Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)

December 13, 2003 (JP) • Action, Fantasy, Adventure, Science Fiction • 91m

Overview

Mothra and her fairies return to Japan to warn mankind that they must return Kiryu to the sea, for the dead must not be disturbed. However Godzilla has survived to menace Japan leaving Kiryu as the nation's only defense.

Director

Masaaki Tezuka

Writers

Masaaki Tezuka, Masahiro Yokotani

Top Billed

Noboru Kaneko

Keywords

japan submarine fairy mechagodzilla giant robot tokyo, japan miniature people ejector seat shobijin air base gojira

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Top Billed Cast

Noboru Kaneko

Yoshito Chûjô

Miho Yoshioka

Pilot Azusa Kisaragi

Mitzuki Koga

Mechagodzilla Operator Kyôsuke Akiba

Hiroshi Koizumi

Dr. Shin'ichi Chûjô

Tsutomu Kitagawa

Gojira

Motokuni Nakagawa

Kiryu

Akira Nakao

Premier Hayoto Igarashi

Koichi Ueda

General Dobashi

Tatsuki Omori

Shun Chujo

Koh Takasugi

JSDF Lieutenant Togashi

Norman England

Sgt Woodyard

Yumiko Shaku

Akane Yashiro

Yûsuke Tomoi

Lieutenant Susumu Hayama

Takeo Nakahara

JSDF Chief Hitoyanagi

Naomasa Musaka

Goro Kanno

Yasuo Kurashiki

Reporter

Noriko Watanabe

Shun's Mother

Kōji Shimizu

Isao Akiba

Masami Nagasawa

Shobijin

Chihiro Ohtsuka

Shobijin

Masaaki Tezuka

Scientist in monster DNA repository (uncredited)

