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Godzilla vs. Hedorah(ゴジラ対ヘドラGojira tai Hedora)is a 1971 Japanesescience-fictionkaiju filmproduced byToho. Directed byYoshimitsu Bannoand featuring special effects byTeruyoshi Nakano, the film starsAkira Yamauchi,Toshie Kimura, andHiroyuki Kawase. The eleventh film in theGodzillaseries, the film had a strong anti-pollution message, with director Banno being inspired after visiting a polluted beach nearYokkaichi.This film is dedicated to the memory ofEiji Tsubaraya.The film marked director Banno's directorial debut; however, the budget forGodzilla vs. Hedorahwas significantly lower than previousGodzillafilms. Banno was only given 35 days to shoot the film and only had one team available to shoot both the drama and monster effects scenes. Veteran Godzilla directorIshirō Hondawas later tasked by producerTomoyuki Tanakato watch Banno's rough cut and provide advice.[2]The film was released theatrically in the United States in the spring of 1972 byAmerican International PicturesasGodzilla vs. the Smog Monster.Contents[hide]· 1Plot· 2Cast· 3Production· 4Releaseo 4.1Box officeo 4.2English versionso 4.3Audio of The AIP Dub In Public Domaino 4.4Critical receptiono 4.5Home media· 5Legacy· 6Cancelled sequel· 7References· 8External linksPlot[edit]The microscopic alien life-formHedorahfeeds on Earth'spollutionand 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 ofGodzillafighting the world's pollution and insists Godzilla will come to humankind's aid against Hedorah.Hedorah metamorphoses into an amphibious form, allowing it to move onto land to feed on additional sources of pollution. Hedorah is confronted by Godzilla. Hedorah is easily overpowered by Godzilla and retreats into the sea. During the fight, however, several pieces of its new body are flung nearby, which then crawl back into the sea to grow anew and allow the monster to become even more powerful. It returns shortly thereafter in a flying saucer-like shape demonstrating new, even deadlier forms which it can switch between at will.Thousands of people die in Hedorah's raids and even Godzilla is overwhelmed by Hedorah's poisonous emissions. As hope sinks, a party is thrown on Mt. Fuji to celebrate one last day of life before humankind succumbs to Hedorah. Ken Yano, Yukio Keuchi, Miki Fujiyama, and the other partygoers realize that Godzilla and Hedorah have come to Mt. Fuji as well for a final confrontation.Dr. Toru Yano and his wife Toshie Yano has determined that drying out Hedorah's body may destroy the otherwise unkillable monster. The JSDF swiftly constructs two gigantic electrodes for this purpose, but their power is cut off by Godzilla and Hedorah's violent battle. Godzilla energizes the electrodes with its atomic ray, dehydrating Hedorah's outer body. Hedorah sheds this outer body and takes flight to escape, but Godzilla propels itself through the air with its atomic ray to give chase. Godzilla drags Hedorah back to the electrodes and continues to dehydrate it until Hedorah dies. Godzilla tears apart Hedorah's dried-out body and dehydrates the pieces until nothing remains but dust.With Ken Yano calling after him, Godzilla returns to the sea, but not before glaring threateningly at the surviving humanity whose pollution spawned Hedorah.Cast[edit]· Akira Yamauchi as Dr. Toru Yano(矢野 徹Yano Toru)[3]· Hiroyuki Kawase as Ken Yano(矢野 研Yano Ken)[3]· Toshie Kimura as Toshie Yano(矢野 敏江Yano Toshie)[3]· Keiko Mari as Miki Fujinomiya(富士宮 ミキFujinomiya Miki)[3]· Toshio Shiba as Yukio Keuchi(毛内 行夫Keuchi Yukio)[3]· Yoshio Yoshida as Gohei, a fisherman[3]· Kenpachiro Satsumaas Hedorah[4]· Haruo Nakajimaas Godzilla[4]· Haruo Suzuki as JSDF Officer[3]· Yoshio Katsube as JSDF Engineer[4]· Tadashi Okabe as a scholar[4]· Yasuzo Okawa as a rioter· Wataru Omae as a policeman[4]· Eisaburo Komatsu· Koji Uruki· Takuya Yuki as a communications officer[4]· Yukihiko Gondo as a helicopter pilot[4]· Haruo Nakazawa· Kentaro Watanabe as a TV news anchor[4]· Tatsu Okabe as a TV news anchorProduction[edit]Haruo Nakajima(Godzilla) andKenpachiro Satsuma(Hedorah), stage a fight as part of publicity for the film's release in Japan.Director Banno initially conceived the idea forGodzilla vs. Hedorahafter seeing cities like Yokkaichi covered in black smog and the ocean filled with foam from dumped detergent and formulated the story of an alien tadpole transforming into a monster as a result of the pollution.