Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Katakana	ゴジラ・モスラ・キングギドラ 大怪獣総攻撃
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Gojira, Mosura, Kingu Gidora: Daikaijū Sōkōgeki
Directed by	Shusuke Kaneko
Written by	Keiichi Hasegawa Masahiro Yokotani Shusuke Kaneko
Produced by	Shōgo Tomiyama Hideyuki Honma
Starring	Chiharu Niiyama Ryudo Uzaki Masahiro Kobayashi Hideyo Amamoto Shirō Sano
Cinematography	Masahiro Kishimoto
Edited by	Isao Tomita
Music by	Kow Otani
Production company	Toho Pictures
Distributed by	Toho
Release dates	November 3, 2001 (2001-11-03) (TIFF) December 15, 2001 (2001-12-15) (Japan)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Budget	$7–9 million[1][2]
Box office	$20 million[2]

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (ゴジラ・モスラ・キングギドラ 大怪獣総攻撃, Gojira, Mosura, Kingu Gidora: Daikaijū Sōkōgeki)^[a] is a 2001 Japanese kaiju film directed and co-written by Shusuke Kaneko, with special effects by Makoto Kamiya. Distributed by Toho and produced under their subsidiary Toho Pictures, it is the 26th film in the Godzilla franchise and the third film in the Millennium era. The film stars Chiharu Niiyama, Ryudo Uzaki, Masahiro Kobayashi, Hideyo Amamoto, and Shirō Sano, with Mizuho Yoshida as Godzilla, Akira Ohashi as King Ghidorah, and Rie Ōta as Baragon. In the film, Mothra, King Ghidorah, and Baragon defend Japan from Godzilla, who has been possessed by the souls of those that were killed during the Pacific War. Like the other films in the franchise's Millennium period, Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack serves as a direct sequel to the original 1954 Godzilla film, ignoring the events of every other installment in the series, minus a small reference to Godzilla (1998).

Godzilla was originally slated to face off against a revamped version of Kamacuras, but Kaneko ultimately decided to place Godzilla against three monsters representing elements of the Earth: Varan, Baragon, and Anguirus. Toho later convinced him to replace Varan and Anguirus with King Ghidorah and Mothra in order to make the film a box-office success. Principal photography began on May 11, 2001, in Studio 1 at Toho Studios and wrapped on August 9, 2001.^[5]

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack had its premiere at the 16th Tokyo International Film Festival on November 3, 2001, and was released in Japan on December 15, as a double feature with Hamtaro: Adventures in Ham-Ham Land. The film received mostly critical acclaim and earned $20 million against a budget of $7–9 million, making it the third-highest-grossing Japanese film of 2002. Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack is now considered among the best Godzilla films. Takashi Yamazaki has cited the film as one of his favorites in the series and believes that it subconsciously inspired his own Godzilla film Godzilla Minus One (2023).

The film was followed by Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla which was released on December 14, 2002.

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