Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Movie, 2001, Millennium era, Set in Standalone
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack is #26 of 35 in release order and #26 of 35 in chronological order in the Godzilla.
The story
Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms for Admiral Tachibana. His estranged daughter Yuri investigates the legend of the guardian monsters, who must rise to protect Japan against the vengeful spirits within Godzilla that seek to destroy both the nation and its people for the suffering they inflicted in the Pacific conflict.
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack recap
An American submarine is destroyed near Guam, and footage shows Godzilla's fins, not seen since 1954. Yuri Tachibana, a reporter for a cheap TV show, follows strange events across Japan and meets Hirotoshi Isayama, an old man who tells her about three guardian monsters of ancient Japan: Baragon, Mothra and King Ghidorah. He says Godzilla is driven by the vengeful souls of everyone who died in the Pacific War, angry that Japan has forgotten them. Godzilla lands and kills Baragon, its eyes now white. Yuri's father, Admiral Taizo Tachibana, leads the defence. Mothra and King Ghidorah, smaller than in older films, come to fight for Japan in Yokohama, while Yuri, injured, keeps chasing the story on her own and Tachibana's jets fail to slow Godzilla.
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack ending explained
Godzilla is destroyed from the inside when Admiral Tachibana fires a drill missile into the wound left by the guardians, and its heart sinks to the sea floor. Mothra dies first, passing her spirit to Ghidorah, and all three guardians' spirits join the fight. Godzilla's breath escapes through the wound and blows it apart. Tachibana survives and salutes the guardians, and Yuri learns Isayama died in 1954.
Post-credits scenes
Yes. After the credits, Godzilla's heart is shown still beating at the bottom of the sea.
Where to watch Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack is streaming on Netflix in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 7.0/10, Rotten Tomatoes 65%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, before Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla.
- Chronological order: after Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, before Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla.
What to watch before Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
In release order, the essentials before Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) are Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) and Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000).
Cast
- Chiharu Niiyama as Yuri Tachibana
- Ryudo Uzaki as SDF Adm. Taizô Tachibana
- Masahiro Kobayashi as Teruaki Takeda
- Shiro Sano as Haruki Kadokura
- Takashi Nishina as AD Aki Maruo
- Kaho Minami as SDF Intelligence Capt. Kumi Emori
- Shin'ya Ohwada as SDF L:t. Gen. Katsumasa Mikumo
- Kunio Murai as SDF HQ Secretary Masato Hinogaki
- Hiroyuki Watanabe as Yutaka Hirose
- Shingo Katsurayama as SDF Intelligence Maj. Tokihiko Kobayakawa
- Toshikazu Fukawa as Adjutant Miyashita
- Ryo Kase as Fisher
Directed by Shusuke Kaneko.