Godzilla vs. Hedorah 1971
Directed by Yoshimitsu Banno · 85 mins · 1,900 views
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GODZILLA VS HEDORAH is often labelled “The Silly One”, but it’s just as serious and committed as Honda’s original, updated to reflect the era of its creation. Environmental collapse replaces nuclear annihilation and Honda’s grim documentary approach is switched out with some freewheeling 70s style: Groovy pop songs decrying the destruction of the earth, playful animated sequences about the murder of innocents, and nervy fourth-wall-breaking tricks that underline the story’s consequences: Like when the screen’s colours explode to life when some teens start to party on Mount Fuji, but ghostly figures watch them silently, as the teens ignorant actions lead them to a terrible fate. The wide narrative net Honda cast is absent and in its place is a focus…
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Godzilla and Friends Marathon: 24 of 46 Godzilla vs. Hedorah is that movie where the franchise zigs instead of zags. Godzilla, who was once a metaphor for the destructive power of the atomic bomb, ends up fighting Hedorah, a metaphor for the dangers of pollution. It’s a much darker film than anything the franchise has turned out since the original, bordering on outright horror at times. And yet, it still has moments of goofiness that shine through, like rays of sunlight penetrating thick, choking smog. It’s also one of the more stylized Godzilla films, replete with psychedelic imagery, eccentric editing and animated sequences. It’s fairly safe to say that opinions are pretty mixed on this one. In a review for…
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Probably the only Godzilla movie I’ve seen where the final smackdown is the LEAST interesting part of the picture. That’s because up to that point director Yoshimitsu Banno uses a plastic filmmaking style that’s dynamic and exciting, with everything from animated interludes to onscreen poetry, whacked-out dream sequences, and a montage of man-on-the-street interviews that inexplicably includes footage of multiple babies trapped in sludge and laughing cartoon skulls (http://www.bigassmessage.com/5eea1 ). The overall effect is difficult to describe without sounding incoherent and/or insane, so let me just say that this beats any episode of Captain Planet yet produced.
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Substitutes the original’s nuclear holocaust fears for pollution and environmental ones with a giant sludge tadpole born of sewage viciously mutilating half of Japan while the population is distracted by the pastel colors and psychedelic grooviness of 60s consumerism that has repackaged very real threats (like environmental destruction or, uh, giant monsters) as goofy things you watch on TV or hear in a song. Some of the wildest imagery and brutal destruction of the franchise (including on-screen acidic sludge melting of civilians???) all in service of Godzilla telling us to stop all the littering. Might be my favorite Godzilla sequel tbh. Full discussion on ep 242 of my podcast SLEAZOIDS.
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Mystical, fragmented, and chaotic, with absurd, whirling images unique to the franchise. Many of these components would usually be a negative for me in a monster film unless they effectively maintained the primary issue at hand, which they clearly achieved. A Godzilla film that is distinct in that it focuses on the environmental consequences. So strange, with many bizarre choices, I mean, it’s completely ridiculous, but I kinda loved it? What a film!
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psychedelic 1970s japan jazz fusion skeletons evil monsters huffing smog pollution angers godzilla, it makes him sad rotting grandfather clock melting in a polluted ocean…. godzilla disembowels the smog monster and then stomps his corpse into dust. then he looks at the pollution, releases a deep scream, and walks away into the sunset
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Man, the whole movie I just wanted to put Hedorah in my bong and take a hit of that sweet pollution Kush.
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Godzilla: “hey hedorah, get over here and fight me, you ugly ass hunk of sludge” Hedorah: “but no! I am merely a manifestation of mankind’s neglect for the planet!” Godzilla: “me too bitch! come over here and fight me!” *cut to swinging hippie soundtrack battle music* Clearly one of the best Godzilla movies.
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Godzilla VS Hedorah is certainly one of the most unique Godzilla movies ever made. This movie is full of so many bizarre wtf moments that I kind of love it!
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Trippy ass visuals, nasty ass monster, 70s shredding and bodies melting and disintegrating with skeletons submerged in sludge shit. Not to mention the fact that the message holds even more weight in the modern day, oh and Godzilla fucking flies
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Es una de mis favoritas de esta etapa de Godzilla, ya que recupera algo que hacia a la película original tan especial, y es el dar un mensaje social y político mediante un monstruo utilizado como metafora. Es una gran película, de las mejorcitas de la saga!
