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• Actors: Kosuke Toyohara, Anna Nakagawa, Megumi Odaka, Katsuhiko Sasaki, Akiji Kobayashi
• Directors: Kazuki Omori
• Writers: Kazuki Omori
• Producers: Shogo Tomiyama, Tomoyuki Tanaka
• Format: Color, EP, NTSC
• Language: Japanese, English
• Rating: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• VHS Release Date: April 28, 1998
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (66 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0767801601
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #21,858 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorites, April 22, 2004

By	Joshua Koppel (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Godzilla Vs. King Gidorah is the third movie in the Heisei series, the first two being Godzilla 1985 and Godzilla Vs. Biollante, and continues with the higher production values.

Humans from the future have come to Japan to warn that Godzilla will soon recover from the anti-nuclear bacteria and lay waste to Japan. The best way to stop him would be to go back to 1945 and move the godzillasaurus from the Marshal Islands before it can be mutated into Godzilla. They then go back to perform the deed. After that the dinosaur saves a troop of Japanese soldiers from the attacking Americans it is teleported to the Bering Strait. But the future humans leave behind three small bio-engineered creatures called dorats.

Back in our present day Godzilla no longer exists (although there are no real changes). But now a new monster, King Gidorah, has risen. King Gidorah was created when the dorats were exposed to the radiation that originally created Godzilla. That the future humans are actually here to prevent Japan from becoming the number-one world power. With King Gidorah under their control they should be able to destroy Japan. The Japanese government decides to locate the godzillasaurus and expose it to enough radiation to recreate Godzilla. But a sunken nuclear sub has beat them to it. Godzilla lives and is bigger than ever.

At about that time a schism opens among the future humans and two, a Japanese woman and an android, decide to help current Japan. Godzilla manages to defeat King Gidorah and blow off its middle head. But then Godzilla takes up where King Gidorah left off. Now Japans only hope is for the future humans to restore King Gidorah and defeat Godzilla. Back in the future King Gidorah is located and augmented into Mecha-King Gidorah who comes back to drive off Godzilla. In the end the two monsters plummet into the sea.

This is a real fun one. I am glad Tri-Star Pictures was able to finally release this one in America after a long delay (although the portrayal of Americans is not too favorable).

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, June 29, 2001

By	Linda Dyke (Midwest) - See all my reviews

In the beginning of the movie a UFO is spotted over Tokyo. Aircraft had disapeered. What is going on? The people in the UFO are from the year 2024. These people say Godzilla will destroy Japan. So they go back to Febuary, in 1944(During World War II). Godzilla was a dinosaur back then and moved the dinosaurm into the Bering Sea. Then the put the Dorats out. Then the H-Bomb turns the Dorats into a powerful 3-headed monster called King Ghidorah. Next, King Ghidorah destroys a city. Then a nuclear sub uses radioactive weapons to turn the dinosaur back into Godzilla. Godzilla and King Ghidorah fight. Godzilla blasts King Ghidorah's middle head off, and makes a hole in its wing with Godzilla's raidioactivity. Godzilla attacks another city. Meanwhile the people go back to the future and revive King Ghidorah into a cyborg (called Mecha-King Ghidorah) to stop Godzilla. Godzilla and Ghidorah battle in Tokyo. Who wins? Whatch this movie to find out.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A complex time travel adventure., June 26, 2000

By	"kaijuking54" (Odenville, Alabama United States) - See all my reviews

G vs KG is an exciting film with many twists and turns. It also marks the return of composer Akira Ifukube, whose presence was sorely missed in previous entries. Director/scripter Kazuki Omori deserves credit for weaving serious themes into his sci-fi films. Though the time travel scenario creates some lapses in logic, the plot still functions in a coherent and believable manner. The spfx are well done, excepting the Muppet-esque Dorats, exciting, and complex. King Ghidorah looks good, though not as good as his classic-era incarnation. His new roar is not as inspired either. The Big G looks simply awesome! This design is understandably a favorite among fans. His new height, though criticized by some, adds immeasurably to his screen presence. This is a Godzilla who looks like he could rip apart any opponent without so much as a second thought. Suitmation actor Ken Satsuma continues to perfect his depiction of a more animalistic Godzilla. His work in the suit, often an underrated part of a kaiju production, is instrumental in creating a Godzilla for a new generation. This is a great film that will thrill both new and old fans of The Big G.