Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
, is a 1993 Japanese kaiju film directed by Takao Okawara, with special effects by Kōichi Kawakita. Distributed by Toho and produced under their subsidiary Toho Pictures, it is the 20th film in the Godzilla franchise, as well as the fifth film to be released during the franchise's Heisei era. The film features the fictional monster character Godzilla, along with Baby Godzilla, Rodan and the mecha character Mechagodzilla. Despite its English title, the film is not a sequel to the 1974 film Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla.
Plot
In the aftermath of Mecha-King Ghidorah's defeat by the hand of Godzilla in 1992, the United Nations establishes the "United Nations Godzilla Countermeasures Center" (UNGCC) to stop Godzilla. Their military branch, G-Force, salvages Ghidorah's remains and reverse engineers them to build two anti-Godzilla weapons: an aerial gunship called Garuda and a mecha modeled after Godzilla called Mechagodzilla.
More details
author | Wataru Mimura |
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contentLocation | Tokyo |
director | Takao Okawara |
editor | Miho Yoneda |
events | dinosaur |
genre | science fiction |
keywords | baby baby godzilla bering sea brood parasite brood parasitism european cuckoo female scientist godzilla godzilla junior godzilla vs. king ghidorah godzilla vs. mothra jsdf king ghidorah kyoto mecha-king ghidorah mechagodzilla miki saegusa mothra nuclear waste pteranodon reverse engineering rodan search second brain uncharted united nations yokohama |
musicBy | Akira Ifukube |
producer | Shōgo Tomiyama |
productionCompany | Toho Pictures |
publisher | Toho |
recordedAt | Japan |
theme | japanese kaiju monster movie sequel |