Godzilla 1985

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Godzilla 1985 ★½ 1985 (PG)

Godzilla is awakened from underwater slumber by trolling nuclear submarines belonging to the superpowers near Japan. The giant monster's newly acquired appetite for nuclear energy inadvertently precipitates an international incident. Burr is called in (as the only living American witness to Godzilla's destructive 1955 outburst) to help mediate the conflict. Film released to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the original. 91m/C VHS . JP Keiju Kobayashi, Ken Tanaka, Raymond Burr, Yasuka Sawaguchi, Shin Takumaa; D: Kohji Hashimoto, Robert J. Kizer; W: Shuichi Nagahara, Lisa Tomei; C: Kazutami Hara; M: Reijiro Koroku.