[5]Hedorah's origin is also unique for it is the only monster to be created from pollution. This was the first Godzilla film in several years to neither reuse an old monster (not counting Godzilla) or recycle footage from a previous movie in the series. This is noteworthy since the previous five films (made between 1965 and 1969) had increasingly done both. This film has the only occurrence of Godzilla flying under his own power. He uses his atomic ray as jet propulsion. Director Banno reportedly added the scene to provide a light moment in what is otherwise a fairly dark film compared to many of those which preceded it.Kenpachiro Satsuma, the actor who playedHedorah, was struck withappendicitisduring the production. Doctors were forced to perform theappendectomywhile he was still wearing the Hedorah suit, due to the length of time it took to take off. During the operation, Satsuma learned thatpainkillershad no effect on him.[6]Release[edit]Box office[edit]In Japan, the film sold 1,740,687 tickets.[citation needed]English versions[edit]The film was released in April 1972 byAmerican International Picturesunder the titleGodzilla vs. the Smog Monster, as seen in the poster. There were several small alterations: dialogue was dubbed into English byTitan Productions,[7]several shots with Japanese text were replaced with English or textless equivalents, additional sound effects and foley were added to some scenes, and the song "Save the Earth" (based on "Give Back the Sun!", a song in the original Japanese version of the film) was added. This version was rated 'G' by the MPAA, and the same version was given an 'A' certificate by the BBFC for its UK theatrical release in 1975.[8]The AIP version has been replaced in the North American home video and television markets (including Sony's DVD) byToho's international version, titledGodzilla vs. Hedorah. This version features the original English dub produced in Hong Kong, and by extension lacks the English-language song,Save the Earth. This version was first broadcast in the United States by theSci-Fi Channel, on January 20, 1996.[9]Audio of The AIP Dub In Public Domain[edit]Today the audio for the AIP version is in the public domain, however the picture element is not due to the fact that it was originally made byToho.Critical reception[edit]Critical reaction to the film has been mixed, with some embracing its eccentricity and others deriding it.Japan Hero said the film is "recommended for Godzilla fans, but don't expect much out of it," adding that while "the special effects appear to be pretty good" and "watching it in its original [Japanese] language does make the movie more tolerable," "the character designs ... are bad" and "the music ... really kills the movie."[10]Monster Zero criticized the film's production values and said that it "succeeds in carrying the series over the edge into strictly kid's stuff" and "begins the series' inexorable slide into oblivion."[11]Stomp Tokyo said the film has "many obvious, crippling flaws" but added that "there are some good things," praising the monster action in particular.[12]In a review ofGodzilla 1985, Roger Ebert cited it as his favorite of the Godzilla movies.[13]American Kaiju called the film "a confused Godzilla non-epic that doesn't seem to be sure just who it was made for in the first place."[14]DVD Talk said it "earns points for trying something new, to break away from what was fast becoming a tired formula. The film isn't as entertaining asGodzilla vs. GiganorGodzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, but it is more original and daring, and ... fans will want to pick [it] up."[15]The U.S. dubbed version was featured in the 1978 bookThe Fifty Worst Films of All Time.[16]Home media[edit]The film was released onVHSbyOrion Picturesin 1989, and onDVDbySony Pictures Home Entertainmenton October 19, 2004. The film received aBlu-rayrelease byKraken Releasingon May 6, 2014.