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Осадки атомной и водородной бомбы заполонили море. Ядовитый газ и отходы сбрасываются в океан. Уверен, Годзилла был бы зол, если бы увидел это. Социальный фильм про экологические проблемы. Мне понравилось, что повествование здесь идёт от маленького мальчика, который очень любит Годзиллу, у него даже игрушка в виде него есть. Можно было бы сделать классный ремейк этого фильма
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absolute cinema godzilla flying, hedorah smoking a “cigarette”, and the rest of the movie being a crazy acid trip this might be the movie of all time
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Pretty funny and trippy for a Godzilla movie
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The atomic bomb. The hydrogen bomb. Cast their fallout into the sea. Poison gases, sludge. Everyone throws them into the sea. Even sewage. Godzilla would really get angry if he saw this. He would do something about it. Hype moments and aura AND themes, wow! This goes as hard as its been hyped up. 70s disco and hippie culture distracts the people from the excess waste and spend of capitalistic endeavours. The result? A monster is born, and Godzilla has…
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Pollution is bad!
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Freakiest of the Kaiju. Godzilla gets pretty goofy in this one but not too goofy.
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Fuk pollution. I loved Godzilla’s square up
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My favorite part is when Hedorah comes out of the ocean and hits the smokestack like a bong
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A profound artifact. Got misty-eyed and clutched my pearls when Godzilla* pulled all the poop out of Hedorah to kill him. *who flies in this one
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Supa freaky amazeballs👻
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I love you 70s godzilla
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Great Goji Marathon 2026 #12 A personal favorite of mine growing up. The golden age of the Showa era kicks off with a bang. This movie is brimming with so much life it’s insane. The message is beat over your head and I love how dire Hedorah’s poisoning of Japan feels. Godzilla and Hedorah are so emotive here I love it. So much weirdness to love here. The final battle might go on a bit to long but like everything…
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Godzilla faces his greatest battle yet: the 70’s
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Super cool movie loved the psychedelic music scenes and the story was very interesting but I don’t think I’ve fully bought into the kaiju fight scenes it just kept going and they would just do the same movies again. But still I do wanna check out more of these.
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The greatest film to grace the Criterion collection, real cinephiles will agree.
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Easily one of my favorite Godzilla movies.
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After watching the film I considered to be likely the worst in the franchise, this movie was an incredible return to form. Its editing style is electric. From animated sequences, to black and white jump cuts to color, and trippy psychedelic visuals this film truly has it all. Hedorah is such a cool monster and also brings back the core of what Godzilla used to be, a commentary on fatal flaws in humanity. He also kills the hell out of…
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8/10 I need a horror movie about Hedorah.
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y’a des plans beaucoup plus beaux que dans la plupart des films sortis en 2026 (jpense aux scènes de la boîte de nuit) les fx sont à pleurer de rire et le fait que gozilla vole avec son souffle ptn.. après c’est intuitif j’y ai déjà pensé mais damn
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Mashallah, mach nochmah
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it really rocked until godzilla showed up lmao
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While I enjoy Hedorah and the message behind the film, I found it kind of hard to get through. I think it had some really cool elements, like the tadpoles merging and continuing to grow, as well as the evolutions of Hedorah. I like the metaphor and the message. It even had some cool shots to go along with it, like the clock floating through the sludge at the end. I just think it looks better on paper than actually played out on camera. I enjoy it but not in a rush to rewatch it.
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Du grand Godzilla enfin ! Après avoir vu la saga malmenée pendant plusieurs opus, on y apporte du sérieux et une thématique qui dénonce la pollution. C’est très bien mis en scène et très bien monté également, avec des idées de plans, de couleurs et de musiques qui rappellent vraiment cette époque pop/funk typique de la fin des années 60/début 70, qu’on retrouve pas mal dans le cinéma italien de cette période. On pense parfois au cinéma de Mario Bava…
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Don’t make Mama Godzilla clean up your mess HUMANITY, smh
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some of the greatest vibes of all time still. second best movie of the 1970s involving a small cat hanging out underneath the monster early on. best movie to have clearly inspired FERN GULLY. maybe the most spiritually correct movie ever made.
