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Godzilla vs Biollante (Gojira Tai Biollante) is a 1989 daikaiju eiga, the seventeenth entry in Toho's Godzilla series and a direct sequel to The Return of Godzilla
. It was the first film in the series released in the Heisei period (Emperor Hirohito had passed away earlier in the year), but would become the second film in the VS Series, also called the Heisei Series. It was directed by Kazuki Omori with special effects by Koichi Kawakita.

This film focuses biotechnology, specifically the dangers of its use, its potential effects on the balance of power, and the threat of germ warfare. In addition to the genetic mutation Biollante and the second incarnation of the "Super X" flying battleship, it features a heavy element of espionage and several action sequences inspired by the James Bond films.

Plot

The movie begins where The Return of Godzilla left off, with Godzilla sealed away inside of a volcano and a scientific team picking through the ruins of a ravaged district of Tokyo, searching for tissue samples left behind by Godzilla. The search is successful. However, a mercenary unit attacks and kills the scientists, stealing the tissue samples and escaping.

Meanwhile, in the Middle East, a Japanese researcher named Dr. Shiragami looks forward to returning home to Japan with his daughter, Erika. Unfortunately, a terroristic bombing destroys the research facility in which he works and kills his daughter.

Segue five years later. Dr. Shiragami is now a haunted dreamer, who has lately turned a majority of his attention to the study of the psychic energy of roses. A young psychic named Miki Saegusa, who also heads an institution for intuitive children, aids him in his research. Dr. Shiragami is now seen as a harmless old man who uses his scientific knowledge to satisfy his own curiosity.

However, two groups are watching Shiragami: a gang of thieves hired by a rival scientific company a group of assassins from a Middle Eastern country called Saradia. As it turns out, Dr. Shiragami is involved in the study of Godzilla cells, which are kept in a high security facility. It is believed by Shiragami's employers that he is aiding them in figuring out how to utilize the cells' properties to strengthen crop growth. But Shiragami, unbeknownst to everyone but himself, as been conducting his own secret experiments...

When both the thieves and the assassins catch each other breaking into the facility, a gunfight ensues. It is interrupted by an attack of a giant, mobile plant that kills one man and nearly kills another. The thieves flee, and the assassin barely escapes from the creature's grasp. Neither group realizes that they have just encountered the result of Dr. Shiragami's secret experimentations.

The next morning a giant flower is seen in Tokyo Bay, and Dr. Shiragami confesses that he combined the DNA of roses with that of Godzilla. Furthermore, he confesses privately to a young official that he had, in a fit of desperate grief, added the DNA of his daughter Erika to the mutated genetic structure, so that some of the creature is composed of Erika as well.

Meanwhile, the thieves send a letter to the Diet, informing Japan's government that they have planted a bomb inside of Mt. Mihara, Godzilla's current prison. If the Godzilla cells are not handed over, the thieves threaten to detonate the bombs and release Godzilla. With the entire country held hostage, the government is forced to comply. The trade-off with the thieves goes well until the Saradian agent (the assassin) shows up, killing the two remaining thieves before being driven off. The thieves die before they can show the officials how to deactivate the explosives, which are set on a timer. The bombs go off, Mt. Mihara erupts, and the mighty Godzilla is once again free.

Upon hearing Godzilla's roar, Biollante's blossom opens, and the creature begins calling out to Godzilla. Dr. Shiragami theorizes that this is because both Godzilla and Biollante are essentially the same being. With Godzilla's destination made clear, the JSDF prepare their strategies at dealing with the nearly indestructible creature. The Super-X 2, a remote controlled and stronger version of the Super-X from The Return of Godzilla, is deployed, and though at first seems effective in combating Godzilla, is eventually overwhelmed by Godzilla's brute strength, and is forced to retreat. Miki Saegusa also tries to help, attempting to make Godzilla turn away from Japan. Her efforts distract Godzilla momentarily, but force of Godzilla's will overwhelms the young psychic, and she faints.

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