[17]A video transfer ofGodzilla vs. The Smog Monsterwas released in Canada on DVD packaged withGodzilla vs. Megalonby Digital Disc.[18]Legacy[edit]After director Yoshimitsu Banno finished directingGodzilla vs. Hedorah, he began work on creating another installment in theGodzillaseries. Like his first Godzilla movie, Banno had wanted the next film to have a strong message against pollution. The initial idea was that a mutant starfish-likemonsterbattles Godzilla. However, he scrapped this idea and wrote what was going to beGodzilla vs. Hedorah 2. In it, Godzilla was to fight another Hedorah, this time in Africa. Due to Tomoyuki Tanaka's reaction to Banno's firstGodzillafilm, this was never realized.Banno spent several years trying to acquire funding for a 40-minute IMAX 3D Godzilla film starring a new version of Hedorah called Deathla. The project was tentatively titledGodzilla 3D: To The Max. The project was eventually scrapped but several members of the production team, including Banno, would work on the 2014Godzilla.In November 2013, Banno stated that he still hoped to make a sequel toGodzilla vs. Hedorah.[19]Cancelled sequel[edit]Yoshimitsu Banno was so pleased withGodzilla vs. Hedorahthat he started writing another Godzilla film. Banno began preparing a script forGodzilla vs. Hedorah 2. However,Tomoyuki Tanaka, who was hospitalized during the production ofGodzilla vs. Hedorah, was extremely dissatisfied with the final product and went as far as to tell Banno that he had "ruined Godzilla." Tanaka prevented Banno from directing another Toho film afterwards, and demoted him from director to producer on several upcoming films.According to Banno though, from later interviews conducted with him,Godzilla vs. Hedorah 2was actually still being worked on after he was removed from the project. Although who the new director would have been is unknown, butJun Fukudaseems the most likely candidate considering that he would step up to direct the next three Godzilla films. Whether the film was going to keep its Africa setting at this stage is not known. The project was eventually scrapped and three more proposed projects would be introduced that following year before finally settling onGodzilla vs. Gigan(1972). In 2014, in an interview with Banno, he had stated that he read a Godzilla film history book from the US and that he was surprised to read that the next film would take place in Africa and that Tanaka had said that he had banned him from his director position, thus conclusively proving these rumours to be false.A single remnant of Banno's intentions to produce a sequel exists in the finished film. At the end of the film, an illustration of Hedorah's tadpole form can be seen, followed by a black screen with red text stating "And another one?", implying that the director had already prepared a sequel for approval. ***International TitleGodzilla vs. HedorahJapanese Titleゴジラ対ヘドラ[Gojira tai minutesInitial US TitleGodzilla vs. the Smog MonsterUS Distributor:AIP (1972)Time:85 minutesAlternate Movie Titles:Frankenstein's Battle Against the Devil's Monster [German]Hedorah, the Toxic Bubble [Spain]Godzilla Monster Frenzy [Italian]Box Office-Stock Footage-DVDs-CDs- Pictures - Concept Art - Cut Scenes -ReviewsDetailsA local fisherman gives Doctor Toru Yano a strange find: a seemingly dead, tadpole-like creature. The odd organism was all the fisherman found while trying to catch shrimp, with the waters oddly absent of the crustaceans. Later, reports come in of a gigantic creature attacking an oil freighter out at sea. Upon seeing the footage, Yano's son, Ken, is convinced it's a larger version of the tadpole-like creature. To discover the truth, the doctor goes scuba diving near where the fisherman made his find. Ken waits for his dad on the shore, only to attract the attention of a smaller version of the monster that sunk the oil freighter. The small boy defends himself with his knife, which leaves no visible damage on the creature although it returns to the water. Ken's father is not so lucky: the