Product Details

• Actors: Akihiko Hirata, Yuriko Hoshi, Emi Ito, Hisaya Ito, Yumi Ito
• Directors: Ishiro Honda
• Format: Anamorphic, Widescreen, NTSC, Color, Subtitled
• Language: Japanese, English
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Classic Media
• DVD Release Date: June 5, 2007
• Run Time: 93 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000OCY7IU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,901 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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GHIDORAH:THREE HEADED MONSTER - DVD Movie

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104 of 114 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FINALLY AVAILABLE: GODZILLA EPISODE 5, April 5, 2007

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A. C. Cronvich (Planet Zeist) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster (DVD)

This is the fifth Godzilla film and its one of the best. Its really a follow up to MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA. This is the first release, in the US, of the unedited Japanese version. For competists, the strangely reedited US version has also been included. Both versions are entertaining.
This is the first time team up of Godzilla, Rodan and Mothra against the alien dragon King Ghidorah (aka Ghidrah). Along for the ride are the twin faeries from
Mothra's island who, telepathically orchestrate the colaboration. There is also a amnesiac Himalayan princess who is also a cross dressing Martian prophetess; three Blues Brothers look-alike assasins who are out to
finish her off and a tough police detective who wants to save her and his sister who wants to restore her memory. Basically, it tries to play like a Hitchcock thriller or an early Bond film. In the end the espianage plot
and the monster plot come together. This is the first time that Godzilla swithches from menace to hero.

The first half of the film is basically "GODZILLA VS. RODAN", with the two "bad" monsters convinced to "turn good" by the intelligent and telepathic Mothra. The following film MONSTER ZERO is basically a direct sequel to this with Godzilla and Rodan reteaming to fight Ghidorah in the futuristic (at the time at least) 1980s.

These are the GODZILLA titles not yet available on DVD, and that have no current release dates:
GODZILLA VS. MEGALON, GODZILLA 1985 (RETURN OF GODZILLA), GODZILLA VS. BIOLLANTE

Here is a list of the complete GODZILLA series for young fans:
#1 GOJIRA/GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS #2 GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN (GIGANTIS, THE FIRE MONSTER)
#3 KING KONG VS. GODZILLA #4 MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA (GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA, GODZILLA VS. THE THING)
#5 GHIDORAH, THE THREE HEADED MONSTER (GHIDRAH, THE THREE HEADED MONSTER)
#6 INVASION OF ASTRO MONSTER (GODZILLA VS. MONSTER ZERO) #7 GODZILLA VS. THE SEA MONSTER
#8 SON OF GODZILLA #9 DESTROY ALL MONSTERS #10 GODZILLA'S REVENGE (ALL MONSTERS ATTACK)
#11 GODZILLA VS. HEDORAH (GODZILLA VS. THE SMOG MONSTER)
#12 GODZILLA VS. GIGAN (GODZILLA ON MONSTER ISLAND) #13 GODZILLA VS. MEGALON
#14 GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA (GODZILLA VS. COSMIC MONSTER)
#15 TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA (TERROR OF GODZILLA) #16 GODZILLA 1985 (RETURN OF GODZILLA)
#17 GODZILLA VS. BIOLLANTE #18 GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH
#19 GODZILLA & MOTHRA: THE BATTLE FOR EARTH #20 GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA II
#21 GODZILLA VS. SPACEGODZILLA #22 GODZILLA VS. DESTOROYAH
#23 GODZILLA 1998 (MONSTER EDITION) #24 GODZILLA 2000 #25 GODZILLA VS. MEGAGUIRAS
#26 GODZILLA, MOTHRA & KING GHIDORAH: GIANT MONSTERS ALL-OUT ATTACK
#27 GODZILLA AGAINST MECHAGODZILLA #28 GODZILLA TOKYO S.O.S. #29 GODZILLA: FINAL WARS

Direct spin-off's/Tie-in's to the GODZILLA series:

Television: GODZILLA: THE ORIGINAL ANIMATED SERIES, GODZILLA: THE SERIES (animated),
HUMAN COMET ZONE (ZONE FIGHTER), GO! POWERMAN (GO! GODMAN), GO! GREENMAN,
MONSTER PLANET OF GODZILLA, GODZILLA ISLAND

