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.
Movie tag line: "Prepare yourself: the greatest star of all has returned."
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Character: Steven Martin
Character: Prime Minister Mitamura
Character: Goro Maki
Character: Naoko Okumura
Character: Hiroshi "Ken" Okumura
Character: General Goodhue
Character: Colonel Raschen
Character: Major McDonough
Character: Finance Minister Kanzaki
Character: Takegami, Chief Cabinet Secretary
Character: Home Affairs Minister Isomura
Character: Foreign Minister Emori
Character: Internal Trade and Industry Minister Kasaoka
Character: Captain of Super X
Character: Director-General of the Defense Agency
Character: Environmental Director General Hidaka
Character: Geologist Minami
Character: Secretary Henmi
Character: Ship Captain
Character: Gondo
Character: Kitagawa
Character: Cameraman Kamijo (as Shinpei Hayashiya)
Character: Member of the Staff of a Nuclear Power Plant
Character: Tramp
Character: Lieutenant
Character: Kyle
Character: Biologist Hayashida
Character: Godzilla (uncredited)
Character: Original Godzilla (archive footage) (uncredited)
Character: Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited)
Character: Goro Maki (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Naoko Okumura / Tohto Times walla / Pentagon personnel (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Hiroshi "Ken" Okumura (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Secretary Takegami / Kitagawa / newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Biologist Hayashida / Kakurai (voice) (uncredited)