Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) - Credits and Details

Godzilla vs. Gigan Credits and Details

Directed by
	Jun Fukuda
	Yoshimitsu Banno	...	earlier film clips / uncredited
	Ishirô Honda	...	earlier film clips / uncredited
	Shûe Matsubayashi	...	earlier film clips / uncredited
Written by
	Takeshi Kimura	...	story "Gojira tai Uchu Kaijû"
	Shin'ichi Sekizawa	...	screenplay
Cast
	Hiroshi Ishikawa	...	Gengo Kotaka
	Yuriko Hishimi	...	Tomoko Tomoe
	Minoru Takashima	...	Shosaku Takasugi
	Tomoko Umeda	...	Machiko Shima
	Toshiaki Nishizawa	...	Kubota, Head of Children's Land
	Zan Fujita	...	Fumio Sudo
	Kunio Murai	...	Takashi Shima
	Gen Shimizu	...	Commander of Defense Forces
	Zekô Nakamura	...	Priest
	Kuniko Ashihara	...	Fumio's Mother
	Akio Murata	...	Editor of Comics Magazine
	Nobutake Saitô	...	Henchman (as Noritake Saito)
	Yasuhiko Saijô	...	Henchman
	Naoya Kusakawa	...	Policeman
	Wataru Ômae	...	Henchman
	Haruo Nakajima	...	Gojira / Background Comic Editor / JSDF Officer
	Kenpachirô Satsuma	...	Gaigan (as Kengo Nakayama)
	Kôetsu Ômiya	...	Angirasu / Laser Radar Operator
	Kanta Ina	...	Kingugidora
	Hal Archer	...	Takeshi Shima / JSDF soldier (voice)
	Shôichi Hirose	...	Kingugidora (archive footage)
	Eisaburo Komatsu	...	Police Officer
	'Little Man' Machan	...	Minira (archive footage)
	Teruo Nigaki	...	Radon (archive footage)
	Yû Sekita	...	Gorozaurusu / Angirasu / Gojira (archive footage)
	Katsumi Tezuka	...	Mosura (archive footage)
	Susumu Utsumi	...	Kingugidora (archive footage)
Uncredited Cast
	Chris Hilton	...	Fumio Sudo (voice)
	Michael Kaye	...	Shosaku Takasugi / Editor of Comics Magazine / Police officer / Henchman / Anguirus (voice)
	Ted Thomas	...	Kubota / Priest / Radio Announcer / Godzilla (voice)
Produced by
	Tomoyuki Tanaka	...	producer
Original Music by
	Akira Ifukube	...	credit only
Special Effects by
	Toshiro Aoki	...	special effects sets
	Saburo Doi	...	mat processing
	Yasuyuki Inoue	...	special effects art director
	Fumio Nakadai	...	operations
	Teruyoshi Nakano	...	director of special effects
	Tadaaki Watanabe	...	special effects: propmaster
	Takesaburô Watanabe	...	mechanical effects
Visual Effects by
	Fumio Nakadai	...	miniature set operation
	Yoshiyuki Tokumasa	...	optical photography / optical printing
	Sokei Tomioka	...	special effects cameraman
Stunts
	Haruo Nakajima	...	stunt choreographer

Additional Info
Premiere:	March 12, 1972
Theatrical Release:	August 1977
DVD Release:	October 19, 2004
Blu-ray Release:	May 06, 2014
Country:
Distributor:	The Criterion Collection
Websites:

Ratings
5.6 / 10	5.6 / 10

Alternate Titles
Chikyû Kogeki Meirei: Gojira Tai Gaigan
Earth Assault Order: Godzilla vs. Gigan
Extermination 2025
Godzilla On Monster Island
The Earth Destruction Directive: Godzilla vs. Gigan
War Of The Monsters

Production Companies
Toho Eizo Co.
Toho

Distributors
Cinema Shares International Distribution (1976) (United States) (theatrical)
Sinister Cinema (1995) (United States) (dubbed) (VHS)
Downtown Distribution Company Inc. (1977) (United States) (dubbed) (theatrical)
Anchor Bay Entertainment (1995) (United States) (VHS)
Kraken Releasing (2012) (United States) (Blu-ray)
The Criterion Collection (2019) (United States) (Blu-ray)
HBO Max (2020) (United States) (VOD) (video)
Image Entertainment (United States) (laserdisc)

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