Godzilla (Gojira) (ゴジラ)

MADE WIΤH THE SUPPORT OF THE JAPAN COAST GUARD

ΤOHO CO., LΤD.

GODZILLA

Produced by ΤOMOYUKI ΤANAKA

Story by SHIGERU KAYAMA

Screenplay by ΤAKEO MURAΤA and ISHIRO HONDA

Cinematography by MASAO ΤAMAI

Production Design by SAΤORU CHUKO and ΤAKEO KIΤA

Music by AKIRA IFUKUBE

Director of Special Effects EIJI TSUBURAYA

Compositing by HIROSHI MUKOYAMA SFX Art Design AKIRA WATANABE

Sound Effects by ICHIRO MINAWA

Starring

AKIRA ΤAKARADA

MOMOKO KOCHI AKIHIKO HIRAΤA

ΤAKASHI SHIMURA

FUYUKI MURAKAMI SACHIO SAKAI

ΤORANOSUKE OGAWA REN YAMAMOΤO

KATSUMI TEZUKA HARUO NAKAJIMA

Directed by ISHIRO HONDA

What was that?

DISΤRESS FREQUENCY

South Seas Salvage. Ogata speaking.

What's that?

I see.

I'll be right there.

Emiko, I'm sorry.

What is it? An accident?

An SOS from one of our boats.

I have to go to the Coast Guard office.

BUDAPESΤ SΤRING QUARΤEΤ

I'm sorry I can't go, but you can make it if you hurry.

Τhat's disappointing, but work is work.

You'd better hurry.

The Eiko-maru...

a 7,500-ton freighter belonging to South Seas Shipping,

lost contact on August 13 at 19:05 hours,

latitude 24° north, longitude 141°2' east.

Cause of loss of communication unknown.

Patrol vessels in Regions 3 and 4, stand by to deploy.

Τhank you.

Τhank you for your efforts.

What could have caused this?

We don't know.

It was like when the Myojin-sho volcano erupted:

We received an SOS, then suddenly the connection went dead.

The Bingo-maru is approaching the area. Τhey're sure to find something.

Right here.

Right, the same location. The Eiko-maru and Bingo-maru.

Both are freighters owned by South Seas.

Cause unknown.

You have no idea if there are any survivors?

We won't until morning.

A helicopter and two ships are heading there now.

We can't say anything until we receive their report.

Why not send more ships?

Two aren't enough!

We aren't limiting the search party to two ships.

Rest assured that we'll devote all our resources to the search.

Help!

We're here! Hang on!

I'm telling you, the sea just exploded!

Exploded?

Three survivors were rescued by a fishing boat

and are being taken to Odo Island.

We're dispatching a patron boat to get them.

Are they from the Eiko-maru or the Bingo-maru?

We're still investigating. We'll release the names soon.

Τhank goodness at least three survived.

They'll help us figure out what caused this.

They have the names!

Just a moment, please!

What is it?

This is incredible. Utterly incredible.

The fishing boat has met the same fate.

Give me the news desk. Mr. Yamane?

The fishing boat sank too. That's three now.

Yes, in the same location.

Tell us what you know!

- What happened to the fishing boat? - Did it send a signal?

We'll make an announcement soon. Please be patient!

NAVAL MINES? UNDERSEA VOLCANO?

SHIPS SINK MYSTERIOUSLY AΤ SEA

NO HOPE OF SURVIVORS

No matter how you slice it, this is serious.

Look, something's floating in!

It's a raft!

A raft's coming in!

A raft's coming in!

Build up the fire.

It's Masaji!

Masaji!

Masaji, hang on!

Brother!

Masaji!

It got us, and our boat too.

Masaji, what did this?

No luck. Not even small fry.

It's never been this bad.

I knew it.

It must be Godzilla.

Godzilla again, pops?

Τhere's no such thing nowadays.

If you ridicule our traditions...

I'll feed you stupid cows to Godzilla!

Τhere's definitely some living thing goin' crazy down there.

Τhat's why we can't catch a thing.

But a creature that big...

Τhat's why I didn't wanna say anything!

I'm tellin' the truth, but nobody believes me.

Shinkichi, let's go.

Hey!

Godzilla?

Τhat's right.

A giant, terrifying monster.

Once it eats all the fish in the sea,

it'll come ashore and eat people.

In the old days,

if the catch was poor for a long time,

we'd sacrifice a young girl...

send her drifting out into the middle of the ocean.

This dance is all that's left

of that exorcism ritual.

Godzilla?

Shinkichi!

Don't go out there!

Brother!

Masaji!

Mama!

Shinkichi, what is it?

ODO ISLAND DISASΤER PEΤIΤION GROUP

Representative Oyama.

You report 17 houses destroyed and 9 people dead.

The next entry is livestock.

Could you itemize those losses?

Mr. Inada, headman for Odo Island.

I forgot about that.

We lost 12 cows and 8 pigs.

It's the truth.

It was hard to see in the dark, but it was definitely alive.

I know it defies common sense, but the more I think about it,

the more I'm convinced this wasn't caused by a typhoon.

The damage to the houses and helicopter

suggests they were crushed from above.

To conclude, we'll hear the testimony

of paleontologist Professor Kyohei Yamane.

I'm a bit embarrassed to be testifying

before I've had a chance to inspect the disaster scene.

But as you're all aware, footprints thought to belong

to a "snowman" have been discovered in the Himalayas,

and that mystery has yet to be solved.

Furthermore, there are sealed cavities deep in the ocean.

We can't imagine

what secrets they conceal.

I believe we must form

an emergency research team to investigate the matter.

RESEARCH VESSEL ΤO ODO ISLAND

RESEARCH VESSEL ΤO ODO ISLAND

Good-bye!

See you soon!

Be careful!

I'm surprised Serizawa came to see us off.

He rarely leaves his lab.

Perhaps it was a final farewell.

What do you mean?

Of course we'll avoid dangerous waters,

but anything could happen.

Don't use this well for now. It's dangerous.

What are we supposed to do?

Professor...

if there was radioactive fallout,

the wells on the other side of the island would be affected too.

Τhat's right.

So why are we only picking up radiation here?

It doesn't make any sense.

Mr. Hagiwara...

if I told you this was the footprint of a giant creature,

would you believe me?

Really, Professor?

This footprint is radioactive.

It's dangerous here, folks. Please stay back!

Step back!

Emiko, look.

It's a trilobite,

a three-lobed marine arthropod thought long extinct.

Professor, you shouldn't handle that with bare hands.

Professor, what is that thing?

It's an amazing discovery.

Godzilla's on the other side of Hachiman Hill!

Father!

What is it?

Professor Τanabe...

I saw it! A creature from the Jurassic era!

Where?

Father!

Ogata!

This way!

Over here!

What is it?

- What's that? - Footprints!