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godzilla versus the smog monster

Godzilla vs. Hedorah (ゴジラ対ヘドラ, Gojira tai Hedora?), also known as Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster, is a 1971 film. The eleventh film in Toho Co. Ltd.'s Godzilla series(chronologically after All Monsters Attack), it was directed by Yoshimitsu Banno with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano. It was the first film to feature Hedorah. The score was composed by Riichiro Manabe. The film contains several strange impressionistic animated scenes portraying the smog monster at his evil work. This was the first Godzilla movie since the first two to teach a lesson about serious danger threats as edutainment. But unlike the first two Godzilla films this film teaches a lesson about the dangers of pollution.

godzilla versus the smog monster

The film was released in April 1972 by American International Pictures under the title Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster. There were several small alterations: dialogue was dubbed to English, the song Save the Earth (based on a song in the original Japanese version of the film) was added. This version was G by the MPAA.

godzilla versus the smog monster

Hedorah was an alien lifeform that landed on Earth and began feeding on pollution. Thanks to his toxic nature, as well as his acidic, poisonous body, Hedorah very nearly put an end to Godzilla in their struggle. Godzilla finally put an end to Hedorah by completely drying him out using electrical generators set up by the military and his own radioactive breath. The movie contains several strange impressionistic animated scenes portraying the smog monster at his evil work. -From Wikipedia

godzilla versus the smog monster

The very first film I can recall seeing in an actual movie theater was GODZILLA VS THE SMOG MONSTER. I canv’t claim to have ever become a huge die hard Godzilla buff, but my love of this particular adventure of this continues to this day. Growing up, Godzilla was a Saturday afternoon staple in my home, yet although I readily admit to having a certain fondness for the tiny fairies that summoned sometime collaborator, sometime foe MOTHRA, most of his movies seem to blur together in my mind. Not so with SMOG MONSTER, a.k.a. GODZILLA VS HEDORA, a movie that stands out like a pulsating purple sore thumb. In fact, Godzilla producer TOMOYUKI TANAKA was so flabbergasted by the film that he disowned it and even claimed that it ruined the franchise.

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