Godzilla vs. Gigan
Movie, 1972, Showa era, Set in World Children's Land
Godzilla vs. Gigan is #12 of 35 in release order and #11 of 35 in chronological order in the Godzilla.
The story
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.
Godzilla vs. Gigan recap
The manga artist Gengo Odaka gets a job designing monsters for World Children's Land, a theme park whose centrepiece is a Godzilla Tower. He soon suspects the company running it, and he and his friends steal a strange tape from its offices. The company's staff are space cockroaches from a dying planet, the Nebulans, wearing human bodies, and the tape controls King Ghidorah and the space cyborg Gigan, which they summon to destroy Tokyo. On Monster Island, Godzilla and Anguirus hear the tape's signal and come to fight. The army drives Anguirus back at first, so he returns to Monster Island to report, and the two monsters head for Tokyo together. At the park, Gigan and Ghidorah overpower them, Gigan slashing with its bladed arms and buzzsaw belly, and the Godzilla Tower fires a laser that wounds Godzilla badly.
Godzilla vs. Gigan ending explained
Gengo's group blows up the Godzilla Tower with explosives from the army, killing the Nebulans, and Godzilla and Anguirus drive Gigan and Ghidorah away. With their controllers gone, the two space monsters falter, and the Earth monsters turn the fight around and send them fleeing into space. Godzilla and Anguirus swim home to Monster Island while the humans who helped them cheer from the shore.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch Godzilla vs. Gigan
Godzilla vs. Gigan is streaming on HBO Max in the US. You can rent or buy it on Apple TV and Fandango At Home.
Ratings
IMDb 5.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 67%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Godzilla vs. Hedorah, before Godzilla vs. Megalon.
- Chronological order: after Godzilla vs. Hedorah, before Godzilla vs. Megalon.
What to watch before Godzilla vs. Gigan
In release order, 10 Godzilla essentials come before Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972), from Godzilla (1954) to Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971).
Cast
- Hiroshi Ishikawa as Gengo Odaka
- Tomoko Umeda as Machiko Shima
- Yuriko Hishimi as Tomoko Tomoe
- Minoru Takashima as Shosaku Takasugi
- Zan Fujita as Chairman Fumio Sudo
- Toshiaki Nishizawa as Director Kubota
- Kunio Murai as Takeshi Shima
- Gen Shimizu as Commander of Defense Forces
- Kuniko Ashihara as Fumio's Mother
- Zeko Nakamura as Priest
- Shosei Muto
- Naoya Kusakawa as Policeman
Directed by Jun Fukuda.