Godzilla vs. Hedorah
“The Smog Monster Hedorah arrives in a shooting star!”
An ever evolving alien life-form arrives on a comet from the Dark Gaseous Nebula and proceeds to consume pollution. Spewing mists of sulfuric acid and corrosive sludge, neither humanity nor Godzilla may be able to defeat this toxic menace.
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Part of Godzilla (Showa) Collection
15 films
Godzilla
Movie · 1954
Godzilla Raids Again
Movie · 1955
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Movie · 1962
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Movie · 1964
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Movie · 1964
Invasion of Astro-Monster
Movie · 1965
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Movie · 1966
Son of Godzilla
Movie · 1967
Destroy All Monsters
Movie · 1968
All Monsters Attack
Movie · 1969
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
Movie · 1971
Godzilla vs. Gigan
Movie · 1972
Godzilla vs. Megalon
Movie · 1973
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
Movie · 1974
Terror of Mechagodzilla
Movie · 1975
Cast
18 people
Akira Yamanouchi
Dr. Toru Yano
Known for
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
Hiroyuki Kawase
Ken Yano
Also in
Dodes'ka-den
Rise, Fair Sun
Toshie Kimura
Toshie Yano
Known for
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Sword of the Beast
Keiko Mari
Miki Fujiyama
Toshio Shiba
Yukio Keuchi
Also in
The Roads Men Travel
Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars
Yoshio Yoshida
Gohei - fisherman
Known for
Gamera, the Giant Monster
Zatoichi on the Road
Haruo Suzuki
JSDF Officer
Known for
Lake of Dracula
Goyokin
Kentaro Watanabe
Announcer B
Yukihiko Gondō
Mean General
Known for
Space Amoeba
Eisaburo Komatsu
Fisherman
Also in
City of Beasts
Atragon
Tadashi Okabe
Scientist
Known for
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
The War of the Gargantuas
Wataru Ōmae
Helpless Police Officer
Known for
Lake of Dracula
Space Amoeba
Yoshimitsu Banno Director · Takeshi Kimura Screenplay Riichirō Manabe Composer
Worldwide gross $2.8M · Budget $250K · United States release February 1, 1972
Box office
Budget
$250,000
Worldwide gross
$2,768,400
Gross vs. budget
11.1×
Production
TOHO
Production
Toho Eizo Bijutsu
Production
Tokyo Laboratory
Production
Toho Film (Eiga) Co. Ltd.
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
ゴジラ対ヘドラ
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · July 24, 1971
Theatrical
United States · February 1, 1972
Theatrical · American International Pictures (AIP) release titled "Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster". Replaces the song "Return the Sun!" with "Save the Earth!", written by Guy Hemric & Adryan Russ and sung by Adryan Russ. New direction by Lee Kresel, supervised by Salvatore Billitteri, and re-edited by Eli Haviv, with dubbing recorded by Titan Productions. Exact date unknown.
United States · October 19, 2004
Physical · DVD
United States
January 20, 1996 · TV · Sci-Fi Channel (Toho English dub)
Australia
February 13, 2006 · Physical · DVD
Germany
December 10, 1971 · Theatrical
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