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“There’s no place else to go and pretty soon we’ll all be dead, so forget it! Enjoy yourself! Let’s sing and dance while we can! Come on, blow your mind!” I went into Godzilla vs. Hedorah with high expectations, hearing that it is one of the most visually pleasing movies of the Showa series, and God, did it surpass those expectations. While I thought the movie’s strong suit was going to be the visuals, the writing was up to par…
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Drags a bit in the last third but a perfect comicish progressive blast. Absolutely perfect 🥰🖤
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Godzilla marathon 15/40: If the Godzilla costume got an update, this would look insanely good. A well developed story, antagonistic, and entertaining affair. Just when I was thinking that watching all of these was unnecessary. Godzilla aura: 7/10 Villain aura: 9/10 Battle rating: 8/10 Human ruin movie: 2/10
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hedorah was off that gas. he hit that shit crazy style
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dos personificaciones de las mayores negligencias humanas de la historia moderna dandose de hostias en una pelicula de los 70 con visuales psicodelicas, representando simultaneamente las inquietudes de dos generaciones distintas, realmente es una peli producto de su epoca en el mejor de los sentidos. barbaridad lo mucho que folla esta peli no me creo lo buena que es
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BBrian M 8 月 22, 2026
If they remade this now the “hippie” woman singing throughout would be a trans DJ and little else would have to be updated.
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The most wonderfully bizarre Godzilla film of all time. It really teeters between the colourful Saturday morning cartoon toned superhero adventure and a shockingly morbid, dark & dangerous, acid laced hallucination… and damn, does it get somehow get the job done! Godzilla vs. Hedorah is really unlike anything else in the series (or in existence). It holds its fist proudly in the air with anger and protest against the powers that harm the environment, shaping them into a hideous amorphous nightmare…
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Tokyo Drifting through space and sludge, the alien lifeform Hedorah arrives to our obnoxious, polluted, disco 70s world. In a sense, like Godzilla, it is a man-made monster, one born of poison gas and sewerage. Human irresponsibility has created prime conditions for Hedorah’s arrival on Earth. Hedorah is also a natural enemy of Godzilla, as it pollutes his territory, leading to an imminent battle. I just love Hedorah’s design and the artsy inflections in the making of this kaiju film.…
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Godzilla wasn’t happy with all the fucking pollution. The villain was hitting those toxic fumes, but Godzilla was like “Not in my neighborhood!” But the goon jumped Godzilla before tossed the mother fucker killing some corrupt business men (I’m guessing). A cat got slimed though, and that wasn’t cool (wasn’t dead though). Godzilla and Hedorah were doing a lot of talking with their hands, before Hedorah spat a sludge loogie at Godzilla. Godzilla really pissed so Hedorah retreated into the…
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“I bet Godzilla would be mad if he saw this.” Every franchise needs to have a psychedelic era. I love cheering for Godzilla so much
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SSutterKane42 8 月 22, 2026
If 1970s pollution could do that, imagine what 2026 pollution would be able to accomplish.
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esse é provavelmente o filme mais insano da era showa, e isso é um elogio. é um filme sobre poluição industrial que transforma o próprio lixo produzido pelos humanos em um dos kaijus mais nojentos da franquia, isso também é um elogio. o hedorah não é só um monstro que causa destruição, ele cresce e muda de forma conforme a poluição aumenta, passando daquela forma de girino para a forma aquática, terrestre, voadora e finalmente aquele trambolho gigante de lama…
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BBrian Zitzelman 8 月 21, 2026
Fun and occasionally magnificent. Some isn’t really my flavor preference for the big guy, but milage will vary.
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Chaotic and weird, with psychadelic sequences dispersed between Kaiju fights and far more closeups on the victims of the disaster, this is a really unique film in the franchise, and I’m disappointed that the heads at Toho didn’t like Banno’s vision, because the film’s message comes across incredibly clearly, while being a great Godzilla film in its own right. The battles still manage to boggle my mind, I have no idea how they accomplished some of the choreography because Hedorah…
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I can’t explain why but I’m addicted to Godzilla movies. There is something so transfixing about so many different bizarre interpretations of the character there are. Each one feels like a Twilight Zone episode where the twist is always Godzilla coming out of the water. This is one of the weirdest of them too. It changes tone so quickly and so often I don’t even know what it was going for. The whole movie is a mess in an entertaining way. It’s a trippy 70s movie that happens to be about Godzilla. Like what do you mean Godzilla used his breath to fly?
