorah (as Kengo Nakayama)
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Godzilla (Kaiju) / Citizen appealing government to Hedora / Officer (uncredited)
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Hiroshi Akitsu ...
Old Man in the shadows
Haruya Sakamoto
Sôji Ubukata ...
Senior Man
Kôichi Kawakita ...
Bar Patron (uncredited)

Directed by

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Yoshimitsu Banno
Ishirô Honda ... (uncredited) (earlier film clips)

Written by

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Yoshimitsu Banno ... (screenplay)
 
Takeshi Kimura ... (screenplay) (as Kaoru Mabuchi)

Produced by

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Samuel Z. Arkoff ... executive producer (uncredited)
Tomoyuki Tanaka ... executive producer

Music by

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Riichirô Manabe

Cinematography by

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Yôichi Manoda

Editing by

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Yoshitami Kuroiwa

Editorial Department

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Eli Haviv ... editor: US version

Production Design by

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Yasuyuki Inoue

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Hisashi Yasui ... (Director of animation)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Kôichi Kawakita ... second assistant director
Yoshio Tabuchi ... second assistant director

Sound Department

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Masao Fujiyoshi ... sound recordist

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Saburo Doi ... mat processing
Teruyoshi Nakano ... director of special effects
Shôji Okawa ... special effects wire work
Yoshio Tabuchi ... assistant director of special effects
Tadaaki Watanabe ... special effects
Takeshi Yamamoto ... special effects assistant
Nobuyuki Yasumaru ... prosthetics creator

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Yôichi Manoda ... special effects cinematographer
Yoshiyuki Tokumasa ... optical photography

Stunts

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Haruo Nakajima ... stunt choreographer
Yoshimitsu Banno ... underwater stunt double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Fumiyoshi Hara ... lighting technician
Shigeo Nakao ... assistant photographer
Issei Tanaka ... still photographer

Music Department

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Guy Hemric ... lyrics: english version

Additional Crew

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Salvatore Billitteri ... supervisor: English dubbing
Lee Kresel ... director: English dubbing

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Coming to Earth on a meteorite that falls to Earth, a microscopic alien life form later named Hedorah feeds on Earth's pollution and eventually grows into a gigantic, ever-evolving, poisonous smog-spewing and acidic sludge-secreting monster. Godzilla, Earth's defender, senses the threat and meets ''the Smog Monster'' head-on in a literal battle for Earth's survival. Written by Thomas ''The Oldschool Hero'' Cianci

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Taglines Creature of Slime and Sludge Spawned by Pollution's Poison Threatens to Destroy the Earth! See more »
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Also Known As
  • ゴジラ対ヘドラ (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Godzilla vs. Hedorah (United States)
  • Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster (United States)
  • Godzilla vs. Hedora (World-wide, English title)
  • Godzilla vs. Hedorah (Canada, English title)
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Runtime
  • 85 min
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Box Office

Budget $250,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $1,816,025

Did You Know?

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Trivia Director Yoshimitsu Banno has mentioned that Hedorah's eyes in the film were deliberately made to resemble female genitalia, with Banno joking that the vaginally inspired look made it more unsettling. During Godzilla's battle with Hedorah, strange white orbs are ripped out of Hedorah's dried-out body. According to Banno, they are meant to be Hedorah's eyes, which he considered the most important part of a person's body. The film has a running theme of eyes being injured with several of its characters. However, the reason they do not resemble Hedorah's actual eyes is due to rushed production and a smaller budget. Banno mentioned that not only had Toho given him less than half of the budget of the prior Godzilla films, but he was also only given 35 days to shoot the entire film (both the drama scenes and the special effects scenes). Making matters even more challenging for Banno was the fact that he had to make do with a single film crew. See more »
Goofs When Hedorah throws some sludge at Godzilla during the Mt. Fuji scene, it hits Godzilla's right eye - but after Hedorah gets done laughing, Godzilla's left eye is the one that is damaged. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972). See more »
Soundtracks Kaese! Taiyô wo See more »
Crazy Credits In the AIP version of this film, its entire cast is mysteriously uncredited. See more »
Quotes Yukio Keuchi: There's no place else to go and pretty soon we'll all be dead, so forget it! Enjoy yourself! Let's sing and dance while we can! Come on, blow your mind!
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