In 1999, 45 years after the original Godzilla's attack, maser-cannon technician Lieutenant Akane Yashiro is unable to kill a new member of Godzilla's species during her first fight and accidentally knocks a vehicle down the mountain, where it and its occupants are crushed by Godzilla. As a result, Akane is demoted while scientists, including single father Tokumitsu Yuhara, are gathered to build a bio-mechanical robot from the original Godzilla's skeleton. The cyborg Mechagodzilla, nicknamed Kiryu, is finished and inducted into the Japan Self-Defense Forces along with its human pilots, the Kiryu Squadron, with Akane becoming the primary pilot. However, memories of Akane's actions during the original fight still linger, and one of her squadron mates, Second Lieutenant Susumu Hayama, holds her responsible for the death of his brother.
MPAA Rating: | NR |
Genre: | Action, Sci Fi, Thriller |
Country: | Japan |
Produced By: | Takahide Morichi, Shogo Tomiyama |
Directed By: | Masaaki Tezuka |
Written By: | Wataru Mimura |
Cast: | Misato Tanaka, Jun'Ichi Mizuno, Kenji Suzuki, Masaaki Tezuka, Rik Thomas, Tetsu Watanabe, Tsutomu Kitagawa, Takeo Nakahara, Yoshikazu Kanou, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Akira Shirai, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Naomi Fujiyama, Akira Nakao, Midori Hagio, Shinji Morisue, Kôichi Ueda, Takehiro Murata, Kô Takasugi, Yûsuke Tomoi, Jun Etô, Makoto Kamiya, Yumiko Shaku, Robert Baldwin, Shin Takuma, Yasuo Kurashiki, Kana Onodera, Naomasa Musaka, Hideki Matsui, Kumi Mizuno, Katsuo Nakamura, Maria Theresa Gow, Sawako Kitahara, Shingo Yanagisawa |
In Theaters: | Dec 14, 2002 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 28 minutes |
Production: | Toho Company |
Budget: | $8,500,000 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |