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Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

Ripper......: repositorium    Length.........:  89 minutes
Source......: DVD             Aspect Ratio...: 2.35:1
Type........: XviD            Resolution.....: 512x224
Disks.......: [x]1CD [ ]2CD
Rars........: 50 x 15MB       Video Bitrate..: 986 kb/s AVG
Video Framerate: 23.976
VH-PROD Rls.: 02/19/2005      Audio Bitrate..: 77 kb/s AVG
DVD Release.: 10/19/2004      Audio Language.: Japanese
Theater Date: 03/12/1972      Stream Type....: [x]Mp3 [ ]Ac3
Channels.......: [ ]Stereo
IMDB Rating.: 4.3/10                           [x]Mono
IMDB Votes..: 288
Genre.......: [ ] Action      Subtitles......: [x] English
Comedy   [ ] Drama        [x] French      [ ] Spanish
Romance  [ ] Family       [ ] Chinese     [ ] Japanese
[x] Sci-Fi   [ ] Musical      [ ] Thai        [ ] Hindi
Horror   [ ] Fantasy      [ ] German      [ ] Dutch
War      [ ] Crime        [ ] Portuguese  [ ] Other
Documentary

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068371/maindetails

P L O T

Aliens from space plan to conquer the world using
space monsters Gigan and King Ghidrah, which they
control from their secret headquarters inside the
head of the Godzilla-replica building at a theme park.
The only thing that can stop them is the combined
efforts of Godzilla and Anguirus.

C A S T

Hiroshi Ishikawa .... Gengo Kotaka
Yuriko Hishimi .... Tomoko Tomoe
Minoru Takashima .... Shosaku Takasugi
Tomoko Umeda .... Machiko Shima

R E L E A S E  N O T E S

The original script for this film was entitled
"King Ghidorah's Great Counterattack", which
featured Godzilla, Rodan and Varan fighting
Ghidorah, Gigan, and a new monster named Mogu. It
was then reworked into the more appealing "Godzilla
Vs. The Space Monsters: The Earth Defense Command".
The script pitted Godzilla, Angilas, and Majin Tuol
(a giant stone idol, similar to Daimajin) against
King Ghidorah, Gigan, and Megalon, all three
recruited by an evil alien brain called Miko. This
second script was ultimately reworked into the film
it is today. The Godzilla Tower, originally from the
script, was part of a world fair amusement park, and
was not made for an evil purpose like in the final
film (in one scene, Gigan actually mistook it for the
real Godzilla!). Megalon finally made his debut in
Gojira tai Megaro (1973), and Majin Tuol was reworked
into King Shisar in Gojira tai Mekagojira (1974).

The first film in which Godzilla actually
drew blood. It first happens during the big battle
later in the film when Gigan flies over past
Godzilla and swipes his shoulder, and later, when
Gigan repeatedly strikes a severely weakened Godzilla
in his forehead.

This was Haruo Nakajima's final role as Godzilla
before retiring from the role.

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