The microscopic alien lifeform Hedorah feeds on Earth's pollution and grows into a poisonous, acid-secreting sea monster. After it sinks an oil tanker and attacks Dr. Toru Yano and his young son Ken Yano, scarring them both, Hedorah's toxic existence is revealed to the public. Ken Yano has visions of Godzilla fighting the world's pollution, Dr. Toru Yano and his wife Toshie Yano has determined to destroy the unkillable monster and insists Godzilla will come to humankind's aid against Hedorah. Edit Translation
- English
- magyar / magyar nyelv
- dansk
- Norsk
- Native Title: ゴジラ対ヘドラ
- Also Known As: Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster , Gojira tai Hedora
- Screenwriter: Mabuchi Kaoru
- Screenwriter & Director: Banno Yoshimitsu
- Genres: Action, Tokusatsu, Sci-Fi
Where to Watch Godzilla vs. Hedorah
Free (sub)
Cast & Credits
- Shiba Toshio Main Role
- Echigo Ken[Talking Head]Support Role
- Nakajima HaruoGodzillaSupport Role
- Suzuki Haruo[Military Officer]Guest Role
- Kusama Akio[Tv Screen Person]Bit part
- Onishi Yasumasa[old man in the shade]Bit part
Reviews
This review may contain spoilers
I would love to have been in the writers’ room for this movie and seen what they were thinking and tripping on. Let’s make a monster environmentally conscious because it eats pollution. Far out! But it also sprays concentrated sulfuric acid on people and shoots toxic waste out of its belly button. Cool! We should also have some cartoons mixed in with the action. Groovy! And go-go dancing and singing randomly thrown in. I can dig it! Don’t forget some trippy dream sequences! Right on! We gotta have a guy hallucinating at a concert, too. Lay it on me!In fairness, this was a fun Godzilla movie with a formidable enemy for the big guy. Hedorah can grow and change shape the more he feeds on pollution. He flies, Godzilla even flies!
Even though there are some psychedelic moments, there are also real stakes in this movie. Main characters are maimed and killed by Hedorah. The stakes were also high for the environment. Real images of the disturbing amount of pollution in Tokyo Bay are shown as the theme song is sung. Pollution was becoming a very real concern and, in this story, spawned a deadly monster.
There is plenty of monster-on-monster wrestling. They might have spent too much time taunting each other and Godzilla takes a beating more often than not for most of the movie, but we know we can always count on him to rally in the end and take care of business. If you are a fan of the old school Godzilla, this is one of G’s more unique films. Outta sight!
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