is a 2002 Japanese kaiju film directed by Masaaki Tezuka, with special effects by Yūichi Kikuchi. Distributed by Toho and produced under their subsidiary Toho Pictures, it is the 27th film in the Godzilla franchise and the fourth film in the franchise's Millennium period, and is also the 26th Godzilla film produced by Toho. The film features the fictional giant monster character Godzilla, along with an updated version of the mecha character Mechagodzilla, who is referred to in the film by its codename MFS-3 Kiryu. The film stars Yumiko Shaku, Shin Takuma, Kou Takasugi, Yuusuke Tomoi, Kumi Mizuno, and Akira Nakao, with Tsutomu Kitagawa as Godzilla and Hirofumi Ishigaki as Kiryu.

Plot

Forty-five years after the first Godzilla's attack and death, maser-cannon technician lieutenant Akane Yashiro of Anti-Megalosaurus Force (AMF) is unable to kill a new member of Godzilla's species during her first fight with him at Tateyama. During the battle, she panics and accidentally knocks a tank off the road, where Godzilla steps on it, killing her comrades inside.