Country
Japan
Date
Mar 17, 1973
Dreaded Megalon from the undersea kingdom! A miraculous deathblow from the wound-ridden Godzilla!
1h 22min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Inventor Goro Ibuki creates a humanoid robot named Jet Jaguar. It is soon seized by an undersea race of people called the Seatopians. Using Jet Jaguar as a guide, the Seatopians send Megalon as vengeance for the nuclear tests that have devastated their society.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Fumiyo Ikeda | Man from Unit 1 |
| Robert Dunham | Emperor Antonio of Seatopia |
| Gentaro Nakajima | Truck Driver |
| Ralph Jesser | Antonio's Aide (Radio Operator in White) |
| Shinji Takagi | Godzilla |
| Hideto Odachi | Megalon |
| Tsugutoshi Komada | Jet Jaguar |
| Masachika Mori | Jet Jaguar |
| Kenpachirō Satsuma | Gigan (as Kengo Nakayama) |
| Gorō Naya | Emperor Atonio of Seatopia (voice) |
| Eisuke Nakanishi | Narrator |
| Haruo Nakajima | Godzilla (archive footage) (uncredited) |
Genres
ActionAdventureScience FictionFantasy
Technical details
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | ゴジラ対メガロ |
| Lingua originale | 日本語 (JA) |
| Lingue parlate | 日本語 |
| Paesi di produzione | Japan |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | TOHO, Toho Eizo Bijutsu, Tokyo Laboratory |
| Data di uscita | 17 marzo 1973 |
| Producer | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
| Writer | Jun Fukuda, Shinichi Sekizawa, Takeshi Kimura |
| Editors | Michiko Ikeda |
| Cinematography | Yuzuru Aizawa |
| Asst. Directors | Tsunesaburo Nishikawa, Eiichi Asada, Yoshio Tabuchi, Jun Fukuda |
| Lighting | Masakuni Morimoto |
| Camera Operators | Yuzuru Aizawa |
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| Add. Photography | Yuzuru Aizawa |
| Production Design | Yoshifumi Honda |
| Art Direction | Yoshifumi Honda |
| Set Decoration | Yoshifumi Honda |
| Special Effects | Shoji Ogawa, Teruyoshi Nakano, Tadaaki Watanabe, Motoyoshi Tomioka |
| Visual Effects | Takeshi Miyanishi, Kazunobu Sanpei, Teruyoshi Nakano, Nobuyuki Yasumaru, Tomoki Kobayashi, Motoyoshi Tomioka |
| Composer | Riichirō Manabe, Eishiro Hayashi, Masato Shimon |
| Sound | Riichirō Manabe, Eishiro Hayashi, Masato Shimon |
| Costume Design | Nobuyuki Yasumaru, Tomoki Kobayashi |
| Makeup | Nobuyuki Yasumaru, Tomoki Kobayashi |
| Hairstyling | Nobuyuki Yasumaru, Tomoki Kobayashi |
| Collezione | Godzilla (Showa) Collection |
| Budget | 760.000 € |
| Incasso | 20.000.000 € |
Release dates
Theatrical release
Country
Germany
Date
Dec 14, 1973
Certification
12
Country
Brazil
Date
Mar 24, 1974
Country
Netherlands
Date
Aug 21, 1974
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Country
Spain
Date
Feb 08, 1975
Note
Cire Films Spanish release titled "Gorgo and Superman Meet in Tokyo".
Country
Italy
Date
Jan 01, 1976
Note
Indipendenti Regionali/AVO Film Italian release titled "At the Borders of Reality". Exact date unknown
Country
Mexico
Date
Jan 01, 1976
Note
Apolo Films S.L. Mexican release titled "Planetary Titans". Exact date unknown.
Country
United States
Date
Apr 24, 1976
Certification
G
Note
English dubbed, 78-minute edited version from Cinemashares/Maron Films.
Country
France
Date
Oct 26, 1976
Note
Le Hollywood Boulevard/René Chateau French release titled "Godzilla 1980".
Country
Canada
Date
Dec 17, 1976
Certification
PG
Country
Australia
Date
Sep 01, 1977
TV
Country
United States
Date
Mar 17, 1977
Certification
G
Note
English dubbed, 48-minute heavily edited version
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