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Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) is the 18th installment in the Godzilla
series of films. The movie was released theatrically in Japan on December 14, 1991. It was directed by Kazuki Omori and produced by Shogo Tomiyama. The special effects provided by Koichi Kawakita was also another highlight in the credits. This film was considered the most controversial in the series. Mostly noticeable was the World War II sequence. The scene depicted U.S. soldiers being killed by Godzillasaurus on Lagos Island. After the movie's theatrical release, an American cable news broadcast reported that the film included anti-American sentiments. The time travelers, known as the Futurians, were also discussed due to their Western nationality. Director Kazuki Omori did defend Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah saying that the movie wasn't meant to be anti-American.

Plot

A spaceship appears in Japan, coinciding with Godzilla's awakening in the ocean. The ship actually turns out to be from the future, inhabited by time travellers who warn Japan of the grave future that it has ahead of them; due to industrialization and nuclear power, Godzilla will reappear and destroy the country for good, or so the Futurians say. A small group of Japanese civilians and military personnel are selected by the Futurians to go back to 1944 and delete Godzilla from history, thus preventing Japan's bleak future. Godzillasaurus (the dinosaur that would become Godzilla after radiation exposure) was relocated to the Bering Sea by the Futurians. Unbeknownst to the Japanese, however, the Futurians replace Godzillasaurus with three genetically engineered creatures called Dorats, who are exposed to the radiation meant for Godzilla and mutate into the three-headed, dragon-like King Ghidorah, who appears in Japan in the present. It is then that the Futurians' true malevolent intentions are exposed; King Ghidorah is used as a weapon to destroy Japan. The present-day Japanese then seek out Godzillasaurus to create a new Godzilla, who is the only force powerful enough to defeat King Ghidorah and the Futurians. However, creating one wasn't necessary, since Godzilla would not be denied his destiny, and was created anyway, due to a massive nuclear explosion in the Bering Sea. He returned to Japan and defeated Ghidorah, decapitating its middle head, then destroyed the Futurians and their ship. He set out to finish what King Ghidorah started, by stomping across Japan and ravaging it himself. Before he could level Tokyo, a surviving Futurian resurrects King Ghidorah as a robotic android and uses it to subdue Godzilla, dropping him into the ocean, where he rests, for now.

Category:1991 films Category:Japanese films Category:Godzilla films

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