Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)

Original title

ゴジラ×メカゴジラ

Directed by

Masaaki Tezuka

Genre

fantasy film, science fiction film, kaiju, crossover fiction

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 264 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A military pilot named Akane Yashiro is chosen to operate a giant cyborg mecha called Kiryu. The mecha was built using the skeleton of the original Godzilla from 1954 and must defend Japan from a new Godzilla attack.

action-packeddramaticnostalgicsuspensefulbombasticearnestfuturisticoperatic

What happens

Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (ゴジラ×メカゴジラ, Gojira tai Mekagojira) is a 2002 Japanese kaiju film directed by Masaaki Tezuka, with special effects by Yūichi Kikuchi. Distributed by Toho and produced under their subsidiary Toho Pictures, it is the 27th film in the Godzilla franchise and the fourth film in the franchise's Millennium period, and is also Toho's 26th Godzilla film. The film features Godzilla, along with an updated version of the mecha character Mechagodzilla, who is referred to in the film by its codename MFS-3 Kiryu. The film stars Yumiko Shaku, Shin Takuma, Kou Takasugi, Yuusuke Tomoi, Kumi Mizuno, and Akira Nakao, with Tsutomu Kitagawa as Godzilla and Hirofumi Ishigaki as Kiryu. The film follows Akane Yashiro, who must pilot the cyborg mecha created from the skeleton of the first Godzilla in the attempt to prevent Godzilla from attacking Japan. Rather than continuing the format of the other films in the Millennium era of ignoring the events of every instalment in the Godzilla film series aside from the original 1954 Godzilla, Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla takes place within a continuity that alludes to some of Toho's Shōwa-era kaiju films. A direct sequel, Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S., was released on December 13, 2003. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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