Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster (1964)
3.4 of 5 from 49 ratings
1h 25min
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- Synopsis:
Reporter Naoko (Yuriko Hoshi) is interviewing members of a UFO club when a large meteor lands in Kurobe Valley. Meanwhile, her detective brother Shindo (Yôsuke Natsuki) is assigned to protect the foreign Princess Salno (Akiko Wakabayashi), only for her to be seemingly assassinated before her arrival in Japan. While the meteor is investigated, Salno emerges under the guise of a Venusian prophetess and catches the attention of Naoko and Mothra's fairies. She prophecies the return of Godzilla, Rodan, as well as the arrival of a powerful space monster called King Ghidorah. As Shindo and Naoko protect Salno, the infant Mothra must persuade Godzilla and Rodan to set aside their differences and save the world from Ghidorah. - Actors:
- Yôsuke Natsuki, Yuriko Hoshi, Hiroshi Koizumi, Akiko Wakabayashi, Emi Itô, Yûmi Itô, Takashi Shimura, Akihiko Hirata, Hisaya Itô, Minoru Takada, Someshô Matsumoto, Ikio Sawamura, Kôzô Nomura, Kenji Sahara, Susumu Kurobe, Tôru Ibuki, Kazuo Suzuki, Haruya Katô, Shin Ôtomo, Senkichi Ômura
- Directors:
- Ishirô Honda
- Producers:
- Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Writers:
- Shin'ichi Sekizawa
- Aka:
- San daikaijû: Chikyû saidai no kessen
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Countries:
- Japan
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Reviews (1) of Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster
Group Project: Kaiju Edition - Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster review by griggs
It’s a funny one: the idea of this film is better than the film itself. On paper, Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster is peak Honda — prophecies, an assassination plot, and monsters with personal beef. On screen, it can feel dutiful, like the franchise is ticking boxes while the suits stomp around in the background.
The human plot (princess on the run, doomsday predictions, and a jittery UFO club that treats a “Venus” prophetess like customer support) has energy, but it keeps tripping over exposition. Ghidorah turns up as a glittering, golden nightmare — impressive, sure — yet oddly remote.
The best stuff is the forced-team-up comedy: Godzilla and Rodan squabbling like rivals stuck on a group project, with Mothra doing the emotional admin. When that clicks, it’s properly charming. When it doesn’t, you feel the machinery at work — and the magic slips.
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