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Desolate by the loss of his daughter, a geneticist creates a monstrous new mutation.Desolate by the loss of his daughter, a geneticist creates a monstrous new mutation.Desolate by the loss of his daughter, a geneticist creates a monstrous new mutation.
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Kôsuke Toyohara
- Osamu Amesawa
- (as Kosuke Toyohara)
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- TriviaWas voted the best Godzilla movie by fans in a 2014 Japanese fan poll. Ironically, its original release was not a success. The film had a reported $10.7 million budget making it not only the most expensive Godzilla film up until that point, but also one of the most expensive live-action Japanese films made at the time. Middling box offices results lead the studio to rethink their handling of the property and, in order to please fans, began re-incorporating classic (and therefore more marketable) monsters and stories into the following films instead of creating new ones. Toho would also begin to reduce the time and budget spent on subsequent Heisei films.
- GoofsAfter Shiragami is briefly interviewed by the media, Biollante is shown for a brief second appearing regular, but in the very next shot with Biollante, it's fully blossomed.
- Quotes
Dr. Shiragami: Godzilla and Biollante aren't monsters. It's the unscrupulous scientists who create them that are monsters.
- Alternate versionsDeleted scenes:
- When Godzilla comes ashore at Abarishi, a scene of him walking past a lighthouse and smashing it with his tail was cut.
- After Godzilla's first confrontation with Biollante in Lake Ashino, which is set ablaze by Godzilla's radioactive breath, spores from the plant creature shower the surrounding countryside causing flowers to suddenly bloom.
- Originally Godzilla was to attack the Kansai Airport in Osaka, which was under construction at the time of filming, but permission could not be obtained. Instead, Godzilla and Miki engage in a telepathic battle near a heliport for the site in the Ise Channel.
- A discarded concept was to have Biollante attempt to physically absorb Godzilla during the climactic battle. This was scrapped due to time and budgetary considerations but was the concept was visualized for the climax of 'Godzilla 2000'.
- ConnectionsEdited from The Return of Godzilla (1984)
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This is a Godzilla movie that tells a very different story than the previous films. The root of the story all lies on one aspect-the Godzilla cell. The plot is solid and intriguing - a story about some of the world's power-hungry people who want to get their hands on some Godzilla DNA for their own devious purposes. When the Japanese refuse to hand over the DNA, terrorists release Godzilla from his lair and he begins a new spree of terror. In an act of desperation, a scientist merges some of the Godzilla cells with a rosebud, mutating it into the one of the most unique monsters in the Toho universe - Biollante. The two do battle as our protagonists in the film try to track down the terrorists. As a result, what we have is not the usual Godzilla vs. movie with an alien-invasion plot. This one is unique and substantive in its monster origins, plot flow and character development.
While an exciting movie, there are some people that this film could have done without, like the horrible Saradian agent SSS9 and the campy Biomajor people. I have to give credit to this movie, anyhow, because it introduced the Godzilla-centered psychic Miki Saegusa (played by Megumi Odaka). She would take a very significant role in this and the following Godzilla films. Her using her psychic powers to locate Godzilla and stopping him from coming ashore in Osaka was intriguing.
Overall, not a bad Godzilla film. Very distinctive, albeit a little too focused on the human subplot and the military, and the Biollante angle wasn't emphasized enough.
Grade B-
While an exciting movie, there are some people that this film could have done without, like the horrible Saradian agent SSS9 and the campy Biomajor people. I have to give credit to this movie, anyhow, because it introduced the Godzilla-centered psychic Miki Saegusa (played by Megumi Odaka). She would take a very significant role in this and the following Godzilla films. Her using her psychic powers to locate Godzilla and stopping him from coming ashore in Osaka was intriguing.
Overall, not a bad Godzilla film. Very distinctive, albeit a little too focused on the human subplot and the military, and the Biollante angle wasn't emphasized enough.
Grade B-
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By what name was Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) officially released in India in English?
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