Godzilla 1985
“Prepare yourself: the greatest star of all has returned.”
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.
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4 films
Cast
35 people
Raymond Burr
Steve Martin
Known for
Rear Window
Airplane II: The Sequel
Keiju Kobayashi
Prime Minister Mitamura
Known for
The Return of Godzilla
Sanjuro
Ken Tanaka
Goro Maki
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Kenzo Kitakata: SUIKODEN
The Last Song
Yasuko Sawaguchi
Naoko Okumura
Known for
Spirited Away
Godzilla vs. Biollante
Shin Takuma
Hiroshi "Ken" Okumura
Known for
Shōgun
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
Warren J. Kemmerling
General Goodhue
Known for
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Family Plot
James Scott Hess
Colonel Raschen
Also in
Matinee
Judgment
Travis Swords
Major McDonough
Known for
Lonesome Dove
If Looks Could Kill
Eitarō Ozawa
Finance Minister Kanzaki
Known for
Ugetsu
The Return of Godzilla
Taketoshi Naitō
Takegami, Chief Cabinet Secretary
Known for
The Burmese Harp
The Return of Godzilla
Nobuo Kaneko
Home Affairs Minister Isomura
Known for
Ikiru
Shōgun
Mizuho Suzuki
Foreign Minister Emori
Known for
Akira
Youth of the Beast
R.J. Kizer Director · Koji Hashimoto Director Straw Weisman Screenplay
Director
R.J. Kizer
Director
Koji Hashimoto
Screenplay
Straw Weisman
Screenplay
Hideichi Nagahara
Screenplay
Lisa Tomei
Story
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Composer
Reijirō Koroku
Cinematographer
Kazutami Hara
Cinematographer
Steven Dubin
Editor
Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Editor
Michael Spence
Production designer
Akira Sakuragi
Production designer
Yasuyuki Inoue
Production designer
Mutsumi Toyoshima
Costume designer
Kenji Kawasaki
Costume designer
Nobuyuki Yasumaru
Costume designer
Tomoki Kobayashi
Worldwide gross $4.1M · Budget $200K · United States release August 23, 1985
Box office
Budget
$200,000
Worldwide gross
$4,116,395
Gross vs. budget
20.6×
Production
New World Pictures
Production
Toho Pictures
Production
Toho Eizo Bijutsu
Production
United States · Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
English · Japanese · Russian
Release dates
United States · August 23, 1985
Theatrical
Australia
March 1, 1986 · Theatrical · Village Roadshow Pictures release. Exact date unknown.
April 21, 1986 · Physical · Roadshow Home Video VHS. Includes theatrical subtitles for Russian-speaking characters.
Brazil
March 1, 1986 · Theatrical
Canada
October 25, 1985 · Theatrical
Japan
December 27, 1989 · Physical · Toho Video VHS
August 1, 1993 · Physical · Toho Video VHS reissue
United Kingdom
January 1, 1986 · Theatrical · Entertainment Film Distributors release. Exact date unknown.
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