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Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (ゴジラ×メカゴジラ, Gojira tai Mekagojira) [4] is a 2002 Japanese kaiju film directed by Masaaki Tezuka, with special effects by Yūichi Kikuchi. Distributed by Toho and produced under their subsidiary Toho Pictures , it is the 27th film in the Godzilla franchise and the fourth film in the franchise's ...
The film marks the first appearances of King Caesar and Mechagodzilla in the franchise. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla was released theatrically in Japan on March 21, 1974, to generally positive reviews. The film received a limited release in the United States in 1977 by Cinema Shares, under the title Godzilla vs. the Bionic Monster.
Godzilla vs. Kong is a 2021 American monster film directed by Adam Wingard.Produced by Legendary Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is a sequel to Kong: Skull Island (2017) and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), and is the fourth film in the Monsterverse.
Mechagodzilla was conceived in 1974 as a more serious villain than its immediate two predecessors, Gigan and Megalon, whose films were considered creative disasters. [5] [6] [7] According to Tomoyuki Tanaka, Mechagodzilla was inspired by both Mechani-Kong from the previous Toho film King Kong Escapes and the robot anime genre, which was popular at the time. [8]
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) as Minister Takayuki Segawa; Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) as Minister Takayuki Segawa; Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) as Minister Takayuki Segawa; Hitman (1998) as Tsukamoto, a sleazy and notorious ex-yakuza boss who is assassinated by the King of Killers at the beginning of the film
In October 2015, Legendary announced plans to unite Godzilla and Kong in a film titled Godzilla vs. Kong, set for a 2020 release date. Legendary planned to create a shared cinematic franchise "centered around Monarch" (the secret government agency which debuted in 2014's Godzilla ) and that "brings together Godzilla and Legendary’s King Kong ...
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is a sequel to Godzilla vs. Kong. It is the fifth MonsterVerse movie overall, following Godzilla (2014), Kong: Skull Island (2017), Godzilla: King of the Monsters ...
Hirata was born in Seoul, Korea, [2] in 1927, into a wealthy family. He was educated at the prestigious Tokyo University's School of Law. [2] Before joining Shintoho as an assistant director (under his older brother, Yoshiki Onoda), Hirata moved into still photography, and eventually joined Toho in 1953, under the studio's "New Face" program, which would lead to his casting in Godzilla ...