Godzilla Vs Week: Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

Back again my readers and welcome to Day 3 of Godzilla Vs Week.  This time around our boy does not only not get top billing but is surrounded by foes of yesteryear.   The grudge matches become a massive onslaught to our reptilian hero as he must work together with his common enemies to battle a new Kaiju of unknown origin.  Can our King of the Monsters set aside his differences with his adversaries long enough to save Japan or will it breakdown into a massive cage match?  This is Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster a.k.a. Godzilla vs. Ghidorah, Godzilla vs. Ghidorah the Three-Headed Monster, Earth's Greatest Battle, Monster of Monsters: Ghidorah, The Giant Monsters: The Greatest Battle on Earth

BRUSH OUR TEETH!!!

Mas Selina Salno, Princess of Sergina: Why does no one pay heed to my spoiler?  The entire human race will parish from the Earth.  When the monster Ghidorah passes, only flaming ruins are left.



Saddle in folks because this is a long confusing story to the likes of a Burt I. Gordon flick.  Too many subplots but nowhere need that many walking sequences.  Detective Shindo (Yosuke Natsuki of Yojimbo, Dogora, Godzilla 1985: The Legend is Reborn, Sakura Sakura and Kirin) is assigned to protect Princess Selina Salno of Selgina (Akiko Wakabayashi of Akikio, King Kong Vs Godzilla,  Key of Keys, The Stranger Within a Woman, You Only Live Twice and Diamonds of the Andes) a princess from a sovereignty deep in the Himalayan mountains for as she tours Japan on her royal visit under the suspicion that she is to be assassinated... so they assign one guy that moderately works with the rest of the department.  Huh?    Her plane never lands in Japan and she is presumed dead as her plane was detonated from the sky.

While that bit of mild interest is going on, a stray meteor shower just slaps the forests forcing Professor Miura (Hiroshi Koizumi of Godzilla Raids Again, Mothra, Mothra vs. Godzilla, Gozilla vs.Mechagodzilla and Godzilla Tokyo S.O.S.) up to the region to study the strange meteorites that had landed and is emitting vast electromagnetic waves.  Never quite sure where this man's expertise lies, by the way.  Kaiju expert, space phenomena and physicist.  The man is the Asian Reed Richards without the lame powers.

Look, Rhianna is getting naked... again.

While investigating the plane's explosion Shindo is visited by Princess Selina who claims to have the spirit of a Venusian or Martian in English translation and warns humanity of the impending danger that is Ghidorah.  A vicious flame spewing dragon that will destroy the lands and boil the seas.  She speaks in prophecy about the rise of the long thought dead Rodan that Godzilla dispatched in Mt. Aso.   Rodan returns with a vengeance and Godzilla must have had his ears burning as he emerges from the sea to battle Rodan just at the same time of this from the meteorite Ghidorah takes flight and the three of them are doing the monster mash all over Japan.
The Japan Self-Defense Force in their ultimate wisdom demand the two teeny twins summon Mothra...  Because clearly in this equation you need YET ANOTHER Kaiju thrashing the countryside.   Everything hinges on Mothra convincing Rodan and Godzilla to team-up 80's buddy cop style and pimp slap Ghidorah before there is no Japan to save.

Just a few comments to make on the flick.  I love how bad the super imposure of the twins as they look like they live in a cigar box, coupled with even their dubbing is out of sync when they are psychically linked to one another.  Occasionally you can see Ghidorah's cables as the actor in the suit is being hoisted in the air and across the sound stage.    This is the fifth of the Godzilla Showa series actually showing the transition from Godzilla being more of a hero rather than the villain and while made in 1964 it was released stateside with three alternative titles but the most common one we have seen is Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster.   I think poor IMDB had a stroke trying to keep up with every alternative title.  I, myself have seen two of the Japanese titles and two of the English titles so I know your pain.

Thought you snuffed it!