Movies: RODAN (RODAN: THE FLYING MONSTER), THE MYSTERIANS, VARAN: THE UNBELIEVABLE,
MOTHRA (MOTHRA: THE MONSTER GOD), ATRAGON, SPACE AMOEBA (YOG: MONSTER FROM SPACE),
FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD, WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS, KING KONG ESCAPES,
REBIRTH OF MOTHRA, REBIRTH OF MOTHRA 2, REBIRTH OF MOTHRA 3

Indirectly related movies and TV shows: HALF HUMAN, THE H MAN, BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE, GORATH,
THE WAR IN SPACE, MATANGO (ATTACK OF THE MUSHROOM PEOPLE), LATITUDE ZERO,
LEGACY OF DRACULA, LAKE OF DRACULA, EVIL OF DRACULA, SECRET OF THE TELEGIAN,
DOGORA (DAGORA: THE SPACE MONSTER), HUMAN VAPOR, INVISIBLE MAN, ESPY (ESP SPY),
THE THREE TREASURES, OROCHI: THE EIGHT HEADED DRAGON, GUNHED, MIKADROID, LATITUDE ZERO, TIDAL WAVE, GRANSAZERS: SUPER BATTLE MEMORY, SAZER-X FIGHT! STAR SOLDIERS, RETURNER,
SAYONARA JUPITER, GIANT GORO VS. GOLIATH (DAIGORO VS. GORIASU)
MEGALOMAN (TV), GRANSAZERS (TV), JUSTRISERS (TV), SAZER-X (TV)

The GAMERA series:
#1 GAMERA/GAMMERA THE INVINCIBLE #2 WAR OF THE MONSTERS (GAMERA VS. BARUGON)
#3 RETURN OF THE GIANT MONSTERS (GAMERA VS. GAOS) #4 DESTROY ALL PLANETS
#5 ATTACK OF THE MONSTERS (GAMERA VS. GUIRON) #6 GAMERA VS. MONSTER X
#7 GAMERA VS. ZIGRA #8 GAMERA: SUPER MONSTER #9 GAMERA: GUARDIAN OF THE UNVERSE
#10 GAMERA: ATTACK OF LEGION #11 GAMERA: REVENGE OF IRIS #12 GAMERA: THE BRAVE

The KING KONG series:
#1 KING KONG 1933 #2 SON OF KONG #3 MIGHTY JOE YOUNG #4 KING KONG VS. GODZILLA
#5 KING KONG ESCAPES #6 KING KONG 1976 #7 KING KONG LIVES (KING KONG 2)
#8 MIGHTY JOE YOUNG 1997 #9 THE MIGHTY KONG #10 KONG:KING OF ATLANTIS
#11 KING KONG 2005 #12 KONG: RETURN TO THE JUNGLE
Official KING KONG TV shows: KING KONG: THE ANIMATED SERIES, KONG: THE SERIES
Unnofficial KING KONG spin-offs:
JAPANESE KING KONG, KING KONG APPEARED IN EDO, KONGA, KONG ISLAND (KING OF KONG ISLAND), SUPER KING KONG (APE)
Others:
NABONGA (NABONGA GORILLA) WHITE PONGO, THE WHITE GORILLA, UNKNOWN ISLAND,
THE MIGHTY GORGA, THE MIGHTY PEKING MAN (GOLIATHON), YETI, GIANT OF THE 20TH CENTURY,
KING OF THE LOST WORLD

The GIANT MAJIN series:
#1 MAJIN: THE MONSTER OF TERROR (DAIMAJIN) #2 RETURN OF THE GIANT MAJIN (WRATH OF DAIMAJIN)
#3 RETURN OF DAIMAJIN

