Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
A meteorite lands in Kurobe Valley as detective Shindo is assigned to protect Princess Salno. Seemingly assassinated, she emerges under the guise of a prophetess and catches the attention of Mothra's fairies with her warnings of the appearance of Godzilla, Rodan, and powerful space monster called King Ghidorah. Mothra must convince Godzilla and Rodan to set aside their hatred of humanity or face Ghidorah alone.
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Yōsuke Natsuki as Detective Shindo |
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Yuriko Hoshi as Naoko Shindo |
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Akiko Wakabayashi as Mas Selina Salno |
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Hisaya Itô as Malmess, Chief Assassin |
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Hiroshi Koizumi as Professor Miura |
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Takashi Shimura as Dr. Tsukamoto |
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Yumi Ito as Shobijin |
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Emi Ito as Shobijin |
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Akihiko Hirata as Chief Detective Okita |
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Minoru Takada as Prime Minister |
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Someshô Matsumoto as Alien Expert |
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Ikio Sawamura as Honest Fisherman (uncredited) |
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Kôzô Nomura as Geologist (uncredited) |
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Kenji Sahara as Editor in Chief Kanamaki (uncredited) |
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Susumu Kurobe as Assassin with Mustache (uncredited) |
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Tôru Ibuki as Short-Tie Assassin (uncredited) |
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Kazuo Suzuki as Door-Opener Assassin (uncredited) |
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Haruya Katô as Journalist (uncredited) |
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Shin Ôtomo as Boss of Assassins (uncredited) |
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Senkichi Ômura as Would-Be Hat Retriever (uncredited) |
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Yutaka Nakayama as Tourist with Lost Hat (uncredited) |
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Heihachirō Ōkawa as Astronomer (uncredited) |
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Hideyo Amamoto as Princess Salino's aide (uncredited) |
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Yoshio Kosugi as Chief of Infant Island (uncredited) |
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Yoshifumi Tajima as Ship Captain (uncredited) |
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Yutaka Oka as Meteoritic (uncredited) |
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Kôji Uno as Hotel Clerk (uncredited) |
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Shigeki Ishida as Man in Crowd (uncredited) |
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Toshihiko Furuta as Villager (uncredited) |
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Kotaro Tomita as Villager (uncredited) |
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Ichiya Aozora as Himself/TV host (uncredited) |
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Senya Aozora as Himself/TV Host (uncredited) |
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Yuriko Hanabusa as Mother Shindo (uncredited) |
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Hideo Shibuya as Journalist (uncredited) |
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Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla |
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Shôichi Hirose as King Ghidorah |
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Masaki Shinohara as Rodan (uncredited) |
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Kôji Uruki as Rodan (uncredited) |
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Seiji Ikeda as (uncredited) |
Directing | Ishirō Honda | Director |
Crew | Eiji Tsuburaya | Special Effects |
Production | Tomoyuki Tanaka | Executive Producer |
Writing | Shinichi Sekizawa | Screenplay |
Camera | Hajime Koizumi | Director of Photography |
Editing | Ryôhei Fujii | Editor |
Art | Takeo Kita | Production Design |
Art | Takeo Kita | Art Direction |
Sound | Akira Ifukube | Original Music Composer |
Directing | Koji Hashimoto | Assistant Director |