beast horrifically scars part of the doctor's face. Seeing that the creature appears to be sludge-like, Ken dubs the monster Hedorah. The media covering his father's attack uses the name, while more reports of sea-related attacks pour in. Experimenting on the sample the fisherman brought him, the doctor makes a startlingly discovery. By applying some polluted water, the creature is rejuvenated. Yano is now convinced it's unlike any creature on earth, as its made of minerals and feeds on a normally hostile environment. Not much later, the creature evolves, sprouting legs as it goes ashore. The creature's rampage is shortened, though, as Godzilla arrives to face it...StaffDirected byYoshimitsu BannoWriting creditsYoshimitsu Banno, Kaoru MabuchiProduced byTomoyuki TanakaMusic byRiichiro Manabe, Mari KeikoCinematography byYoichi ManodaFilm Editing byYoshitami KuroiwaProduction Design byTaiko InoueDirector of Special EffectsTeruyoshi NakanoAssisant Director of Special EffectsKoichi KawakitaCastToru Yano, DoctorAkira YamauchiYukio KeuchiToshio ShibaKen YanoHiroyuki KawaseMiki FujiyamaKeiko MariToshie Yano, Ken's MotherToshie KimuraGohei, FishermanYoshio YoshidaCommanderHaruo SuzukiCommanderYoshio KatsubeNews ReaderSaburo IketaniScientistTadashi OkabeInterviewerSusumu OkabePolice OfficerWataru OmaeHelicopter PilotYukihiko Gondo- Teruzo Okawa(aka Godzilla vs the Smog Monster)A Review by Mike BogueJapanese release: December 20, 1969American release:July 1972 (released theatrically by American International Pictures, a.k.a. AIP)Direction:Yoshimitsu BannoScreenplay: Yoshimitsu Banno and Kaoru Mabuchi (a.k.a. Takeshi Kimura)Music: Riichiro ManabeSpecial Effects: Teruyoshi NakanoExecutive Producer: Tomoyuki TanakaYou'll believe a kaiju can fly! Or maybe not.Yes, this is the infamous Big G movie in which Godzillaflies. But does the movie fly, or does it crash and burn?Apologists forGodzilla vs. Hedorah(oldsters will remember it asGodzilla vs. the Smog Monster) hail the film as an important commentary on environmental pollution; disbelievers decry the film as a disaster with poor production values and a disrespectful treatment of the Big Guy. Which is it? A little of both, but more the latter than the former.Still, no matter what opinion you hold of Godzilla's first 1970s movie, you've got to admit it's a pretty strange bird. So strange, in fact, that executive producer Tomoyuki Tanaka is said to have hated it, banning director/co-writer Yoshimitsu Banno from making another Big G film.The storyline involves Hedorah, a monster created from and powered by industrial pollution. The monster quickly moves from sinking oil tankers to inhaling inland smokestacks to satisfy its insatiable desire for sludge. Enter Godzilla, whose first battle against this new kaiju interloper proves inconclusive.Hedorah next causes havoc and widespread death and injury in Japan. What can be done?Dry Hedorah out, of course, as Ken, the precocious son of a Hedorah-injured scientist, suggests. No sooner can you slap your thigh and say, "Dang it, why didn't I think of that?" than, at the behest of Ken's scientist Daddy, the military erects two huge electrodes. Once Hedorah is lured between them, WHAMMO! The resulting current will dry Hedorah out quicker than convoy of sun lamps.Of course, Godzilla and Hedorah begin to battle nearby and destroy some of the power lines fueling the electrodes. Not to worry. Godzilla, who apparently attended one of the scientist's lectures, uses his ray to power the electrodes, which subsequently fry Hedorah to a burnt-bacon crisp.Butwhat's this?Hedorah revives and attempts to make an airborne getaway – and that's when the Big G makes for the friendly skies without benefit of wings, jet engine, or Rodan airlift. The in-flight Godzilla plops the reluctant Hedorah back between the electrodes, and the smog monster gets fried yet again, this time fatally.As Godzilla turns his back and makes for the sea, Ken waves to the do-gooding kaiju and yells "Sayonara!" Odd how Ken seems more interested in Godzilla than the fact that his older brother died before his very eyes not half an hour earlier.But