Story
Using some rare cells from Godzilla, Dr. Shiragami has genetically engineered a indestructible plant life form. Known as Biollante, the creature is content to be alone until Godzilla comes back to wreak havoc on Tokyo. Upon his return from the deep, Godzilla finds a worthy opponent in Biollante and the two creatures come face to face in an explosive fight to the finish.
In Tokyo, Okumura realizes by looking at pictures that the monster he saw was a new Godzilla. However the news of Godzilla’s return is kept secret to avoid panic until Godzilla attacks a second time and destroys a Soviet submarine. The Soviets believe the attack was done by the Americans, and a diplomatic crisis ensues, which threatens to escalate into war. The Japanese intervene and finally announce that Godzilla was behind the attack. The Japanese arrange a meeting with the Soviet and American ambassadors and, after some debate over the issue, Prime Minister Mitamura decides nuclear weapons will not be used on Godzilla even if it were to attack the Japanese mainland. The Japanese Self-Defense Forces are put on alert and search for Godzilla.
Soon, Godzilla appears on an island off the coast of Japan, determined to feed off a nuclear power plant there. When Godzilla attacks the facility and feeds off the reactor, he is distracted by a flock of birds, and leaves the facility almost as quickly as he arrived. Okumura and his friends realize that Godzilla reacts to the same signal as birds, and Professor Hayashida decides to use this method to lure Godzilla away from Tokyo. Meanwhile, the Soviets have their own plans to counter the threat posed by Godzilla, and a Soviet control ship disguised as a freighter in Tokyo Harbor prepares to launch a nuclear missile from one of their orbiting satellites should Godzilla attack.
Godzilla is later sighted at Tokyo Bay, forcing mass evacuations out of the city and a state of emergency is declared. The JASDF attacks Godzilla with Mitsubishi F-1 fighter jets, but their missiles are useless against him. Godzilla then proceeds to the coast, where the waiting army, equipped with tanks, rocket launchers and soldiers armed with Howa Type 64 assault rifles, proceeds to fire on Godzilla, but they are quickly subdued. Meanwhile, aboard the Soviet ship, one of the crew members attempts to stop the missile from launching as Godzilla then proceeds towards Tokyo’s business district, wreaking havoc along the way. There, he is confronted by four laser-armed trucks known as Hyper Laser Cannons, and then the Super X, a piloted VTOL craft constructed in secret to defend Tokyo in case of emergency, in particular a nuclear attack.
Because Godzilla’s heart is similar to a nuclear reactor, the cadmium shells that are fired into his mouth by the Super X seal and slow down his heart and Godzilla falls down unconscious. Unfortunately, the city is faced with a greater threat when a Soviet missile is launched from the satellite, leaving the Japanese government and people helpless to stop it. However, the Americans intervene and shoot down the missile with one of theirs before it can hit Tokyo. Unfortunately, the atmospheric nuclear blast creates an electrical storm, which revives Godzilla once more.
Godzilla has a final battle with the Super X, eventually damaging the aircraft and forcing it to make an emergency landing where he destroys it by toppling a building on it. Godzilla continues his rampage, until Professor Hayashida is successful with his invention and uses the bird call device to distract him. Godzilla leaves Tokyo and swims across the Japanese sea to volcanic Mt. Mihara, where he notices the signal device. As he walks towards it, he falls into the mouth of the volcano where he is surrounded by detonators, which are activated by Okumura, creating a controlled volcanic eruption that traps Godzilla for good, at least for the time being.
Cast & Characters
エミー・カノー：中川安奈
寺沢健一郎：豊原功補
三枝未希：小高恵美
森村千晶：原田貴和子
土橋竜三：小林昭二
真崎洋典：佐々木勝彦
ウィルソン：チャック・ウィルソン
林田：山村聡
レポーター：時任三郎
ゲストコメンテーター：矢追純一
アメリカ海軍大佐：ケント・ギルバート
ラゴス島アメリカ軍少佐（スピルバーグ）：ダニエル・カール
アメリカ海軍副官：ジェフ・バーグランド
モールズ：東銀之介
カメラマン[16]：森末慎二
国立超科学研究センター所員：風見しんご
新堂の秘書：吉満涼太
防衛庁長官：佐原健二
航空幕僚長（高岡冬樹）：黒部進
統合幕僚会議議長：仙波和之
陸上幕僚長（志村武雄）：荻原賢三
海上幕僚長（平田大輔）：辰馬伸
ラゴス島日本軍軍曹：渡辺哲
自衛隊情報処理室員：小木茂光、坂田祥一郎、井上康、秋田宗好
M101：マイケル・フォキャノン
M102：マーク・フォキャノン
ニュースキャスター：藤本修子
池畑益吉：上田耕一
グレンチコ：リチャード・バーガー
M11：ロバート・スコット・フィールド
藤尾猛彦：西岡徳馬
新堂靖明：土屋嘉男
Staff
製作：田中友幸
脚本・監督：大森一樹
特技監督：川北紘一
音楽監督：伊福部昭
プロデューサー：富山省吾
撮影：関口芳則
美術：酒井賢
録音：宮内一男
音響効果：伊藤進一（東洋音響カモメ）
照明：粟木原毅
編集：池田美千子
助監督：米田興弘
製作担当者：徳増俊郎
特殊技術
撮影：江口憲一、大根田俊光
美術：大澤哲三
照明：斉藤薫
特殊効果：渡辺忠昭
造型：小林知己、品田冬樹、村瀬継蔵
繰演：松本光司
助監督：鈴木健二
製作担当者：小島太郎
協力：防衛庁
協賛：エフコープ生活協同組合、メンバーズ博多チェックメイト
制作協力：東宝映像美術
製作協力：ファーストウッド・エンターテインメント
東宝映画作品
配給：東宝
Executive Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer: Shogo Tomiyama
Director and Screenplay: Kazuki Omori
Music: Akira Ifukube, conducted by Satoshi Imai
Director of Photography: Yoshinoru Sakiguchi
Lighting: Tsuyoshi Awakihara
Art Director: Ken Sakai
Film Editor: Michiko Ideda
Sound Recording: Katsuo Miyahara
Sound: Toho Recording Center
Dolby Stereo Consultant: Mikio Mori
Special Effects
Director: Koichi Kawakita
Directors of Photography: Kenichi Eguchi, Toshimitsu Oneda
Art Director: Tetsuko Osawa
Lighting: Kaoru Saito
Pyrotechnics: Tadaaki Watanabe
Wire Works: Koji Matsumoto
Sculpting: Tomoki Kobayashi
Assistant Director: Kenji Suzuki