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Funny giant lizard flying after defeating toxic waste monster.
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Quite a good, very unique film and entry in the Godzilla franchise. It contains bizzare abstract imagery, a great environmental message and brings the franchise back to darker storytelling after a few more-lighthearted movies. The film isn’t afraid to depict pollution in its rawest form, and I think that’s simply wonderful. It includes imagery of floating trash and dead fish to expose the horrors of real world pollution. Another thing that’s great about this film is actually showing the victims…
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loveeed the different hedorah forms and jetpack godzilla
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Eemma 8 月 21, 2026
i was so afraid of hedorah as a kid which feels a bit silly now on rewatch
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These movies really benefit from different directors coming in and playing in the Godzilla Sandbox. This feels like the most dire and consequential threat since Godzilla first appeared in 1954. The film itself is shot with such a fresh style too. These movies tend to do a good job of showing you something new with each subsequent sequel, but whenever a new director comes in, it gives the series a jolt. They feel hunger to be making a monster movie.…
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fish parties and torch throwing contests
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Aalexis 8 月 21, 2026
So glad we learned from this movie and now live in a pollution free world /s
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There’s message in the goofy madness.
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After everything Godzilla has gone through he still has to face Man’s pollution. Two monsters of Man’s creation that could easily destroy us all. Love the more methodical pace and the use of colors throughout, really beautiful film to look at. Love how trippy this movie is. So many amazing shots In this film, but I’ll try to only mentions a few. Love the imagery of Hedorah inhaling the fumes from a couple of smokestacks, Godzilla off the edge of…
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Godzilla flies with the grace of a swan
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Make Gojira (1954) about pollution and set the groovy to 11. Result? A tonally bipolar film that doesn’t shy away from its messaging and is mature enough to know what it is.
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EU VI EU VI A CENA DO GODZILLA VOANDO!!!!!!! Que filme BOM! Hedorah é um dos inimigos mais cruéis que o Godzilla teve que enfrentar até o momento, ele é simplesmente imbatível. Fazia tempo que eu não via o Godzilla levar tanta porrada. Hedorah é um mestre em estratégia, sabe quando recuar, tem locomoção absurda e ainda causa um estrago natural para todas as pessoas ao redor, que personagem bom!!!! Gostei muito dele e quero ver mais!!! O filme também…
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There’s no place else to go and pretty soon we’ll all be dead, so forget it! Enjoy yourself! Let’s sing and dance while we can! Come on, blow your mind! Godzilla vs hedora goes back to the roots monster against monster with goji and hedora a monster made of trash. Godzilla in this one dies his iconic shrimp flying thing it looks so goffy i love it. The characters are actually really enjoyable this one once again focusing more on…
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i KNOW its the mothra premise again but they cooked. tied with 1954 for peak showa zilla
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This is definitely one of the more interesting monsters/kaiju, instead of radioactivity being its origin, it uses sludge and pollution caused by humans to enlarge and empower itself. It even feasts on the smog as a food source. Very aware of the times.
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What a treat. Remarkable I hadn’t remembered the sauce here, this is the kind of movie I would have loved when I was younger. The cinematography here by Yoichi Manoda is largely unmatched to this day. Nightmarish psychedelic audiovisual scape paired with some of the wackiest sequences in the franchise. Do not miss this free magic mushroom just because it’s an ‘old Godzilla movie’
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I was really busy dusting Calico Critters and reuniting their families and setting scenes and such while rewatching this, but since this is sonically perfect AND I had rented this from the library so there were no ads- it was a very pleasant experience. Though I’ve gotta say this movie does deserve your undivided attention, it’s basically flawless.