then,Godzilla vs. Hedorahisvery odd. It mixes traditional Godzilla monster stuff (city miniatures, the military, kaiju battles) with so-called "youth elements" (rock music, psychedelic discothèques), weird cartoon-animated inserts, and raucous multi-screen images. The film's tone shifts from the bleak to the juvenile to the presumably comedic with little rhyme or reason. No wonder Tomoyuki Tanaka was taken aback.Sometimes the grim and the giddy are mixed in the same sequence. For example, during one of their nocturnal battles, Godzilla swings Hedorah by its tail in comically speeded-up swerves; pieces of the Smog Monster fly hither-thither as Hedorah spins round and round. One of those pieces crashes into a room in which a group of men are innocently playing a parlor game – when we see the men again, they are unmoving corpses framed in a grim, sludge-stained tableau.In fact, we see plenty of people get wiped out. Hedorah's acidic mist literally eats the flesh from those over whom it flies. We watch the monster's toxic gas kill dozens of teenagers, including Ken's older brother. But at the same time, Godzilla clowns about as he seems to be daring Hedorah to take him on.And then there's that flying scene. One of the special effects men said the scene was included to lighten the tone. Really.Arms held out straight in an apparent imitation of a toddler pretending to be an airplane, Godzilla spins around, then uses his atomic breath to somehow propel himself into the air. Godzilla's musical "flying theme" sounds like a high school marching band's rendition of the football team's fight song. And speaking of musical cues, there's composer Riichiro Manabe's hideous inebriated-horn theme for the Big G. Like one of H. P. Lovecraft's Old Ones, its horror defies adequate description.Much more agreeable, if admittedly silly, is the film's opening song. Fans of the AIP dub ofGodzilla vs. the Smog Monsterwill well remember "Save the Earth!" Sad that, except for copies of the long out-of-print VHS video, this song remains untranslated in its currently available international dub.Equally sad is the near-total capitulation of Godzilla's character to juvenilia. Now I know some (many?) fans find Godzilla's 1970's antics amusing, even exhilarating. But what was the point of making a movie –Godzilla vs. Hedorah– that featured a Big G meant to appeal to small fry, death scenes and pollution tableaus meant to appeal to adults, and bad rock music and pseudo-counterculture trappings meant to appeal to teenagers? Why not decide which audience you're going after and speak to them?Part of the answer may simply be that Toho wasn't sure where to take Godzilla after the 1960s. (The Big G's box office heyday was most assuredly over – the ticket sales of 1969'sGodzilla's Revengemade that clear enough.) In this context,Godzilla vs. Hedorahcould be looked upon as a bold but failed experiment.It does make a sincere albeit heavy-handed plea against industrial pollution, but the "answers" it offers are simplistic at best. Ken's brother leads a group of his supposedly environmentally aware peers to Mount Fuji, where they burn bonfires, play loud rock music, and dance until sundown. So how does this help to "save the earth"? Now there's some stuff here for almost any Godzilla fan, yours truly included. But the movie's schizophrenic underpinnings ultimately hijack its potential. You have to imagine what this film would have been like if the Big G had been played straight, the preachiness had been toned down, and the message had been displayed as starkly (and subtly) as that in the original 1954Godzilla. Such a movie might have become akaiju eigaclassic.Instead, we're left with a confused Godzilla non-epic that doesn't seem to be sure just who it was made for in the first place. Godzilla may fly, but this movie sure doesn't.Godzilla vs. HedorahEnglishEDIT THIS PAGECOMMENTS (36)SHAREGodzilla vs. HedorahForeign title(s)Gojira Tai HedoraGeneral InformationDirected byYoshimitsu BannoProduced byTomoyuki TanakaWritten byYoshimitsu BannoKaoru MabuchiMusic byRiichiro ManabeMari KeikoProduction InformationDistributed byToho Company