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The Return of Godzilla
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Japanese
- Subjects (All):
- Foreign films.
- Motion pictures.
- Science fiction.
- Political films.
- Motion pictures--Japan.
- Action and adventure films.
- Nuclear weapons.
- Motion pictures--Asia.
- Science fiction films.
- Monsters in motion pictures.
- Disaster films.
- Genre:
- Feature films
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (104 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
- Place of Publication:
- The Criterion Collection 1984
- [San Francisco, California, USA] Kanopy Streaming 2025
- System Details:
- digital
- video file MPEG-4 Flash
- Summary:
- Thirty years after the original Godzilla, the King of the Monsters was resurrected with this impressive reboot, which launched a new era in the franchise's history and updated the film's sociopolitical commentary for the late Cold War era. The inaugural Heisei-era film reestablishes the iconic kaiju as a force of fierce destruction as he returns to wreak havoc on Japan, inflaming tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union and bringing the world to the brink of nuclear war
- Participant:
- Eitarô Ozawa, Keiju Kobayashi, Ken Tanaka, Shin Takuma, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Yôsuke Natsuki
- Notes:
- Vendor supplied data
- Film
- In Process Record
- Originally produced by The Criterion Collection in 1984
- Publisher Number:
- 16726804 Kanopy
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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