Destroy All Monsters
The 9th Godzilla film was the last made by the original Godzilla creators, and was meant to be a grand finale. Aliens have released all the giant monsters from their imprisonment on Monster Island and are using them to destroy earth's major cities. It is up to the daring crew of the super rocket ship X-2 to infiltrate the aliens' headquarters before the Earth monsters and King Ghidorah annihilate the planet.
Director: Ishirō Honda, Seiji Tani
Stars: Akira Kubo Andrew Hughes Chôtarô Tôgin Heihachirô Ôkawa Jun Tazaki Kenji Sahara Kyôko Ai Yoshifumi Tajima Yoshio Tsuchiya Yukiko Kobayashi
Son of Godzilla
The 8th Godzilla film is aimed at an even younger audience than its predecessors. In the South Seas, scientists conducting weather experiments encounter gigantic mantises and a giant spider that are attacking Godzilla's offspring.
Director: Jun Fukuda
Stars: Akihiko Hirata Akira Kubo Bibari Maeda Ken'ichirô Maruyama Kenji Sahara Seishirô Kuno Susumu Kurobe Tadao Takashima Yasuhiko Saijô Yoshio Tsuchiya
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
The 7th film in the Godzilla series. After being caught in a storm in the south seas, several teenagers and thief arrive on an island where natives have been enslaved by a terrorist organization. They also discover a sleeping Godzilla and decide to wake him up to aid in their plan to free the natives.
Director: Jun Fukuda
Stars: Akihiko Hirata Akira Takarada Chôtarô Tôgin Hideo Sunazuka Ikio Sawamura Jun Tazaki Kumi Mizuno Tôru Ibuki Tôru Watanabe Yuko Bambi
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
The 5th film in the original Godzilla franchise marked a turning point in the series. Godzilla, Rodan and Mothra must put aside their quarrelsome ways to become allies and defend earth from 3 headed Dragon King Ghidorah.
Director: Ishirō Honda
Stars: Akihiko Hirata Akiko Wakabayashi Emi Ito Hiroshi Koizumi Hisaya Itô Minoru Takada Takashi Shimura Yōsuke Natsuki Yumi Ito Yuriko Hoshi
Mothra vs. Godzilla
The 4th film in the Godzilla franchise restores the serious tone of the original Godzilla film. A greedy developer has placed huge machines to suck dry a part of the ocean near Tokyo so he can build luxury condos. After a storm, a giant egg washes up on a nearby beach. The developer's plans go awry when he disrupts Godzilla's rest and the monster goes stomping through Tokyo. It's up to Mothra defend its egg and Japan from Godzilla. One of the most popular films in the original Godzilla series.
Director: Ishirō Honda
Stars: Akira Takarada Emi Ito Hiroshi Koizumi Jun Tazaki Kenji Sahara Kenzô Tabu Yoshifumi Tajima Yû Fujiki Yumi Ito Yuriko Hoshi
King Kong vs. Godzilla
After a 7 year hiatus, Godzilla returned to the screen to take on King Kong in the 3rd film in the Godzilla franchise. A pharmaceutical company captures King Kong and brings him to Japan, where he escapes from captivity and battles a recently revived Godzilla.
Director: Ishirō Honda
Stars: Akemi Negishi Akihiko Hirata Akiko Wakabayashi Ichirô Arishima Jun Tazaki Kenji Sahara Mie Hama Tadao Takashima Yoshio Kosugi Yû Fujiki