Also of interest:
GAPPA: THE TRIPHIBIAN MONSTERS (MONSTER FROM A PREHISTORIC PLANET), WARNING FROM SPACE,
THE X FROM OUTER SPACE, YONGARY: MONSTER FROM THE DEEP, REPTILIAN (YONG-GARY),
GORGO, REPTILICUS, THE GIANT CLAW, THE LAND UNKNOWN, EARTH VS. THE SPIDER,
WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST, THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN, ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN,
EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS, TERROR BENEATH THE SEA, PRINCE OF SPACE,
INVASION OF THE NEPTUNE MEN, THE LAST DINOSAUR, TARANTULA, THE BLACK SCORPION,
THE DEADLY MANTIS, ATOMIC SUBMARINE, THE GIANY BEHEMOTH, THE LOST WORLD,
BEAST FROM TWENTY THOUSAND FATHOMS, TWENTY MILLION MILES TO EARTH,
CALTIKI: THE IMMORTAL MONSTER, X- THE UNKNOWN, THE MILPITAS MONSTER (THE MUTANT BEAST),
DINOSAURUS!!!, KRONOS, BEGINNING OF THE END, THEM!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another solid Godzilla release with both US & Japanese versions, December 18, 2007

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Valnastar "Man With No Name" (Deep 13, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster (DVD)

Like the other releases in this series, Classic Media has done an excellent job presenting both the original Japanese language version of this movie as well as the US theatrical version. The film quality and DVD quality is crisp and clear and the sound and color are terrific. My only criticism is that the commentary was not done by Ed Godziszewski and or Steve Ryfle as it was on some of the other releases. While their commentary was thoughtful, selective and well-paced, the commentary on this disc, presented by David Kalat, is done in an unceasing and hurried manner with a highly affected voice that seems to be trying to squeeze everything he's ever learned about Godzilla film history into just 85 minutes. It's irritating and over-the-top manner proves that even for avid Godzilla film buffs it's possible to try and present too much information all at once. There is good information in there, but it's surrounded by breathless clutter that I at least found to be highly irritating. Good effort, but poor delivery.

However, Ghidrah (aka Ghidorah) is still one of the coolest monsters in film history and the film is enjoyable, both versions. After all, what monster movie buff doesn't love a giant, three-headed, electrical dragon from outer space? Ghidorah has everything a monster buff could want in a single package! Godzilla fans will enjoy this release quite a bit. I definitely recommend it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars It's a monster movie, but not as we know it...., May 25, 2008

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Mark Slattery (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster (DVD)

Ummm. How to review this one... it's not billed as a Godzilla movie, but of course it is, though it's 45 minutes before he appears (if you watch the Japanese subtitled original). The ponderous and convoluted plot about the princess who re-appears thinking she's come from Venus dominates the movie along with the gang of goons trying to shoot her (let's hope the Japanese did not manufacture those guns they couldn't hit an elephant in the high street) and of course, it all makes no sense. Its glorious nonsense. We have a fallen meteorite that spends half the movie being magnetic, glowing and growing. Then we get an explosion of monster action half way through which turns the more or less serious series of Godzilla movies into a cartoon for the first time.

The fight sequences between Godzilla and Rodan are hilarious, after a few aimless loops Rodan appears to be as flightless as a turkey and with the help of poor editing, he even makes a Godzilla noise. He fights more like a turkey than a bird of prey, too, but he's got a decent header on him. In the SFX department they've run out of blue flame and Godzilla shoots a sort of hairspray at Rodan which barely troubles him as he's got no hair.

When King Ghidorah finally appears the public relations department drives through the streets with a tannoy to announce his name. The scattering crowds say thank you! Well, you do like to know who is trampling your cities, don't you. The trampled Japs come out with some terrific expressions of shock: Juda! Yuh! Gua! Only in Japanese....

Mothra is in larvae form (there were two of her in the previous movie when she beat Godzilla) and holds an extended and quite sophisticated conversation with Rodan and Godzilla which they politely sit down for. When Ghidorah finally pitches into battle he's quickly taking on all three of them and his little yellow rays give Godzilla a thorough body search hitting him places any self-respecting monster would ordinarily regard as private. Godzilla can't be bothered to use his hairspray breath so he takes to kicking and throwing an awful lot of boulders. Mothra gums up Ghidorah's heads and he flies off, and the movie ends with the monsters just standing around.

This movie may well have marked the turning point when Godzilla movies (there are 28 so far) from semi-serious efforts into more comedic cartoonish films for big and little kids, but even compared to that prolongued phase in the franchise, this one doesn't score high marks for me. The initial plot is too slow moving and the monster action isn't as well conceived or executed. You have to take this in the spirit of fun it is made with and it is a hoot, but not as much of a hoot as some of the others. Entertainment more for serious (and sad) admirers (like me!) not the passing curious, I'd suggest! A true B movie.