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Godzilla vs. Hedorah

Godzilla vs. Hedorah

Science Fiction · Action · Horror · 1971

An ever evolving alien life-form arrives on a comet from the Dark Gaseous Nebula and proceeds to consume pollution. Spewing mists of sulfuric acid and corrosive sludge, neither humanity nor Godzilla may be able to defeat this toxic menace.

Movie details

Godzilla vs. Hedorah

“The Smog Monster Hedorah arrives in a shooting star!”

1971 Science Fiction · Action · Horror 1h 25m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.1 / 10

7.9K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

67 %

Tomatometer

TMDB

6.8 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

An ever evolving alien life-form arrives on a comet from the Dark Gaseous Nebula and proceeds to consume pollution. Spewing mists of sulfuric acid and corrosive sludge, neither humanity nor Godzilla may be able to defeat this toxic menace.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Godzilla vs. Hedorah?

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Taste neighbourhood

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Yoshimitsu Banno

Written by

Takeshi Kimura · Yoshimitsu Banno

Akira Yamanouchi

Akira Yamanouchi

Dr. Toru Yano

Hiroyuki Kawase

Hiroyuki Kawase

Ken Yano

Toshie Kimura

Toshie Kimura

Toshie Yano

Keiko Mari

Keiko Mari

Miki Fujiyama

Toshio Shiba

Toshio Shiba

Yukio Keuchi

Yoshio Yoshida

Yoshio Yoshida

Gohei - fisherman

Haruo Suzuki

Haruo Suzuki

JSDF Officer

Court is in session

Put Godzilla vs. Hedorah on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.