Terror of Mechagodzilla
Synopsis
A submarine expedition to salvage the remains of Mechagodzilla is thwarted by a massive dinosaur named Titanosaurus. An Interpol investigation leads biologist Ichinose to uncover the work of Dr. Mafune and his mysterious daughter Katsura. Aligned with the Black Hole Aliens, Katsura's life becomes entwined with the resurrected machine.
Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) is a 1h 23min sci-fi feature film by Ishirō Honda. A submarine expedition to salvage the remains of Mechagodzilla is thwarted by a massive dinosaur named Titanosaurus. Selected for Celluloid Screams Horror Film Festival (2025).
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Festival History
- Celluloid Screams Horror Film Festival 2025
- Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival 2019 generic - The Earth is Mine: Original Beastly Creatures
- Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival 2014 generic - The Great Kaiju, GODZILLA 60 Years
Titles
| Translated title | Terror of Mechagodzilla | English, Québec |
| Québec French title | Les Monstres du continent perdu | |
| Alternate title | Les Monstres du continent peerdu |
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | Japan | March 15, 1975 |
| Theatrical | Germany | August 21, 1975 |
| Theatrical | Italy | January 1, 1976 |
| Theatrical | Brazil | March 6, 1976 |
| Theatrical | United Kingdom | June 1, 1976 |
| Theatrical | France | August 25, 1976 |
| Theatrical | United States | March 1, 1978 |
| Television | United States | October 29, 1978 |
| Classification | Germany | 12 |
| Classification | United Kingdom | 12A |
| Classification | United States | G |
Versions & editions
| Original version (Japanese) |
Full credits
| Director | Ishirō Honda |
| Cast | Katsuhiko Sasaki (Biologist Akira Ichinose), Tomoko Ai (Katsura Mafune), Akihiko Hirata (Dr. Shinzô Mafune), Tadao Nakamaru (INTERPOL Chief Tagawa), Gorō Mutsumi (Commander Mugal), Masaaki Daimon (Captain Kusakari), Katsumasa Uchida (Jiro Murakoshi), Shin Roppongi (Yûuchi Wakayama), Tōru Ibuki (Deputy Commander Tsuda), Kenji Sahara (Defense Force Commander), Kotaro Tomita (Professor Ôta), Ikio Sawamura (Mafune's Butler), Kazuo Suzuki (Alien Henchman #1), Yoshio Kirishima (Alien Henchman #2), Masayoshi Kikuchi (Alien Henchman #3), Takuya Yuki (Alien Henchman #4), Jun Nishihara (Alien Henchman #5), Akinori Umezu (Boy #1), Shizuko Azuma (Old Country Lady), Toshihiko Furuta (Interpol Worker), Takuzō Kumagai (Defense Corp Executive), Toru Kawai (Godzilla), Kazunari Mori (Mechagodzilla), Tatsumi Nikamoto (Titanosaurus), Yasuko Agawa (Yuri Yamamoto), Yasuzō Ogawa, Hiroya Morita, Shōichi Hirose, Haruo Suzuki, Saburô Kadowaki, Shigeo Katō, Kazuo Imai, Toshio Hosoi |
| Screenplay | Yukiko Takayama |
| Story | Yukiko Takayama |
| Executive producer | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
| Cinematography | Motoyoshi Tomioka |
| Editing | Yoshitami Kuroiwa |
| Music | Akira Ifukube |
| Production design | Yoshifumi Honda |
| Visual effects | Koji Matsumoto, Tadaaki Watanabe, Takesaburô Watanabe, Teruyoshi Nakano, Yoshio Tabuchi |
| Costumes | Keizô Murase, Nobuyuki Yasumaru, Tomoki Kobayashi |
Additional data: TMDB.
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