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Scrappy Godzilla vs the Sludge Kaiju
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YeeeeeeeEeeEeEEk 🗣️
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Está película no necesitaba tener una banda sonora tan dura, se pasó Riichiro Manabe. Aparte de eso, pues fun. No puedes pedir mucho de una película de Godzilla, pero es divertida. Parte del charm es lo gracioso que es ver un hombre en un disfraz de lagarto, peleando con otro hombre en un disfraz de sapo/basura, y efectivamente, es demasiado gracioso, pero la película también es creativa, y tiene tomas muy bonitas de rato a rato.
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godzilla contra el moco fétido la cantidad de lsd que debieron consumir para hacer esta película es una locura, desde hedorah pillándose la mangada de su vida con chimeneas industriales como si fuesen un bong, a godzilla demostrando que es capaz de volar por primera vez para nunca más repetirlo. también es la única película en enseñarte a peña derritiéndose hasta convertirse en esqueletos
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Yeah, this fucking rips. Definitely the best in the series so far, still not the best, sadly. As great of a character as Hedorah is, with the sick ass design/abilities, and as great as the visuals are, the fight scene at around the one hour mark is just way too dull to ignore, it goes on for what feels like 10 minutes, and did absolutely nothing for me (other than bore). If it were not for that single scene, I…
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Part sea beast, part flying saucer, part lovecraftian shambling mass of volcanic sludge. Hedorah is one of Toho’s strangest creations a cyclopian toxic avenger who beguiles his way through a psychedelic fever dream of a picture. Animated interludes are always welcome as these titans battle out I find an otherworldly sense of wonder at Hedorah a true oddball of the kaiju cannon.
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Godzilla: watch my franchise “Yes Godzilla” Godzilla: all 38 films “Of course Godzilla” I need to actually rewatch all these movies i love Godzilla
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i watched this earlier this afternoon. my first time watching a full english dubbed godzilla film. not as bad as i expected, dubs really grow on you! hedorah is always my favorite 🖤
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One of the best Godzilla movies ever made. A perfect blend of serious & silly.
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I haven’t the slightest idea how something this off-key came to be, but I’m eternally grateful
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Not my favorite but I can appreciate the environmental message. Also Godzilla destroying the eggs was funny asf and him flying away was gold.
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Good movie about the dangers of pollution, pretty relevant now
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Hedorah had the survival skills of a cockroach
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Oh I love these two freaks 🩷 Godzilla flying through the air and Hedorah shitting sludge all over the place and sparkling for no reason. I think this might be my second favorite Godzilla movie
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The heart is for the final fight.
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hedorah is the goat
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Tenho a sensação de que no inicio dos anos 70 houve a entrada de algum roteirista italiano de filme mequetrefe na Toho pois não é possível tanta bizarrice que pisca na tela e nunca mais é aprofundada, que não é possível tanta regra sendo descontinuada logo depois por motivo nenhum além da tentativa de ser aqueles “não pense só sinta” no cenário de horror na italia da época, e será que mesmo nessa lógica o filme é bom? Bem não…
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Proof that people need to start doing more drugs while working on movies again
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Sure, you like Godzilla, but wouldn’t you like him even more if you were tripping on acid? How to even explain how bizarre this movie is? Just the fashion choices alone may send impressionable minds into a narcotic fugue. I think my favorite part is when the guy is at the Japanese psychedelic freak-out, his girlfriend is singing about pollution, and he begins to hallucinate that all the teenage dancers have fish heads. Later he and the gang climb Mount…
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Godzilla sent me a telepathic message telling me to rate this movie 5 stars I can’t do that though because it’s closer to like 3 and a half
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Im not gonna lie it’s truly a wacky movie but there is a lot of stuff in here that I like! For one, giving Hedorah the pollution plot point is great! Love how these movies usually have a message and want in a better world. For two, and I know I am in the select few that think this, but Godzilla being a pro wrestler essentially… Is very good and I truly love it so much. I know him flying…
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I want whatever drugs that one guy was on that made him see everyone around him with fish heads.
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might be the best thing ever
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Godzilla si incazza se non fai la raccolta differenziata.
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Such a fun, psychedelic watch, with biting critiques of consumerism and refusal to acknowledge real world issues! However, I feel as if it falls flat in acknowledging that pollution is a societal issue, and that we can not overcome it until the world changes. It briefly dabbles in the idea, but doesn’t go much further. Still, a great watch!
