Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II

"The Birth of the End of the Century Tyrant."

1993 1h 48m JA

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Synopsis

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The U.N.G.C.C. (United Nations Godzilla Countermeasure Center) recovers the remains of Mecha-King Ghidorah and construct Mechagodzilla as a countermeasure against Godzilla. Meanwhile, a giant egg is discovered along with a new monster called Rodan. The egg is soon found to be none other than an infant Godzillasaurus.

“The Birth of the End of the Century Tyrant.”

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Cast

Masahiro Takashima
Kazuma Aoki
Ryoko Sano
Azusa Gojo
Megumi Odaka
Miki Saegusa
Daijirō Harada
Ichirota Miyagawa
Yūsuke Kawazu
Professor Omae
Akira Nakao
Commander Takaki Aso
Koichi Ueda
General Hyodo

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Takao Okawara
Writers: Wataru Mimura
Languages: Japanese, English
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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33 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Japanese, English.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Godzilla (Heisei) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Takao Okawara, shot by Yoshinori Sekiguchi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Akira Ifukube. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Miho Yoneda shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Masahiro Takashima and Ryoko Sano and Megumi Odaka carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The Birth of the End of the Century Tyrant.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Takao Okawara directs. Yoshinori Sekiguchi behind the camera. Akira Ifukube scores. Miho Yoneda cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese, English.

Trivia

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133 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Japanese, English.
3Part of the "Godzilla (Heisei) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Takao Okawara, shot by Yoshinori Sekiguchi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Akira Ifukube. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Miho Yoneda shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Masahiro Takashima and Ryoko Sano and Megumi Odaka carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "The Birth of the End of the Century Tyrant.".
9IMDB entry: tt0107027 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 16 themes, including "android", "self sacrifice", "giant monster", "giant robot".
11Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Yoshinori Sekiguchi
Original score: Akira Ifukube
Editing: Miho Yoneda
Makeup / hair: Yoshie Shimonabe
Runtime: 108 min · 1h 48m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.78:1 (16:9)
Status: Released
Budget: $9,500,000
Box office: $18,000,000
Return: 189% of budget
Original language: JA
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes: 83% 🍅 Fresh
IMDB rating: 6.5/10 · 6,619 votes
MPAA: PG

Awards

2 nominations total

Part of

Godzilla (Heisei) Collection

Film series featuring Godzilla from the Heisei era.

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Takao Okawara

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John Chard2016-03-27
★ 7/10
Kyoto Stomp! By 1993 the Heisei era of the Godzilla series was well in swing. Here production company Toho bring back Mechagodzilla, Rodan and sadly - they birth Baby Godzilla. Plot is nutty of course, top level government organisation want rid of Godzilla, so using various mechanics and creature science from previous Godzilla foes, construct a new Mechagodzilla, who is soon to be souped up to be Super Mechagodzilla. Carnage, telepathy, hidden brains and maternal instincts do follow. It's actually one of the better films from the Heisei wave. Standard city destruction via model work is always good fun, but it's nice to find the effects work is of a much better standard than from previous instalments. The action sequences are smartly constructed by Takao Okawara, with the crowning smack-down between Zilla and Metalzilla absolutely joyous, a fun packed blend of cartoonish chaos and death ray destruction. Akira Ifukube once again provides an outstanding musical score, and while you will search long and hard for acting performances of note, it all just falls into place in the grand scheme of things. Now if only we didn't have that goddamn Baby Godzilla! So cute! So annoying... 7/10

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