Godzilla's Leading Ladies (2020)
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Godzilla's Leading Ladies (ゴジラとヒロイン Gojira to Hiroin, lit. "Godzilla and the Heroines") is a 2020 television documentary directed by Takeshi Yagi and written by Yuji Kobayashi on the actresses who starred in Toho tokusatsu films. It aired on NHK on December 19, 2020.[1] Though the broadcaster prepared English subtitles for the film in advance of the broadcast,[1] it has yet to be officially released internationally. However, a translation by the speech recognition system Whisper with edits by Obscure Archives was uploaded to the Internet Archive in 2025.
Films featured
- Previously-unreleased 8 mm footage shot during filming on The Three Treasures (1959); Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964); Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966); The Last Escape (1957); and Antlion Operation (1964).
- Godzilla (1954)
- The Mysterians (1957)
- The H-Man (1958)
- The Three Treasures (1959)
- Battle in Outer Space (1959)
- The Human Vapor (1960)
- Mothra (1961)
- Gorath (1962)
- Matango (1963)
- Atragon (1963)
- Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
- Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965)
- Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
- The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
- Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
- Destroy All Monsters (1968)
- Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)
- Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
- Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994)
- Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)
- Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
- Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
- Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)
Staff
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Directed by Takeshi Yagi
- Written by Yuji Kobayashi
- Associate writer Yoichi Iwasa
- Researchers Sachiko Hayashi, Nozomi Takemura
- Executive producers Noriaki Shioya, Takashi Nishimura, Naoyuki Shibata
- Produced by Hideki Oka
- Videography by Masao Nakabori
- Lighting by Hiroshi Ota
- Sound technician Ichiro Hoshi
- Edited by Yosuke Yafune
- Sound effects by Junichiro Suzuki
- Video technician Yoshiaki Kanazawa
- Production design by Kazuyoshi Tamaru
- Visual effects by Junya Hirota
- Shooting cooperation Hotel Gracery Shinjuku
- Footage provided by Tadashi Furuyama
Cast
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Muga Tsukaji as Dr. Tsukaji, host
- Megumi Han as Handroid Meg, Dr. Tsukaji's android assistant
- Shiro Sano as himself, actor and researcher of tokusatsu heroines
- Asa Ishibashi as narrator (voice)
Interviewees
- Kumi Mizuno, star of The Three Treasures; Gorath; Matango; Frankenstein vs. Baragon; Invasion of Astro-Monster; Ebirah, Horror of the Deep; The War of the Gargantuas; Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla; and Godzilla Final Wars
- Keiko Mari, star of Godzilla vs. Hedorah
- Megumi Odaka, star of Godzilla vs. Biollante, Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, Godzilla vs. Mothra, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II, Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla, and Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
- Yumiko Shaku, star of Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
- Shogo Tomiyama, producer of every Toho kaiju film from Godzilla vs. Biollante to Godzilla Final Wars
Other actresses highlighted are Momoko Kochi, Yumi Shirakawa, Kyoko Anzai, Kyoko Kagawa, Keiko Sata, Tetsuko Kobayashi, Kyoko Ai, Toki Shiozawa, Emi and Yumi Ito, and Yasuko Sawaguchi.
Gallery
- Main article: Godzilla's Leading Ladies/Gallery.
Videos
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Trivia
- The Godzilla Head is employed as part of the backdrop of Keiko Mari and Megumi Odaka's interviews.
References
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