Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
is a 1964 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd., it is the fifth film in the Godzilla franchise, and was the second Godzilla film produced that year, after Mothra vs. Godzilla. The film stars Yosuke Natsuki, Hiroshi Koizumi, Akiko Wakabayashi, with Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla, Masanori Shinohara as Rodan, and Shoichi Hirose as King Ghidorah. In the film, an extraterrestrial from Venus, possessing the body of a princess, warns humanity of the pending destruction by the alien-dragon King Ghidorah, with Godzilla, Rodan, and Mothra being their last hope for survival.
Plot
Reporter Naoko Shindo attends a communications session with the UFO society for her television program. However, it is deemed a failure due to Naoko's skepticism. A meteor shower soon descends on Japan, with the largest meteor crashing on Mount Kurodake. Naoko's brother, Detective Shindo, is assigned to guard Princess Salno of Selgina from a political assassination during an unannounced visit to Japan. En route to Japan, an alien entity leads Salno to jump from her plane before it explodes. Professor Miura leads a research team to Mt. Kurodake to investigate the large meteor, where they discover it randomly emits magnetic waves. Naoko is sent to investigate a prophetess claiming to be from Venus, who predicts that the pteranodon Rodan will emerge from Mount Aso.
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author | Shinichi Sekizawa |
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contentLocation | Tokyo |
director | Ishirō Honda |
editor | Ryohei Fujii |
events | dinosaur |
genre | fantasy science fiction |
keywords | assassination plot claim godzilla king ghidorah lose meteor crash meteor shower mothra mount aso mount kurodake mount suisho no memory outer space political assassination power line pteranodon rodan save the planet sea monster television program venus warn |
musicBy | Akira Ifukube |
producer | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
productionCompany | Toho |
publisher | Toho |
recordedAt | Japan |
theme | japanese kaiju monster movie sequel |