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Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

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Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, released in Japan as San Daikaijū: Chikyū Saidai no Kessen (三大怪獣 地球最大の決戦, lit. "Three Giant Strange Beasts: Earth's Greatest Battle"), is a 1964 Japanese science fiction Kaiju film in which after a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo and Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.

Directed by Ishirō Honda.  Written by Shinichi Sekizawa.
The Three-Headed Monster battles Godzilla, Mothra and Rodan for the world!  (tagline)

UFO Expert

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  • [on the disappearance of the princess] I think she survived because she fell into a gap between dimensions. You may not be aware of this... but there are other dimensions besides those we know. And there's a whole other world therein. The explosion created a gap between the two worlds. She was saved when she fell into it.

Dialogue

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Mas Selina Salno, Princess of Sergina: Why does no one pay heed to my warning? The entire human race will perish from the Earth. When the monster Ghidorah passes, only flaming ruins are left...
Detective Shindo: Ghidorah?
Mas Selina Salno, Princess of Sergina: Centuries ago, the monster appeared in the skies of Mars. Within a month, the culture of Mars had been wiped out completely. The civilization on my planet had reached a stage of development which you people will not achieve for a long time. Centuries, at least. Today, because of the space monster, it is a dead world. Dead and uninhabited.
Dr. Tsukamoto: It would be a bad situation if that creature came here to Earth.
Mas Selina Salno, Princess of Sergina: It's worse, because he's arrived.

Naoko Shindo: [as Mothra converses with Godzilla and Rodan] Mothra's talking to them. What do you think she's saying?
Detective Shindo: How would I know? I don't speak monster!
[Everyone turns to the fairies]
Professor Miura: What's she saying?
Shobijin, Shobijin: She's trying to persuade them, but they're not convinced. "Let's stop fighting each other. Let's join forces and protect the Earth from King Ghidorah."
Naoko Shindo: Do Godzilla and Rodan agree?
Shobijin, Shobijin: No, they say they don't care. They say it's none of their business.
Professor Miura: Damn them!
Detective Shindo: Those bastards!
Shobijin, Shobijin: Godzilla's saying, "We have no reason to help humans. Humans are always bullying us." Rodan says he agrees.

Tagline

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  • The Three-Headed Monster battles Godzilla, Mothra and Rodan for the world!

Cast

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  • Somesho Matsumoto — UFO expert
  • Ikio Sawamura — Fisherman
  • Kozo Nomura — Murai's Assistant
  • Susumu Kurobe, Kazuo Suzuki Toru Ibuki — Assassins Malness henchman
  • Haruya Kato — journalist
  • Shin Otomo — leader of the Assassins Malness boss
  • Senkichi Omura — Hat Retriever
  • Eisei Amamoto — Wu, Butler

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  Japanese films     Shōwa series     Godzilla  (1954) · Godzilla Raids Again  (1955) · King Kong vs. Godzilla  (1962) · Mothra vs. Godzilla  (1964) · Ghidorah, the Three-Headed
  Monster
 (1964) · Invasion of Astro-Monster  (1965) · Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster  (1966) · Son of Godzilla  (1967) · Destroy All Monsters
  (1968) · All Monsters Attack  (1969) · Godzilla vs. Hedorah  (1971) · Godzilla vs. Gigan  (1972) · Godzilla vs. Megalon  (1973) · Godzilla vs.
  Mechagodzilla
 (1974) · Terror of Mechagodzilla  (1975)
 
  Heisei series     The Return of Godzilla  (1984) · Godzilla vs. Biollante  (1989) · Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah  (1991) · Godzilla vs. Mothra  (1992) · Godzilla vs.
  Mechagodzilla II
 (1993) · Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla  (1994) · Godzilla vs. Destoroyah  (1995)
 
  Millennium series     Godzilla 2000  (1999) · Godzilla vs. Megaguirus  (2000) · Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack  (2001) ·
  Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla  (2002) · Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.  (2003) · Godzilla: Final Wars  (2004)
 
  Reiwa series     Godzilla Resurgence  (2016) · Godzilla Minus One  (2023)  
  Foreign films     Adaptations     Godzilla, King of the Monsters!  (1956) · Cozzilla  (1977) · King Kong vs. Godzilla  (1963) · Godzilla 1985  (1985)  
  Co‑productions     Monster Zero  (1970)  
  TriStar Pictures     Godzilla  (1998)  
  Legendary Pictures     Godzilla  (2014) · Godzilla: King of the Monsters  (2019) · Godzilla vs. Kong  (2021) · Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire  (2024)  
  Related films     Rodan  (1956) · The Mysterians  (1957) · Varan the Unbelievable  (1958) · Battle in Outer Space  (1959) · Mothra  (1961) · Gorath  (1962) · Atragon  (1963) · Dogora  (1964)
  · Frankenstein Conquers the World  (1965) · The War of the Gargantuas  (1966) · King Kong Escapes  (1967) · Latitude Zero  (1969) · Space Amoeba  (1970) · The War
  in Space
 (1977) · Gunhed  (1989) · Rebirth of Mothra  (1996) · Rebirth of Mothra II  (1997) · Rebirth of Mothra III  (1998)  
  Television     Zone Fighter  (1973) · Ike! Godman  (1972–1973) · Ike! Greenman  (1973–1974) · Godzilla  (1978–1981) · Godzilla Island  (1997–1998) · Godzilla: The Series  (1998–2000) · Monarch: Legacy of Monsters  (2023–present)  
  See also     King Kong