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This was great and did a lot of super fun and surprising scenes that just add to the wacky nature of Godzilla. The intro wasn’t as good as all monsters attack but it was still fun and the entire story was crazy. It’s all clear to see drugs have hit Japan at some point in between all monsters attack and this.
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One of the more enjoyable additions to the franchise I’ve watched so far! Definitely still corny but corny in a fun way; also the strange intermissions had some really cool visuals. Hedorah was also a sick villain! I almost died when Godzilla started flying after him! Very fun film!
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J’adore le côté psychédélique de ce Godzilla. Vraiment une ambiance assez unique qui se dégage de celui là. Le kitsch que j’aime. Japanese Cinema Ranked
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godzilla a un meilleur programme que Marine Tondelier
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Godzilla genuinely fuckin hates Hedorah and it’s awesome. Just two metaphors for man made destruction duking it out. (The part where, Godzilla fakes out hedorah with a rock. and then punches him in the face, absolutely killed me.) Very 70’s. I love its Weird almost experimental style, It’s wonderfully over the top environmental message, The little animated segments thrown in, The uncle and his alt/hippie wife, it’s odd humor, the random pov shots. They all come together to make a…
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One of the toughest images of godzilla followed by godzilla flying is comedy gold
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As I’ve gone through the Godzilla movies, Godzilla vs Hedorah was always the one I most anticipated. Before ever seeing a single one of these movies, I saw images of all the Kaiju, and Hedorah, by far, has always been my favorite, up there with Biollante. So I had high expectations for this or at least was hopeful it was good and I’m so happy to say that it was amazing. Finally a Godzilla movie is scary again. I love…
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puedo describir esta película con una palabra: “Psicodélico”
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Why is this one of the most fun movies I’ve seen.
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Non inquinate se no godzilla si incazza
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My favorite B-movie Godzilla flick. The first act is a bit of a slog, but once you get into the sloppy editing and silly dub work, you’re already starting to see some rubber suit action which is where this film shines. And by God does this film shine brighter than the stars. At one point in the screening I found myself shouting, “fuck em up, Godzilla!” Simply magical. And that’s before we even got to The Scene. You know the…
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no sé qué coño hago con mi puta vida. me encontré un edit to guapo en reels de instagram con varios planos psicodélicos que parecían de tarantino. y bua aunque sean pocos me voy a inspirar bastante. las actuaciones son malísimas, el doblaje aún peor, pero los efectos especiales para ser más mayores que mi padre ole sus cojones. hedorah está demasiado chetado, mis cojones que primero es una nada y luego un ovni que contamina todo. ah y la escena donde se ponen a bailar después de que sus familiares mueran con dos cojones.
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The most psychedelic film I’ve ever seen wtf that was awesome!! Had Godzilla moving like Alex Turner on stage. Also love how it wasn’t being subtle at all about its meaning. STOP POLLUTING THE WATER!! This year we might spawn Hedorah through the building of data centres
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The music is so good. One of the best Togo Godzilla movies I’ve seen. Watched in rehab
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Easily the most visually appealing so far due to creative segues between scenes, psychedelic visuals interlaced with dramatic moments and even very time appropriate animation sequences. The music was very time-appropriate and added to the authenticity of the world. I was very happy to see there was way more on-screen Kaiju battling with just the right amount of human interaction. The message was simple yet effective leaving there to be more screentime for everything to keep moving along. I know there’s a suspension of disbelief to these movies but I was absolutely not prepared for Godzilla to turn himself into a jet.
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The franchise is back on track, baby! This is a psychedelic multimedia environmentalist extravaganza with animated segments, a great PSA theme song, wild colorful cuts, and a bit of the mucky macabre.
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Hedorah was actually terrifying in this. Love the darker tone and important message!
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Overhated movie
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Godzilla fights sludge monster to funky 70’s music. Complete dopeness
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My friends and I were really close to the theater, so everything was so fucking loud. But it was amazing to see it on the big screen.
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KKomodoLemon 8 月 16, 2026
This would have scared me sooo bad as a kid
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some great messaging but also very silly
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yeah why not , shits a fever dream
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Funky psychedelic vibes AND a great environmental message. Hell yeah, Godzilla saving the planet from pollution.
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KAIJU GO 4! Having this one as a chaser after a non stop kaiju Tokustasu assault to the senses is transcendent! Genuinely Banno is the goat and weaves such a wild film!
