Godzilla vs Hedorah – 1971
aka Gojira tai Hedorâ
Director
Yoshimitsu Banno

Writers
Yoshimitsu Banno
Takeshi Kimura

Cast
Akira Yamauchi
Toshie Kimura
Hiroyuki Kawase

Review by Wayne Malin

Haven’t seen this since I was kid…,
and have NO desire to see it again! Who thought the world needed an ecological Godzilla film? The film has worse special effects than usual (and that’s saying a lot), the usual lousy dubbing, animated (????) sequences and some needlessly gruesome moments (i.e. a guy’s face decomposing; Hedora spitting sludge/pollution in people’s faces; Godzilla pulling the eggs out of Hedora). Also the song–“Save the Earth” BLEEECCCHHHH! I don’t know what the lyrics were in Japanese, but the English ones are downright insulting–it’s enough to make you cheer on Hedora. Also has the usual annoying Japanese boy who knows more than the adults. This urchin was SO annoying–I was so hoping Godzilla would stomp him or Hedora would bury him in sludge. Probably the worst Godzilla film ever–yes, it’s that bad!!!!!