Crew

Masaaki Tezuka

Director

Masaaki Tezuka

Screenplay

Yoshinori Sekiguchi

Director of Photography

Yukiharu Seshimo

Production Design

Hideki Mochizuki

Gaffer

Kenichi Eguchi

VFX Director of Photography

Shinichi Fushima

Editor

Masahiro Yokotani

Screenplay

Michiru Oshima

Original Music Composer

Eiichi Asada

Special Effects

Eiichi Asada

Visual Effects Director

Teiichi Saitô

Sound Recordist

Kyoko Kitahara

Music Producer

Tsuyoshi Kage

Assistant Gaffer

Kazunari Yamanaka

Producer

Akira Kato

Visual Effects Director

Kazunori Shimizu

Music Editor

Michiru Oshima

Music Arranger

Keiko Suzuka

Script

Eiichi Asada

Visual Effects

Akira Kato

Visual Effects

Yutaka Murata

Camera Operator

Hajime Matsumoto

Visual Effects Supervisor

Akira Kato

Special Effects Assistant

Masami Nagasawa

Vocals

Katsuhiro Miura

Sound Mixer

Akira Kato

Special Effects

Hiroshi Okamoto

Second Unit First Assistant Director

Ritsuko Suzuki

Associate Producer

Shogo Tomiyama

Executive Producer

Hideyo Sasaki

Sound Effects

Takashi Hirayama

Production Manager

Kei Hirota

Second Unit First Assistant Director

Yūji Koseki

Music

Hideaki Murakami

First Assistant Director

Chihiro Ohtsuka

Vocals

Kenji Saito

Casting

Shigeto Mizuno

Assistant Camera

Taku Mitamura

Assistant Gaffer

Koichi Tatebe

Assistant Gaffer

Utena Masataka

Property Master

Mami Ishida

Property Master

Hiromi Ogawa

Sound Assistant

Atsuo Nishimoto

Still Photographer

Toshifumi Shimizu

Special Effects Assistant

Eiji Kanemoto

Visual Effects Camera

Miho Takahashi

Script

西村洋一

Sound Assistant

Kenichi Eguchi

Special Effects

Taikan Higurashi

Visual Effects

Taikan Higurashi

Special Effects Assistant

Kosuke Yamada

Assistant Camera

Ryuta Takaya

Stunt Coordinator

Keisuke Nakajima

Stunt Coordinator

Minoru Okamura

Stunt Coordinator

Toshio Miike

Visual Effects Art Director

Toshifumi Shimizu

Special Effects

Takeshi Fukase

Assistant Gaffer

Masataka Kawara

Property Master

Yasushi Torisawa

Wardrobe Designer

Miki Nomura

Sound Engineer

Daisuke Nibe

Stunt Coordinator

Shinetsu Fuiji

Stunt Coordinator

Toshitaka Akaike

Special Effects Assistant

Shogo Mochizuki

Visual Effects Camera

Yoichi Kitamura

Property Master

Asami Yamaguchi

Property Master

Masato Arai

Wardrobe Designer

Shin Hayasaka

Special Effects Assistant

Shuichi Kimoto

Special Effects

Yasuo Kashima

Set Dresser

Kaoru Saito

VFX Lighting Artist

Shinichi Wakasa

Modeling

Taikan Higurashi

Visual Effects Director

Toshifumi Shimizu

Visual Effects Director

Yasuko Anbiru

Wardrobe Designer

Masanobu Amemiya

Stunt Coordinator

Shingo Shiraiwa

Production Assistant

Kenji Shibasaki

Sound Effects

Shinichi Wakasa

Costume Design

Osamu Kume

Special Effects

Toshitaka Akaike

Visual Effects Camera

Yuzo Abe

Second Unit First Assistant Director

Shinichi Toyota

Sound Recordist

Keiji Kato

Assistant Gaffer

Hiroyuki Futami

Lighting Manager

Mitose Nanbu

Makeup & Hair

Kazue Nakao

Production Assistant

Takahiro Kikushima

Production Assistant

Toshihiro Ishiyama

Production Assistant

Satoshi Narumi

Special Effects

Takashi Kuno

Sound Recordist

Nobuhiro Akitaya

Property Master

Asako Takatsuka

Assistant Editor

Kazuko Okayasu

Negative Cutter

Masashi Yamada

Production Assistant

Ryosuke Kawaguchi

Assistant Camera

Yumiko Nakaba

Negative Cutter

Shinichi Takahashi

Stunt Coordinator

Fumino Watanabe

Production Assistant

Shinji Nishikawa

Storyboard Artist

Osamu Kume

Special Effects Assistant

Tatsumi Hosoda

Production Assistant

Satoshi Narumi

Stunt Coordinator

Taikan Higurashi

Special Effects

Toshifumi Shimizu

Visual Effects

Kaoru Saito

Lighting Technician

Shinji Nishikawa

Creature Design

Tadashi Yamauchi

Assistant Camera

Soshi Sato

Assistant Gaffer

Hiroki Tanaka

Special Effects

Chuichi Yanagibori

Set Decoration

Naoto Takeshima

Sound Engineer

Gen Yoshimi

Stunt Coordinator

Makoto Watanabe

Stunt Coordinator

Jun Murakami

Stunt Coordinator

Shinsuke Nagashima

Sound Recordist

Kôichi Takahashi

Assistant Editor

Koji Sekiguchi

Stunt Coordinator

Mitsunori Tono

Stunt Coordinator

Kazuo Kusanagi

Stunt Coordinator

Shin'ichi Itô

Sound Effects

Shogo Mochizuki

Special Effects Assistant

Emi Mizuno

Makeup & Hair

Katsuhiko Kudo

Still Photographer

Eiji Kanemoto

Special Effects Assistant

Aya Kato

Sound Assistant

Nobuko Matsumoto

Production Assistant

Koji Harada

Visual Effects Production Assistant

Shin Hayasaka

Visual Effects Camera

Yuji Matsuoka

Production Supervisor

Collection

Godzilla (Millennium) Collection

Godzilla 2000: Millennium

Godzilla vs. Megaguirus

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla

Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.

Godzilla: Final Wars

Reviews

Rodney Wollam

⭐ 7/10

October 10, 2024

I really liked how the end of the first act was met with a delightful little musical number sung by the twins. It made me both pumped for the next segment and feeling good about the old one. Fastidious piece of music.

But, about the human segments. Because when I close my eyes I hear the action hero dramatics of the the late 1950s. Don't believe me, try it next time you watch it and tell me that doesn't sound like the Van Johnson heroics of the big studios.

I think it's funny as hell a corps of professional aviators not once ever thought about having a mechanic as part of the plane's (Mechagodzilla) crew. Their response to the suggestion makes them look very foolish. I mean- isn't knowing that stuff part of their job?

Another thing is I think the director would be good at directing westerns.

I liked when humans mazered Godzilla and he just turned around and his face was like 'what the fuq, man'. Then, when Mechagodzilla was coming out of the sky right in his path all dramatic-like, Godzilla's face: 'you got to be shitting me' (ha!). Godzilla's whole posture is like a mom come home from a long days work, and she's got five kids, and all the stuff that's thrown at her from every direction, and all she really wants to do is sit down for five minutes. His face, when Mecha pulls out something flashy to use against him, I adore it. It's definitely 'mom when she throws up her hands and is all 'I give up goddamnit''.

This next part kind of needs you to know your Godzilla chronology so bear with me.

And then, when I mistakenly thought the Godzilla bones hugging Godzilla was Papa hugging Junior (Godzilla was a dad), I don't know who I need to tell that to, but that wasn't Papa. Papa wouldn't kill Junior. That was some unknown, third party, spirit who grabbed and ran away with Godzilla to the bottom of the sea just because that (whatever makes sense to a maniac). A monster who makes you want Papa Godzilla to come back.

Finally, I like to think the Prime Minister was addressing the world on behalf of Japan. He basically said they know they made mistakes, but they're trying to fix them, and they're sorry. The actual lines are ... ... ... "But one thing's sure. We made many mistakes in the past. It's up to us to correct those mistakes. Perhaps we learned humility." ... I thought that was cool.

One last thing. Godzilla wouldn't come to human cities if their governments didn't steal things that don't belong to them, okay? There, I said it. That's the truth. That was his dad, man! All that's left of him used against him! If anything, Godzilla deserves a fucking medal for not completely melting down at what they did.

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