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title: 'Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jun Fukuda'
released: '1972-03-12'
runtime_minutes: 89
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/godzilla-vs-gigan-1972'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068371/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

1972 · 89 min · Action, Horror, Science Fiction · Japan

Original title: 地球攻撃命令 ゴジラ対ガイガン

## Synopsis

Godzilla vs. Gigan  is a 1972 Japanese kaiju film directed by Jun Fukuda, with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano. Distributed by Toho and produced under its special effects-based subsidiary Toho-Eizo, it is the 12th film in the Godzilla franchise. The film stars Hiroshi Ishikawa, Yuriko Hishimi, Tomoko Umeda, and Minoru Takashima, alongside Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla, Kenpachiro Satsuma as Gigan, Koetsu Omiya as Anguirus, and Kanta Ina as Ghidorah. It is the last film in which Godzilla was portrayed by Nakajima after playing the character since the original 1954 film; he subsequently retired from suit acting.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jun Fukuda](https://cinepixo.com/people/jun-fukuda)
- **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)
- **Director of Photography:** [Kiyoshi Hasegawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/kiyoshi-hasegawa)

## Cast

- [Tomoko Umeda](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomoko-umeda)
- [Haruo Nakajima](https://cinepixo.com/people/haruo-nakajima)
- [Kenpachirō Satsuma](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenpachiro-satsuma)
- [Kunio Murai](https://cinepixo.com/people/kunio-murai)
- [Yuriko Hishimi](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuriko-hishimi)

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