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title: 'Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ishirō Honda'
released: '1964-12-20'
runtime_minutes: 93
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ghidorah-the-three-headed-monster-1964'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058544/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)

1964 · 93 min · Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction · Japan

Original title: 三大怪獣 地球最大の決戦

## Synopsis

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster  is a 1964 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd., it is the fifth film in the Godzilla franchise, and was the second Godzilla film produced that year, after Mothra vs. Godzilla. The film stars Yosuke Natsuki, Hiroshi Koizumi, Akiko Wakabayashi, with Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla, Masanori Shinohara as Rodan, and Shoichi Hirose as King Ghidorah. In the film, an extraterrestrial from Venus, possessing the body of a princess, warns humanity of the pending destruction by the alien-dragon Ghidorah, with Godzilla, Rodan, and Mothra being their last hope for survival.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ishirō Honda](https://cinepixo.com/people/ishiro-honda)
- **Screenplay:** [Shinichi Sekizawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/shinichi-sekizawa)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Akira Ifukube](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-ifukube)
- **Producer:** [Tomoyuki Tanaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomoyuki-tanaka)

## Cast

- [Haruo Nakajima](https://cinepixo.com/people/haruo-nakajima)
- [Hiroshi Koizumi](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroshi-koizumi)
- [Kenji Sahara](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenji-sahara)
- [The Peanuts](https://cinepixo.com/people/the-peanuts)
- [Shoichi Hirose](https://cinepixo.com/people/shoichi-hirose)
- [Akihiko Hirata](https://cinepixo.com/people/akihiko-hirata)
- [Akiko Wakabayashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/akiko-wakabayashi)
- [Yoshifumi Tajima](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshifumi-tajima)
- [Takashi Shimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/takashi-shimura)

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