![]() ![]() When Shindo sees a picture of the prophetess, he notices she bears a strong resemblance to the Princess, and asks the chief to allow him to pursue the case. When Naoko asks the prophetess where she is from, she claims to hail from Venus, and warns that terrible disasters will begin to befall the planet, starting at Mount Aso. Naoko is sent to cover the prophetess, and attempts to gain an interview with her. Elsewhere in Japan, a mysterious woman appears and begins offering ominous predictions for the future. They immediately begin studying the strange meteor, which they discover is slowly growing in size. Once they reach the meteor, they discover that it is emitting a powerful magnetic force. As they approach, they find that their compasses are all malfunctioning. Professor Murai and his team arrive near Kurobe Dam and are assigned to study the meteor that crashed in the Kurobe valley. While Princess Salno's plane is flying over Japan, she suddenly becomes possessed by a mysterious voice, who orders her to jump out of the plane immediately just before it is blown up by a bomb. Shindo is assigned to act as the bodyguard for Princess Maas Doulina Salno, ruler of the small Himalayan kingdom of Selgina, who will be visiting Japan to escape political opposition in her home country. Meanwhile, Naoko's brother, Detective Shindo, is given an assignment by his chief of police. Just then, a huge meteor shower falls over Japan, with one particularly large meteor crashing into the Kurobe valley. Naoko asks if he thinks the world will explode, but he replies he simply feels something terrible will happen soon. Naoko incredulously asks if they actually believe aliens exist, to which the head of the club replies that there are many strange phenomena occurring across the globe, such as the incredibly warm temperatures in the winter months. When the club fails to spot any UFOs, the head member laments that the aliens won't reveal themselves because they brought a non-believer into their midst. The film was followed by Invasion of Astro-Monster, which featured the same monster roster with the exception of Mothra, in 1965.ĭuring an unseasonably warm winter night, reporter Naoko Shindo observes members of a UFO club searching the sky for flying saucers. ![]() Now, the only way to save the world from destruction lies in the larval Mothra convincing Godzilla and Rodan to join forces with her only then can the Earth monsters stand a chance against the extraterrestrial evil threatening their planet. While the two monsters battle, the evil King Ghidorah emerges from the meteorite and begins obliterating everything in his path. Her predictions come true as Rodan resurfaces from Mount Aso and Godzilla comes ashore once again in Japan. Following a meteor impact in Japan's Kurobe Valley, a prophetess claiming to be from Venus appears and warns of great calamities to befall the Earth. The film is also noteworthy for introducing Godzilla's arch-nemesis and one of Toho's most famous kaiju: the three-headed King Ghidorah. Godzilla, Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster continues the former's trend of bringing another Toho monster introduced in its own standalone film into the Godzilla series, this time the flying monster Rodan. An edited English-dubbed version of the film titled Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster was released to American theaters by the Walter Reade Organization and Continental on September 13, 1965. ![]() The film was released to Japanese theaters on December 20, 1964. It stars Yosuke Natsuki, Yuriko Hoshi, Hiroshi Koizumi, Takashi Shimura, Akiko Wakabayashi, Hisaya Ito, and The Peanuts singing duo of Emi and Yumi Ito in their final appearance as the Shobijin. Produced by Toho, it is the fifth installment in the Godzilla series as well as the Showa series. " Three Giant Monsters: The Greatest Battle on Earth") is a 1964 tokusatsu kaiju film directed by Ishiro Honda and written by Shinichi Sekizawa, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (三大怪獣 地球最大の決戦, San Daikaijū: Chikyū Saidai no Kessen, lit.
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