Fest Godzilla 5: All Monsters Showdown (2024)

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Fest Godzilla 5: All Monsters Showdown Directed by Kazuhiro Nakagawa Producer Keiji Ota et al. Written by Kazuhiro Nakagawa Music by Akira Ifukube, Koichi Sugiyama, Reijiro Koroku, Keith Emerson (stock) Production company Episcope Distributor Toho Running time 13 minutes Rate this film! 4.67 (3 votes)

Fest Godzilla 5: All Monsters Showdown (フェス・ゴジラ5 怪獣大決戦,   Fesu Gojira Faibu: Kaijū Daikessen, lit. "Fest Godzilla 5: Great Monster Battle") is a 2024 tokusatsu kaiju short film written and directed by Kazuhiro Nakagawa. Produced by Episcope, it is the fifth entry in Nakagawa's Fest Godzilla series of shorts and is a direct sequel to the previous year's Fest Godzilla 4: Operation Jet Jaguar. The film premiered at the titular Godzilla Fest 2024 on November 3, 2024.

Plot

Following the events of the previous short, Godzilla and Jet Jaguar confront King Ghidorah, with the Japanese military observing the unfolding battle.

Godzilla attacks first by firing his atomic breath at King Ghidorah, but the dragon is able to scatter the beam before it can hit him. King Ghidorah then fires his Gravity Beams at Godzilla, who then locks beams with him. Ghidorah manages to overpower Godzilla, knocking him down. Jet Jaguar manages to dodge the first wave of the dragon's beams directed at him, but is hit by the second, also knocking him down. The military, seeing Godzilla and Jet Jaguar struggling against King Ghidorah, authorizes the use of the G-Claws, which is delivered via two Ospreys to and promptly equipped by the robot after both he and Godzilla recover. The two then rush at King Ghidorah as he charges his Gravity Beams once more, with Jet Jaguar and Godzilla now being able to stand their ground against the attack. The robot then runs at King Ghidorah and begins swiping at him with the G-Claws, managing to land a hit in the process. One of Ghidorah's heads then bite down on the weapon, but Jet Jaguar is able to free himself by doing a backflip and slides past him. While King Ghidorah is distracted, Godzilla manages to hit him in the back with his atomic breath, which seemingly defeats the monster until one of his heads fire a Gravity Beam at Jet Jaguar, knocking him down again.

King Ghidorah recovers and roars angrily at Godzilla, who roars back before they both rush at each other. Godzilla grabs his central head, which Ghidorah counters by hitting his foe with one of his heads. As the fight continues, Ghidorah headbutts Godzilla again, knocking him down a second time. Ghidorah, using his Ghidorah Gravity ability, then raises Godzilla up into the air, but the attack is suddenly cut short, causing the King of the Monsters to land back down. It is then revealed that Jet Jaguar stabbed Ghidorah with one of the G-Claws, with the former running at Ghidorah while Godzilla fires his atomic breath at the other half of the weapon, this allowing it to decapitate Ghidorah's central head. In an act of sacrifice, Jet Jaguar restrains King Ghidorah as Godzilla fires his atomic breath yet again, with the former being blown away by the attack before the dragon falls over and explodes.

Following King Ghidorah's defeat, Godzilla finds Jet Jaguar laying down, having been mortally wounded. The robot gives a final thumbs up to him before shutting down. Godzilla roars skyward while the military mourns their loss before he goes back to the sea as the sun rises. As he does so, he roars one more time before he glares and growls at the camera.