Ltd.JPAIPU.S.Release dateJuly 24, 1971RatingGU.S., 1972PGU.S., 2004Budget¥90,000,000Box office¥300,000,000Running time85 minutes(1 hour, 25 minutes)Designs usedSoshingekiGojiShodaiHedoFilm ChronologyPreviousAll Monsters AttackNextGodzilla vs. GiganGodzilla vs. Hedorah(ゴジラ対ヘドラGojira Tai Hedora?, lit.Godzilla Against Hedorah)is a1971tokusatsukaijufilmproduced byToho Company Ltd., and the eleventh installment in theGodzillaseriesas well as theShowa series. The film was released toJapanesetheaters on July 24, 1971.Contents[show]PlotThe movie starts out with a long shot of polluted water whereHedorahrises slowly, the title shows onscreen. Credits roll with shots of sludge and garbage floating past on the water mixed with images of a woman singing "Save the Earth" in Japanese. We then come to the home of the Yano family, consisting of Dr. Toru Yano, a marine biologist, his wife, Toshie, and his son, Ken. A fisherman comes to their house with a large black-colored tadpole-esque fish. A friend of the Yano's, Ken, the Doctor, and the fisherman agree it couldn't be a tadpole for a few reasons (Size, area where it was found, color, etc.). The doctor asks where the fisherman caught it, and he said it was down where he normally went shrimping, saying it was strange he didn't get any.As the family and their friend are eating, a news report comes on about a large creature, similar to the fish they found, attacking two boats, destroying them. One theory put out was that it was a military weapon. A clear photo of the creature comes onscreen in the report. Ken exclaims it was the same as the fish the man brought earlier. They travel down to where the fish was caught inSuruga Bay, the doctor in scuba gear, the boy with a knife and pail. The doctor tells his son he'll be back in thirty minutes and dives in. Dr. Yano swims around for a while without finding anything other than garbage on the bottom of the water. As Ken cracks open oysters attached to the rocks in the water, finding nothing, the creature causes a wave to crash into him as it is swimming toward him. He holds his knife up in the air as it jumps above him, creating a large gash in its underbelly.It swims off, leaving Ken on the rocks, calling out to his father. The doctor soon sees the creature, it goes toward him and burns his face with acid. He is brought back home later on, having been treated for burns. In an interview with the press, they discuss the two creatures (as the one that attacked Ken and Dr. Yano was much smaller), Ken refers to them as "Hedorahs", however the name appears to catch on. They discuss how both of the Hedorahs were found in polluted water. Another news report states three more tankers were taken down by the larger of the two. A crude cartoon of a green-colored Hedorah drinking oil from the tankers among hundreds of dead fish is shown. In the background, smoke billows from several chimney stacks.Classic Godzilla music plays momentarily on a picture of a sunset/sunrise asGodzillaslowly comes on-screen and roars. Various shots of polluted water appears again. Ken has a short monologue about nuclear fallout and waste being put into the sea as Godzilla sets fire to the sludge on the water (apparently for a report of some kind, as evidenced by his lines at the end).Hedorahthen appears in land form, and begins to feed on pollution from a factory. Godzilla appears and attacks Hedorah, only to find out that the monster is immune to his heat ray. Hedorah then retreats back to the ocean with Godzilla on his tail.Ken is at an amusement park and rides on the roller coaster when he spots Godzilla. Hedorah, now in flying form, appears and attacks the city. Meanwhile, Dr. Yano studies Hedorah's blood to find sulfur. He realizes that Hedorah can only be defeated by high temperatures, and kills the small Hedorah he had locked in his lab by electrocuting it. The army is notified of this weakness, and proceeds to build a machine to kill Hedorah atMount Fuji.Ken goes to a party at Mount Fuji where Hedorah attacks. Godzilla attacks Hedorah, but it changes to its final form. Hedorah then defeats Godzilla, and the humans at the