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Still just don’t vibe with this one
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Inmirable. Tiene sus momentos buenos de fotografía y dirección y el diseño de Hedorah es espectacular. Pero el resto es INSUFRIBLE.
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MMax Proulx 8 月 16, 2026
Simultanément plus dark et plus ridicule que les précédents, un combo particulièrement marquant. Le design de Hedorah est vraiment très cool.
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Mercury, cobalt, cadmium Lead, sulfuric acid, oxidants Cyanide, manganese, vanadium Chromium, potassium, strontium The sea is completely soiled, the sky is completely soiled All living creatures are gone The fields and mountains have fallen silent If there is no one left on Earth No one left, we won’t even be able to cry ¿Que pasaría si toda la suciedad que vertimos al mar se revelase contra nosotros? Según la TOHO, que nacería Hedorah, un monstruo formado por la suciedad de…
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LLuke 8 月 16, 2026
Arthouse Godzilla, defender of mother nature. The hippie hero. Far out. Released at the height of a pollution crisis in Japan, Yoshimitsu Banno was granted very liberal control over the production of this film, and what results is one of the best entries in the Showa era. Godzilla cleans up the human’s mess for once as opposed to the other way around. Hedorah isn’t really the villian. He’s a byproduct of human neglect. Banno turned the franchise into a psychedelic…
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A fucked up movie for kids that answers the question “what kind of creature could use industrial smokestacks as a bong?”, among others. Stupendous
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Kkaaaaaade 8 月 15, 2026
Brady suggested we watch this after eating some gummies… 👀
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How have I never logged this? I’ve definitely seen it at least a couple of times in the last decade. My favorite Showa Godzilla film. So fucking weird!
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Godzilla says don’t pollute, kiddos! Psychedelic, fun, and definitely high on its own fumes which is a wonderful thing. Cool creatures and an indisputable message. Should be rebooted with a sludge metal score. Gosh, I want all those Sofubi toys that kid is playing with in the opening… Watched at Kaiju Go.
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Groovy and psychedelic Godzilla movie, what’s not to love? Completely ridiculous in the best way possible.
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Trippy ass movie
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What trippy fun kaiju fight. Give a hoot and don’t pollute or Godzilla with get your ass is the moral here
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“I guess you aren’t ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it.” the tone is all over the place but the visuals are so unique for a godzilla film
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OOlispor 8 月 15, 2026
Godzilla vs. Hedorah is one of the best later era Showa entries in the Godzilla franchise. A huge batch of pollution is turned into a monster called Hedorah, who is seemingly impossible to kill, with Godzilla putting up a massive struggle. What I like most about this movie is the visuals as well as the human cast. This is one of the stronger human casts in a Godzilla film because they come up with the main way of killing Hedoriah,…
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A tremendously weird and enormously fun Godzilla movie. I hadn’t seen this one since I was a kid, so the fact that I got to watch it in a theater surrounded by Godzilla fans that applauded furiously everytime Godzilla showed up was an absolute treat.
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Easily up there for a top tier early Godzilla movie. I think Godzilla does best either depicted as a terrifying incarnation of destruction or as a silly lil guy. Loved when Godzilla fried the balls then went 💅
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The abject horror of this film…The lingering shots of dead bodies, injured animals and babies stuck in sludge. disgusting trash & pollution that seems impossible to stop, the pacing and everything else about it make it feel like you’re witnessing a nightmare. This is my first Godzilla experience (that i can remember, im pretty sure my dad showed me godzilla vs mothra as a kid but idk) and while some of the battle sequences do come across as cheesy, in this…
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AAndrew 8 月 15, 2026
Godzilla Progress Toho Films Showa era: 7/15 Heisei era: 0/7 Millennium era: 6/6 Reiwa era: 5/5 American Films 5/5
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Godzilla vs sludge, sludge takes massive bong rip to become a flying saucer. So silly how slow hedorah walked, I love that this is my first Godzilla movie
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Part of a double-feature at Kaiju Go 2026
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This is the most batshit insane Godzilla movie and yet I love it all the same
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Kaiju Go showing
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Kelston 2026 Horror Movie Challenge: A Godzilla film with 70s-era trippy visuals, with giant monsters breaking out every few minutes!