Staff

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

• Directed by   Kazuhiro Nakagawa
• Written by   Kazuhiro Nakagawa
• Executive producer   Keiji Ota
• Co-executive producer   Hidehiko Hotta
• Chief producers   Tetsuya Yoshikawa, Takahito Omori, Michiaki Yamasaki
• Produced by   Go Miyazaki, Kota Ishizuka
• Cinematography by   Keizo Suzuki
• Edited by   Kazuhiro Nakagawa
• Production design by   Masato Inatsuki
• First assistant director   Ryotaro Kogushi
• Suits modeled by   Shinichi Wakasa, Fuyuki Shinada

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

• Yuki Ito   as   government official
• Satoshi Iwago   as   government official
• Yuji Kaida   as   government official
• Shinsuke Kasai   as   scientist
• Toshifumi Shimizu   as   government official
• Norman England   as   Dr. Asimov Jr.
• Yusuke Tomioka   as   narrator (voice)
• Naoya Matsumoto   as   Godzilla / government official
• Kenya Saitou   as   Jet Jaguar / government official
• Naoya Iguchi   as   King Ghidorah / government official

Appearances

Monsters Godzilla (FinalGoji) Jet Jaguar King Ghidorah Japan's Ghidorah (mentioned) Gigan (mentioned)

Weapons, vehicles, and races UH-1J Iroquois Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil Bell Boeing CV-22 Osprey G-Claw

Development

In a first for the Fest Godzilla series, Fest Godzilla 5: All Monsters Showdown was announced immediately after the premiere of the previous entry, with a teaser appearing after a cliffhanger ending.

A crowdfunding campaign for Fest Godzilla 5 began on Ubgoe on July 8, 2024, with a goal of ¥1,954,113. It surpassed this goal within a day, ultimately finishing on August 31 with ¥4,745,106 from 440 backers. Only part of the proceeds will go toward the film's budget, with the rest paying for backers' rewards.

Production

Fest Godzilla 5 was shot over the course of four days at Toho Studios' No. 9 Stage. Filming had begun by September 20, 2024.

Gallery

Pre-production and production

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Post-production

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  Kazuhiro Nakagawa and Shinsuke Kasai showing the G-Claw props at Godzilla Fest 2024

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Alternate titles

• Fest Godzilla 5: Great Monster Battle (literal translation)
• Fest-Godzilla 5: Battling among the Monsters (alternate translation)
• Fes Godzilla 5: The Great Battle of the Monsters (alternate translation)

Theatrical releases

• Japan - November 3, 2024 (Godzilla Fest)

Video releases

TOHO Visual Entertainment Blu-ray (April 16, 2025)

• Region: 2
• Discs: 1
• Audio: Japanese
• Subtitles: None
• Special features: Behind-the-scenes footage of every Fest Godzilla film, interviews with Kazuhiro Nakagawa and Naoya Matsumoto
• Notes: Packaged with Godzilla Appears at Godzilla Fest, Godzilla vs. Hedorah, Fest Godzilla 3: Gigan Attacks, and Fest Godzilla 4: Operation Jet Jaguar.

Videos

Full short Trailer

Trivia

• The second half of the film's Japanese title, Kaijū Daikessen (怪獣大決戦, "Great Monster Battle"), is also part of the title of the 1994 video game Godzilla: Great Monster Battle.
• The film's English title, "All Monsters Showdown," is not a direct translation from Japanese; it was revealed in the English subtitles on the now-private YouTube upload of Fest Godzilla 4: Operation Jet Jaguar.
• The film's trailer uses stock footage of Godzilla firing his atomic breath from Fest Godzilla 3: Gigan Attacks.
• King Caesar's roar can be heard in the trailer as Godzilla fights off King Ghidorah. The film's release year, 2024, is the 50th anniversary of Caesar's debut film.
• This is the only Fest Godzilla film to not introduce a new monster to the series, as Jet Jaguar and King Ghidorah both debuted in the previous entry.
• A character mentions that King Ghidorah is "completely different" from "Japan's Ghidorah", likely an in-joke about the benevolent Ghidorah from GMK, whose suit is reused for this short.
• King Ghidorah has his middle head cut off and sprays gold powder in place of blood, both references to 1991's Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah.
  • When using his Ghidorah Gravity, King Ghidorah shoots red, blue, and yellow beams, a concept which was scrapped from Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah.
• The name of Norman England's character, Dr. Asimov Jr., references that of Mechagodzilla designer Leo Asimov from Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II.

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