party begin to throw fire at it. Hedorah is about to kill them, but Godzilla intervenes. Godzilla fights valiantly, but is once again defeated by Hedorah, with the power lines getting destroyed in the process. The army lures Hedorah to the weapon, only to find out that they do not have power. Godzilla grabs Hedorah and activates the weapon with his heat ray, frying him. He removes two white spheres from Hedorah and destroys them. The weakened Hedorah tries to fly away, but Godzilla flies after him. Hedorah returns to land form, and is drug back to the weapon by Godzilla. Godzilla activates the weapon again and finally kills Hedorah. Ken says his goodbyes to Godzilla as he heads back to the sea.StaffStaff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.§ Directed by Yoshimitsu Banno§ Written by Yoshimitsu Banno, Kaoru Mabuchi§ Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka§ Music by Riichiro Manabe, Mari Keiko§ Cinematography by Yoichi Manoda§ Edited by Yoshitami Kuroiwa§ Production Design by Taiko Inoue§ Special Effects by Teruyoshi Nakano§ Assistant Director of Special Effects Koichi KawakitaCastActor's name on the left, character played on the right.§ Akira Yamauchi as DoctorToru Yano§ Hiroyuki Kawase as Ken Yano§ Toshie Kimura as Toshie Yano, Ken's Mother§ Keiko Mari as Miki Fujinomiya§ Toshio Shiba as Yukio Monai§ Yoshio Yoshida as Fisherman Gohei§ Haruo Suzuki as JSDF Commanding Officer Suzuki§ Yoshio Katsube as JSDF Engineering Officer Katsube§ Tadashi Okabe as Scientist§ Yasuzo Ogawa as Civilian§ Wataru Omae as Police Officer§ Haruo Nakajima as Non-commissioned officer§ Eizaburo Komatsu as Non-commissioned officer§ Koji Uruki as Non-commissioned officer§ Yutaka Oka as Non-commissioned officer§ Takuya Yuki as Communications Officer Yuki§ Yukihiko Gondo as Helicopter Pilot§ Tatsuhito Go as Young Man§ Kentaro Watanabe as News Announcer Watanabe§ Tatsu Okabe as Interviewer Okabe§ Kazuo Imai as Mahjong Man§ Saburo Kadowaki as Mahjong Man§ Masaki Shinohara as Mahjong Man§ Nobuo Katsura as Mahjong Man§ Haruo Nakajima as Man on TV§ Akio Kusama as Man on TV§ Soji Ubukata as Man on TV§ Shigeo Kato as Construction WorkerAppearancesMonsters§ Godzilla(SoshingekiGoji)§ Hedorah(ShodaiHedo)Weapons§ Giant ElectrodeVehicles§ Kawasaki-Vertol KV-107 IIAlternate titles§ Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster(United States)§ Hedorah, the Toxic Bubble(Hedorah, la burbuja tóxica; Spain)§ Godzilla Against Monsters of Smog(Godzilla contra monstruos del smog; Mexico)§ The Monsters of Smog(Los monstruos del smog; Mexico)§ Fankenstein's Battle Against the Devil's Monster(Frankensteins Kampf gegen die Teufelsmonster; Germany)§ Godzilla: Fury of the Monster(Godzilla - Furia di Mostri; Italy)§ Godzilla Against the Monster of Fog(Godzilla contre le monstre du brouillard; French Belgium)§ Godzilla Against Hedorah(Godzilla kontra Hedora; Poland)§ Satan's Creature(Satans creatuur; Netherlands)§ Monster Hedorah(Canavar Hedorah; Turkey)Theatrical releases§ Japan - July 24, 1971§ United States - 1972§ Spain - 1971§ Germany - 1971§ Italy - 1971§ Poland - 1971§ Belgium - 1972§ England - 1975U.S.releaseAmericanGodzilla vs. the Smog MonsterposterGodzilla vs. Hedorahwas released theatrically in the United States in1972by American International Pictures, under the titleGodzilla vs. The Smog Monster. The film was dubbed into English, and were also several small alterations: dialogue was dubbed into English byTitan Productions,several shots with Japanese text were replaced with English or textless equivalents, additional sound effects and foley were added to some scenes. The opening song,Return the Sun!, is recorded over with new English lyrics and retitledSave the Earth.This version was rated 'G' by the MPAA, and the same version was given an 'A' certificate by the BBFC for its UK theatrical release in 1975.The AIP version has been replaced in the North American home video and television markets (even including Sony's DVD) byToho's international version, titledGodzilla vs. Hedorahinstead ofGodzilla vs. The Smog Monster.This version features the original English dub produced in Hong