| Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla | |
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| Directed by | Kensho Yamashita |
| Produced by | Tomoyuki Tanaka Shogo Tomiyama |
| Written by | Hiroshi Kashiwabara |
| Starring | Megumi Odaka Jun Hashizume Zenkichi Yoneyama Akira Emoto Towako Yoshikawa |
| Music by | Takayuki Hattori Isao Shigetoh Akira Ifukube (Godzilla theme) |
| Cinematography | Masahiro Kishimoto |
| Distributed by | Toho |
| Release date(s) | December 10, 1994 |
| Running time | 108 min. |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Budget | US $10,300,000 |
| Preceded by | Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II |
| Followed by | Godzilla vs. Destoroyah |
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (ゴジラVSスペースゴジラ Gojira tai SupēsuGojira) is a 1994 kaiju film directed by Kensho Yamashita and written by Hiroshi Kashiwabara. It was the twenty-first film released in the Godzilla series and sixth in the Heisei series of films. It is the second film to feature the Moguera and Little Godzilla and also the seventh film to feature Mothra. It is the only film to feature SpaceGodzilla.
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In 1995, a group of soldiers and scientists are setting up at Birth Island to try Project T against Godzilla. The plan is to plant a device on Godzilla which will allow the G-Force to control the mutant dinosaur telepathically, but the project fails. Meanwhile, Mothra sends a Fairy Mothra from space to Earth, and the scout uses a message from the Cosmos to warn the humans of grave danger. A space monster is planning to destroy Godzilla and conquer Earth, and with Mothra gone, the Earth will have to rely on Godzilla to save the planet. At the same time, a space monster indeed appears and attacks a NASA space station. Moguera, created from the remains of Super Mechagodzilla, is sent out to stop the monster but is defeated.
The monster lands on Birth Island and fights Godzilla. However, Godzilla is knocked out by the monster's corona beam while protecting LittleGodzilla. LittleGodzilla is captured in a crystalline prison below ground. The monster, for unknown reasoning, retreats, with Godzilla following him, in an attempt to free his imprisoned son. The scientists discover that the space monster is a clone of Godzilla, so they name it SpaceGodzilla.
The Japanese Mafia captures psychic Miki Saegusa and brings her back to their base, in an attempt to use Project T to gain control of Godzilla. However, their plan backfires. A recovery team is successfully dispatched and Miki and the team escape before SpaceGodzilla arrives and destroys the building. SpaceGodzilla lands in Fukuoka and destroys it in a matter of minutes, creating large crystals from the ground and turning the city into its fortress. Moguera arrives to once again fight SpaceGodzilla but is still no match for it. However, Godzilla arrives and fights SpaceGodzilla. It is discovered that SpaceGodzilla is using a large tower in the city as a power source and is absorbing the energy through its shoulder crystals. After taking advantage of this weakness, Godzilla destroys SpaceGodzilla (along with Moguera) by using his spiral ray and frees LittleGodzilla. The G-force now accepts Godzilla as their new protector. Miki, with her telepathic powers, gets the control device off of Godzilla.
The film ends with Godzilla swimming back to Birth island and the Fairy Mothra returns to outer space.
Released on December 10, the film sold approximately 3,200,000 tickets in Japan and grossed around $20,000,000 (U.S) ($32,000,000 (U.S) world wide).
Critical reaction to Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla has been mixed. Toho Kingdom said the film is "far from terrible" and "an underrated movie" but felt it suffered from an "overly complicated story," "underdeveloped characters," and "forgettable" music.[1] Monster Zero called the film "a curiously uninvolving effort" that "disappoints in nearly all aspects of the production" [2] American Kaiju criticized the "wildly uneven pacing," "uneven special effects," and "exceedingly lumpy story," but added that "most of the special effects are pretty fair" and "the monster battles are mostly fun."[3] DVD Cult said, "It does have some great destruction scenes and monster battles; two things that make these films worthwhile to begin with. The monster SpaceGodzilla is excellently designed, and is certainly far more menacing than anything Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich ever dreamed up."[4]
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In 1995, the film won the Best Grossing Films Award - Silver Award.
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