Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
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| Directed by | Kensho Yamashita |
| Produced by | Tomoyuki Tanaka Shogo Tomiyama |
| Written by | Hiroshi Kashiwabara |
| Starring | Megumi Odaka Jun Hashizume Zenkichi Yoneyama |
| Music by | Takayuki Hattori |
| Cinematography | Masahiro Kishimoto |
| Distributed by | Toho |
| Release date(s) | December 10, 1994 |
| Running time | 108 min. |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Budget | US $10,300,000 |
| Preceded by | Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II |
| Followed by | Godzilla vs. Destoroyah |
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Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (ゴジラvsスペースゴジラ Gojira tai SupēsuGojira?) is a 1994 kaiju film featuring Godzilla, probably the most famous of all Japan's fictional giant monsters. It stars Megumi Odaka and Jun Hashizume.
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[edit] Story
In 1995, a group of soldiers and scientists setting up at Birth Island to try Project T against Godzilla. The plan is to plant a device on Godzilla which will allow the humans to control him telekinetically, but the project fails. Meanwhile, an unidentified object attacks a NASA space station. The giant robot MOGUERA is sent out to stop the monster but is easily defeated. The monster lands on Birth Island and fights Godzilla. Unfortunately, Godzilla loses and Little Godzilla, the adopted son of Godzilla who used to be Baby Godzilla, is captured in a crystalline prison below ground. The scientists discover that the space monster is a clone of Godzilla, so they dub him SpaceGodzilla. The Japanese Mafia captures the psychic Miki and brings her back to their base, in an attempt to use Project T to gain control of Godzilla. Unfortunately, their plan backfires. A recovery team is successfully dispatched and Miki and the team escape before SpaceGodzilla arrives and destroys the building. SpaceGodzilla lands in Fukuoka and destroys it in a matter of minutes, creating large crystals from the ground and turning the city into his fortress. MOGUERA arrives to once again fight the space monster but is still no match for it. However Godzilla arrives and turns the tables on SpaceGodzilla. It is discovered that SpaceGodzilla is using a large tower in the city as a power source and it shoulder crystals to absorb power from it, so MOGUERA destroys them. The robot is defeated in short order by an enraged Spacegodzilla, but Godzilla finally manages to defeat SpaceGodzilla by using his red spiral atomic ray, ending his threat forever and freeing Little Godzilla.
[edit] Box Office
Release on December 10th the film sold approximately 3,200,000 tickets in Japan and grossed around $20,000,000 (32,000,000 world wide)
[edit] Trivia
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- The new anti-Godzilla robot that appears in this film, M.O.G.U.E.R.A. (short for Mobile Operation Godzilla Universal Expert Robot Aero-type), is based[citation needed] on the alien robot Moguera from The Mysterians.
- A children's television show centered around Little Godzilla was meant to be spun off from this movie, but for various reasons never made it past the planning stages.
- Of all the Heisei films, this is the one that makes the most extensive use of its overall continuity: Mothra's journey into space from Godzilla vs. Mothra is used as one possible explanation as to the birth of Space Godzilla, as is Biollante's transformation into spores that fly off into the stars in Godzilla vs. Biollante. Also from Godzilla vs. Biollante, the soldier who managed to infect Godzilla with the anti-nuclear bacteria is revealed to have been a close friend of Yuki, and his death at Godzilla's hands is the reason Yuki seeks revenge.
- This marks the first time a nudity scene (Yuki's shower scene) has been kept in a Godzilla movie in both the US and the original Japanese print.
- Godzilla's 40th anniversary release.
- The Godzilla costume was in poor repair due to being in the water for so many scenes. At one point (about 55 minutes into the film) when Godzilla surfaces from the water, the tip of his tail falls off.
- Not only is this the last film in the Heisei series to feature the adult Godzilla using his neon blue atomic breath, but also the last movie he would use it until Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack. This is because in the Heisei series' final movie, Godzilla vs. Destoroyah, Godzilla is in a nuclear meltdown and his atomic breath is amplified to stay a powerful red.
- Space Godzilla's physical appearance is directly inspired by Super Godzilla, and the monster's physical form is an almost direct duplication of Super Godzilla's appearance from the game with only minor, mostly cosmetic changes.
[edit] DVD Releases
Columbia Tristar (Sony)
- Released: February 1, 2000
- Aspect Ratio: Widescreen (1.85:1) letterboxed
- Sound: English (2.0)
- Region 1
- Note: A double feature with Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
- Note: On the U.S. dvd release the final scene in which godzilla is in the water with baby godzilla while soft japanese love music plays is cut,however it is left in the tv,on demand,and japanese dvd versions.
[edit] External links
- Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla at the Internet Movie Database
- Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla at Allmovie
- Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla at Rotten Tomatoes
- ゴジラvsスペースゴジラ (Gojira tai SupēsuGojira) (Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved on 2007-07-19.
