Godzilla vs. Gigan

Defeat the evil space monsters! You can protect the Earth, Godzilla!

1972 • 89 min • Action · Adventure · Science Fiction

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Synopsis

Manga artist Gengo Odaka lands a job with the World Children's Land amusement park only to become suspicious of the organization when a garbled message is discovered on tapes. As Gengo and his team investigate, Godzilla and Anguirus quickly decipher the message and begin their own plan of action.

Our family guide

Best from age 6

Movie Knight Score

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100 Reviewers · 1 · 51%
64 Audience · 233 · 49%

An aspiring manga artist uncovers a sinister alien plot hidden within a new amusement park. He teams up with his friends as giant monsters Godzilla and Anguirus battle the invaders' destructive kaiju, Gigan and King Ghidorah, to save Earth.

Violence & peril: 5/10
Language: 1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 0/10
Romance & sensuality: 0/10
Scary moments: 4/10

Heads up

Giant monsters fight with destructive beams and physical attacks, causing damage to cities.
Alien villains are manipulative and threaten humanity.
Some intense moments of peril and destruction.

What it models well

Cooperation and teamwork
Protecting the innocent
Resourcefulness

Talk about it after

How working together helps overcome big challenges.
The importance of questioning things that seem wrong.
Why it's good to try even when the odds are against you.

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Top billed cast

Director: Jun Fukuda • Crew: Shinichi Sekizawa

Reviewer notes

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers
His appearance is a necessary part of the plan. We have to attract him here, and then we can kill him. For this, the 12th Godzilla film, a monster theme park worker learns that his new employers are actually aliens who plan to use Ghidorah and Gigan to destroy earth. Time for Godzilla and Anguirus to step forward to defend mankind!…
John Chard, TMDB Community