Godzilla 2000 [Blu-ray]

Director: Takao Okawara Takao Okawara

Overview

Following Roland Emmerich's controversial Americanization of the Japanese monster icon in Godzilla (1998), the Beast from the East comes roaring back in this sci-fi adventure tale. Yuji Shinoda (Naomi Nishida), a scientist devoted to researching Godzilla, is setting up equipment on a fog-shrouded peninsula with her daughter Io (Mayu Suzuki) and journalist Yuki Ichinose (Takehiro Murata) when everyone's favorite 180-foot-tall lizard appears from the sea and begins laying siege to a nuclear power plant. The military swings into action, but the monster's fiery breath soon uncovers an alien spacecraft; beings from outer space have come to take over the earth, and now Godzilla is our last line of defense against them. Hugely successful in Japan, Gojira Mireniamu (aka Godzilla 2000) was the first Japanese Godzilla movie since Godzilla 1985 to receive a US theatrical release.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/09/2014
UPC:	0043396446588
Original Release:	1999
Rating:	PG
Source:	SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMT
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	3:26:00
Sales rank:	11,888

Special Features

Filmmaker and crew commentary; Behind the scenes; Original trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Takehiro Murata	Yuji Shinoda
Naomi Nishida	Yuki Ichinose
Hiroshi Abe	Mitsuo Katagiri
Mayu Suzuki	Io Shinoda
Shiro Sano	Shiro Miyasaka
Tsutomu Kitagawa	Gojira
Satomi Achiwa	Actor
Kenichi Ishii	Actor
Sakae Kimura	Actor
Bengal	Actor
Atsuko Kohata	Actor
Yoshimasa Kondo	Actor
Yutaka Matsushige	Actor
Kenichi Nagira	Actor
Shiro Namiki	Actor
Masahiko Nishimura	Actor
Yoshiyuki Omori	Actor
Toshihiko Sakakibara	Actor
Horyu Nakamura	Actor
Koichi Ueda	Actor
Koichi Nihei	Actor
Toshimasa Niiro	Actor
Masahiro Kizawa	Actor
Seiroku Nakazawa	Actor
Hakobu Okubo	Actor
Toru Kodama	Actor
Daisuke Honda	Actor
Denden	Actor
Yoshiki Arizono	Actor
Toshifumi Muramatsu	Actor
Yoichi Nukumizu	Actor
Hajime Anzai	Actor
Masako Omata	Actor
Shinsuke Kasai	Actor
Dangerous	Actor
Terumi Yoshida	Actor
Takeshi Obayashi	Actor
Jack Ong	Actor
Francois Chau	Actor
Denise Iketani	Actor
Ron Yuan	Actor
Rachel Crane	Actor
Jim Ishida	Actor
Yoshio Be	Actor
Glen Chin	Actor
John Cho	Actor
Michael Hagiwara	Actor
Amy Hill	Actor
Rodney Kageyama	Actor
Denice Kumagai	Actor
Jim Lau	Actor
Dana Lee	Actor
Lucy Lin	Actor
Sachiko	Actor
Marilyn Tokuda	Actor
Jerry Tondo	Actor
Ping Wu	Actor

Technical Credits

Hiroshi Kashiwabara

Wataru Mimura

Takao Okawara	Director
Makoto Kenmochi	Stunts
Kenji Suzuki	Special Effects
Tadao Tanaka	Casting
Shogo Tomiyama	Producer
Hiroshi Kashiwabara	Screenwriter
Wataru Mimura	Screenwriter
Teiichi Saito	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Japan's resident monster star -- and everybody's favorite giant lizard -- enters the new millennium in this elaborate, effects-studded vehicle, a kitschy delight that ranks with the best of his 23 feature-film outings. As the film opens, Godzilla has surfaced near the island of Hokkaido, where he's spotted by leading man Takehiro Murata -- a technician working for the Godzilla Prediction Network (an early-warning system designed to minimize civilian casualties). Government official Hiroshi Abe targets the rampaging reptile for destruction, but he changes his tune when a long-buried UFO rises from the sea and begins wreaking havoc: Only Godzilla, annoyed by this encroachment on his turf, can successfully engage the aliens in battle. Obviously committed to replicating the classic Godzilla movies of yore, director Takao Okawaro doesn't waste much footage on plot or characterization: Once he sets the scene, the human actors simply stand by and watch our hero do his thing. Sophisticated special effects (including computer imagery) are occasionally employed, but the lovable lizard still looks like a rubber-suited actor tromping on miniature Tinkertoy buildings. The American distributor has further enhanced Godzilla 2000 with lots of corny dialogue, making this old-fashioned monster movie an often hilarious romp.

Barnes & Noble - Ed Hulse

Watching this transcendentally tacky movie, which wants us to laugh at it and with it at the same time, it is easy to see why the series threatens to be as enduring as its namesake.

New York Times - Stephen Holden