Kong, and by extension lacks the English-language song,Save the Earth which was replaced with the original opening song Return The Sun!.This version was first broadcast in the United States by theSci-Fi Channel, on January 20, 1996.Box officeGodzilla vs. Hedorahhad a budget of ¥90,000,000 . When the film was released on July 24, 1971 in Japan, it received an attendance of 1,740,000.ReceptionGodzilla vs. Hedorahhas received mixed reviews, with some liking it for its special effects and plot, while others dislike it for its bizarre content and inconsistent tone, which ranges from serious and disturbing, to surreal and weird, and to silly and goofy.Japan Hero said the film is "recommended forGodzillafans, but don't expect much out of it," adding that while "the special effects appear to be pretty good" and "watching it in its original [Japanese] language does make the movie more tolerable," "the character designs ... are bad" and "the music ... really kills the movie." Monster Zero criticized the film's production values and said that it "succeeds in carrying the series over the edge into strictly kid's stuff" and "begins the series' inexorable slide into oblivion." Stomp Tokyo said the film has "many obvious, crippling flaws" but added that "there are some good things," praising the monster action in particular.[12]In a review ofGodzilla 1985, Roger Ebert cited it as his favorite of theGodzillamovies.American Kaiju called the film "a confusedGodzillanon-epic that doesn't seem to be sure just who it was made for in the first place. "DVD Talk said it "earns points for trying something new, to break away from what was fast becoming a tired formula. The film isn't as entertaining asGodzilla vs. GiganorGodzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, but it is more original and daring, and fans will want to pick it up."The U.S. dubbed version was featured in the 1978 bookThe Fifty Worst Films of All Time.Home media releasesTriStar Pictures(2004)[1]§ Released: October 19, 2004§ Region: Region 1§ Language: Japanese, English§ Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen§ Other Details: 2.35:1 aspect ratio, 87 minutes run time, 1 disc, American versionToho(2004)§ Released: May 6, 2014§ Region: Region 1§ Language: JapaneseMadman(2006)§ Released: 2006§ Region: Region 4Kraken Releasing(2014)[2]§ Released: May 6, 2014§ Region: Region 1§ Language: Japanese, English (Dubbed)§ Format: Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Widescreen§ Other Details: 1.77:1 aspect ratio, 86 minutes run time, 1 disc, Japanese and American versionsKraken Releasing(2014)[3]§ Blu-ray§ Released: May 6, 2014§ Language: Japanese, English (Dubbed)§ Format: Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, NTSC, Widescreen§ Other Details: 1.77:1 aspect ratio, 86 minutes run time, 1 disc, Japanese and American versionsTrivia§ Godzilla vs. Hedorahincludes a scene that is the first, and only, time Godzilla demonstrated the ability of flight in a film, using his atomic breath as jet propulsion.Yoshimitsu Bannoreportedly added the scene to provide a light moment in what is otherwise a fairly dark movie compared to many of those which preceded it. Godzilla also demonstrated this ability in the comic seriesGodzilla: Ongoingand inGodzilla: The Game.§ DespiteTomoyuki Tanakareportedly prohibitingYoshimitsu Bannofrom ever working on anotherGodzillafilm,Tohoattempted to produce asequel toGodzilla vs. Hedorahwith Banno as director, though this never made it past the concept stage. After Tanaka's death, Banno attempted to create a spiritual successor toGodzilla vs. HedorahcalledGodzilla 3D to the MAX, which was scrapped in favor ofLegendary Pictures'Godzilla, for which Banno was credited as an executive producer.§ During the fight against Hedorah in the countryside, Godzilla tries to fend off one of Hedorah's eye beams by performing the famous '+' position with his arms, as a reference to theUltramanseries. However, this fails, and he gets his arms burnt.§ Hedorah is the last monster that Godzilla battles in the Showa series that acts independently and is not under the control of some other being. 4149