Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster (1964) - Credits and Details

Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster Credits and Details

Directed by
	Ishirô Honda
Written by
	Shin'ichi Sekizawa
Cast
	Yôsuke Natsuki	...	Detective Shindo
	Yuriko Hoshi	...	Naoko Shindo
	Hiroshi Koizumi	...	Professor Miura
	Akiko Wakabayashi	...	Princess Selina Salno of Sergina
	Emi Itô	...	Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
	Yumi Itô	...	Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
	Takashi Shimura	...	Dr. Tsukamoto
	Akihiko Hirata	...	Chief Detective Okita
	Hisaya Itô	...	Malmess, Chief Assassin
	Minoru Takada	...	Prime Minister
	Someshô Matsumoto	...	Alien Expert
	Ikio Sawamura	...	Honest Fisherman
	Kôzô Nomura	...	Geologist
	Kenji Sahara	...	Editor in Chief Kanamaki
	Susumu Kurobe	...	Moustachoied Assassin
	Tôru Ibuki	...	Short-Tie Assassin
	Kazuo Suzuki	...	Showoff Door-Opener Assassin
	Haruya Katô	...	Journalist
	Shin Ôtomo	...	Boss of Assassins
	Senkichi Ômura	...	Would-Be Hat Retriever
	Yutaka Nakayama	...	Tourist with Lost Hat
	Heihachirô Ôkawa	...	Astronomer
	Yutaka Oka	...	Meteorite Scientist
	Hideyo Amamoto	...	Princess Salno's aide
	Yoshio Kosugi	...	Chief of Infant Island
	Yoshifumi Tajima	...	Heedless Ship Captain
	Kôji Uno	...	Hotel Clerk
	Shigeki Ishida	...	Guy in Crowd
	Toshihiko Furuta	...	Villager
	Kôtarô Tomita	...	Villager
	Ichiya Aozora	...	Self - Host of TV Show / Tall Man
	Senya Aozora	...	Self - Host of TV Show / Short man
	Yuriko Hanabusa	...	Shindo's mother
	Nakajirô Tomita	...	General Hyodo
	Hideo Shibuya	...	Journalist
	Haruo Nakajima	...	Gojira
	Shôichi Hirose	...	Kingugidora
	Masaki Shinohara	...	Radon
	Katsumi Tezuka	...	Mothra
	Kôji Uruki	...	Radon
	Kenzô Echigo
	Bin Furuya
	Yoshio Katsube	...	(as Yoshio Hattori)
	Toku Ihara
	Kazuo Imai
	Daisuke Inoue
	Saburô Kadowaki
	Keiichirô Katsumoto	...	Villager
	Takuzô Kumagai
	Jun Kuroki
	Toshio Miura
	Jun'ichirô Mukai
	Haruya Sakamoto	...	King Ghidorah
	Seiji Ikeda	...	Man in Crowd
	Kenji Tsubono
	Mitsuo Tsuda	...	Member of Parliament
	Tamami Urayama
	Shigeo Katô	...	Tourist from Aso Mountain
	Akio Kusama	...	Islander from Infant Island
	Hiroshi Akitsu	...	Disc Club Member / Infant Islander / Minister
	Kazuo Hinata	...	Princess Sarno's Entourge Member / Kotobukiyama Reporter / Ueno Park Reporter / Minister / Diet Audience Member
	Eisaburo Komatsu	...	Village Police Officer / Disc Club Member / Ueno Park heckler
	Keiji Sakakida	...	Reporter / Onlooker in Ueno Park / Evacuates in Yokohama
	Kôichi Satô	...	Reporter / Yokohama Self-Defense Force Member
	Junnosuke Suda
	Masaaki Tachibana	...	Matsumoto Refugee / Coffee Shop Customer / Observation Deck Tourist
	Kamayuki Tsubono	...	Sailor of the Kotobukiyama
	Sôji Ubukata	...	Minister
Produced by
	Tomoyuki Tanaka	...	executive producer
Original Music by
	Akira Ifukube
Special Effects by
	Sadamasa Arikawa	...	special effects cameraman
	Kaimai Eizo	...	special effects
	Tadashi Koibe	...	special effects assistant production manager
	Yukio Manoda	...	matte photography
	Keizô Murase	...	special effects
	Shigeru Nakamura	...	production manager
	Teruyoshi Nakano	...	chief assistant director of special effects
	Sokei Tomioka	...	special effects cameraman
	Eiji Tsuburaya	...	special effects director
	Akira Watanabe	...	special effects art director
	Taka Yuki	...	matte process
Visual Effects by
	Sadao Iizuka	...	visual effects
	Kyuichirô Kishida	...	special effects lighting
	Hiroshi Mukoyama	...	special effects opticals
Stunts
	Haruo Nakajima	...	stunt choreographer

Additional Info
Premiere:	December 20, 1964
Theatrical Release:	September 13, 1965
DVD Release:	June 05, 2007
Blu-ray Release:	October 29, 2019
Country:
Distributor:	The Criterion Collection
Websites:

Ratings
5.8 / 10	6.5 / 10

Alternate Titles
Earth's Greatest Battle
Godzilla vs. Ghidorah The Three Headed Monster
Monster Of Monsters: Ghidorah
San Daikaijû: Chikyû Saidai No Kessen
The Biggest Battle On Earth
The Biggest Fight On Earth
The Greatest Battle On Earth
The Greatest Fight On Earth
Three Giant Monsters: The Greatest Battle On Earth

Production Companies
Toho

Distributors
Continental Distributing (1965) (United States) (dubbed) (theatrical)
The Criterion Collection (2019) (United States) (subtitled) (Blu-ray)
HBO Max (2020) (United States) (VOD) (video)
The Criterion Channel (2022) (United States) (streaming) (subtitled) (TV)
Video Yesteryear (1983) (United States) (VHS)

Filming Locations
Kurobe Dam, Toyama, Japan
Mount Aso, Kumamoto, Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan (Possessed Selina Salno warns onlookers)
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

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