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Third screening @ Kaiju Go! at the Texas Theatre! I’m of two minds about Yoshimitsu Banno’s most (in?)famous work. It is wonderfully, aggressively weird in its presentation (registered to me as Tsukamoto-esque (Tetsuo II specifically) at times, but that might just be my limited “weird director” experience speaking), and most of the time I actually really enjoy this. I’m a big fan of the ecological message, the multiple groovy musical numbers (Save the Earth got stuck in my head leading up…
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Godzilla hasn’t done through this much shit since Godzilla vs. Mothra.
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“If Godzilla saw this he’d be so mad.” That’s a sentence to live by. Love the weirdness and the messaging of this movie. Drags on places but the movie makes up for it. Watched at Kaiju Go!
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This was trippy as all hell man
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Kooky and abstract, super fun vibes. Unfortunately the worst part is the final battle, pacing wise it’s terrible and kinda sucks the life out of the movie lol. Definitely worth watching though.
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Fourth Kaijugo! film… I was definitely in the theater for it and liked what I saw, but I cannot swear to being conscious or awake the entire runtime LOL
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pour ceux à qui je vais parler de Godzilla pendant des mois sachez que ça a commencé ici
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oh godzilla. my heart dances with your Marvelous Message. there is so much magic to be found in the world. liked, commented, shared with 5 friends, saved. #mythbustersfanart #friendly #jumping
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coolest movie ive seen in a minute…super psychedelic. easily a new favourite. hedorah vapes and godzilla flies. loved when hedorah zoned out for a full minute before exploding into sparks and flying away. p.s. ideal function is the mount fuji party pre-monster appearance.
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AAustin Canady 8 月 15, 2026
始まって最初の5分間、文字通り子供がゴジラや怪獣のオモチャで遊んでいるシーンがあります。 つまり、この世界では、人々に甚大な破壊と苦しみをもたらしたあの怪獣たちを模したオモチャが、どこかの企業によって作られているということです。 現実世界では、破壊や苦しみをもたらすような人物のオモチャなんて作られていない……というのは、本当にありがたいことですよね？
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Just a whole lot of fighting. I like the monster a lot
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This has so much charm and the acid rock soundtrack and psychedelic visuals go so hard. The animated sequences were so cool. Peak camp. The satire of 1970s hippy culture was really funny and effective. The score is great, I wish we heard even more of it. The monster battles were sometimes boring in this one is my only gripe. Hedorah is such a cool design tho. I love the way they lit the scenes with all the smog and glowing…
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logra lo q pocas pelis de godzilla: hacer que la trama de los humanos sea igual d bacán que las secuencias de peleas de monstruos es muy lindo todo lo de la familia y cómo está filmado ,, entrar a la historia desde la imaginación del niño, el merch de godzilla, hedorah y todo el tema de la contaminación, el papá científico,, siento q aquí si tenían muxo más q decir aparte de ser una justificación para hacer una peli…
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Fun watch :3
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Zilla shreds the dance floor in this one.
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the wee bits of animation are sooooo fun lots of cool effects in this movie. hedorah is like if you combined muk and tentacruel and mantine in a way
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I liked the song that just listed various pollutants almost as much as I liked the random cat
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Japão vs china
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Hedorah is lowk a femcel
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Visually the most interesting godzilla movie ever put to screen, cutting from cute animated scenes to psychedelic dance scenes to goofy camera angles to horrifying shots of people dissolving. It’s a weird blend of everything that somehow works and thrives.
- Synopsis
- An ever evolving alien life-form arrives on a comet from the Dark Gaseous Nebula and proceeds to consume pollution. Spewing mists of sulfuric acid and corrosive sludge, neither humanity nor Godzilla may be able to defeat this toxic menace.
- Director
- Yoshimitsu Banno
- Writer
- Takeshi Kimura, Yoshimitsu Banno
- Studio
- TOHO, Toho Eizo Bijutsu, Tokyo Laboratory
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Year
- 1971
- Runtime
- 85 mins
- Japan24 Jul 1971
- Germany10 Dec 1971
- USA01 Feb 1972
- USA19 Oct 2004
- USA20 Jan 1996
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