Godzilla: Final Wars
is a 2004 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ryuhei Kitamura, with special effects by Eiichi Asada. Distributed by Toho and produced by its subsidiary Toho Pictures, it is the 29th film in the Godzilla franchise, and the sixth and final film in the franchise's Millennium era. The film stars Masahiro Matsuoka, Rei Kikukawa, Don Frye, Maki Mizuno, Kazuki Kitamura, Kane Kosugi, Kumi Mizuno, Kenji Sahara, Masami Nagasawa, Chihiro Otsuka, Shigeru Izumiya, Masakatsu Funaki, Masato Ibu, Jun Kunimura, and Akira Takarada. In the film, when a mysterious race of aliens known as the Xiliens arrive on Earth, the Earth Defense Force (EDF) find themselves locked in battle with various monsters attacking cities around the world, leading them to revive the only chance to save their planet: Godzilla.
Plot
Over the course of the 20th century, environmental disasters caused the appearance of giant monsters and superhumans, dubbed "mutants", who are then recruited into the Earth Defense Force (EDF) to battle the monsters. During a battle in Antarctica with the original Gotengo, the king of the monsters Godzilla is imprisoned under the ice by a cave-in caused by a series of missiles fired off from Gotengo by Douglas Gordon.
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| author | Ryuhei Kitamura |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Arizona Egypt Japan New York City Papua New Guinea Paris Sydney Tokyo |
| director | Ryuhei Kitamura |
| editor | Shūichi Kakesu |
| events | alien invasion dinosaur spider |
| genre | action adventure science fiction |
| keywords | 20th century alien alien race anguirus antarctica aokigahara atragon capture dna english channel environmental disaster extraterrestrials in fiction giant monsters gigan godzilla gorath gotengo guard hedorah hologram intergalactic star king ghidorah#millennium era los angeles minilla monster x monument valley mothra mummify mummy mutant mutants in fiction normandy okinawa okinawa prefecture rodan runaway shanghai shobijin the king u.n. united nations white dwarf xiliens zilla |
| musicBy | Keith Emerson |
| producer | Kazunari Yamanaka |
| productionCompany | Toho Pictures |
| publisher | Toho |
| recordedAt | Arizona Japan New York City Paris |
| theme | extraterrestrial life japanese kaiju martial arts monster movie science fiction action sequel submarine |