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

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Director: Shusuke Kaneko Year: 2001 Runtime: 105 min IMDb: ⭐ 7.0
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Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms for Admiral Tachibana. His estranged daughter Yuri investigates the legend of the guardian monsters, who must rise to protect Japan against the vengeful spirits within Godzilla that seek to destroy both the nation and its people for the suffering they inflicted in the Pacific conflict.

Plot[edit | edit source] Kurata Beach is stricken by a typhoon. The following morning, reporter Ichiro Sakai and his photographer Junko Nakanishi find a strange blue-gray object amongst the wreckage. Later, a giant egg is found floating near Nishi Beach in Shizunoura. Professor Miura attempts to investigate the egg, only to be pestered with questions by Sakai. They soon learn that the villagers had sold the egg to businessman Kumayama for exploitation purposes for his firm Happy Enterprises. At a local hotel, Sakai, Junko, and Miura discuss how to legally counter Kumayama's plans, and find him at the lobby. Kumayama meets with his financial backer Jiro Torahata, who reveals his plans to build the Shizunoura Happy Center around the egg. They are visited by the Shobijin, tiny twin fairies, who attempt to convince them to return the egg but have to escape when the businessmen try to capture them. The Shobijin run into Sakai, Junko, and Miura, and reveal to them that the egg belongs to the colossal insect god Mothra, the recent typhoon caused it to wash up on Japanese waters, and destruction will follow when the larva emerges. The trio agree to help them retrieve the egg, and try to plead with Kumayama and Torahata but are met with resistance. The Shobijin eventually return home to Infant Island without the egg. Later, Sakai writes scathing articles about Happy Enterprises' insensitivity towards the Shobijin. However, the firm dismisses the articles as slander and open the Shizunoura Happy Center to the public. Kumayama is confronted by the villagers for not paying in full for the egg and renting from their land. Torahata agrees to loan Kumayama additional funds in exchange for putting the egg up as collateral. Kumayama reluctantly accepts and begins incubating the egg. Miura decontaminates Sakai and Junko after examining the object they found in the wreckage and determining it to be highly radioactive. The trio return to Kurata beach to investigate further, but the giant reptilian monster Godzilla emerges from the buried mud, revealing the object to be one of its scales. Citizens evacuate as Godzilla wreaks havoc on Yokkaichi and Nagoya. The Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) are deployed to lead Godzilla to the coast to minimize casualties. At the suggestion of a colleague, the trio travel to Infant Island to appeal to the Shobijin for Mothra's help. When they arrive, they are horrified by the desolation left behind by past nuclear tests. They are captured by the natives and reveal their intentions to ask for Mothra's help against Godzilla. The Shobijin and natives refuse, seeing it as divine retribution on outsiders for ravaging their island with nuclear tests, and not returning the egg. Junko and Sakai plead that the innocent are also in danger, that they have no right to decide who deserves to live or die, and that civilization is flawed, but is trying hard to make the world better. Mothra agrees to help, but the Shobijin warn that she is on her deathbed. Back in Japan, the JSDF launch multiple campaigns against Godzilla but to no avail. After losing his fortune, Kumayama confronts Torahata at his hotel, attacks him, and steals his secret funds. Torahata shoots Kumayama, and attempts to escape with the money, but is crushed to death as Godzilla destroys the hotel. Godzilla reaches Nishi Beach, and prepares to destroy the egg until Mothra intervenes and engages Godzilla in battle. Mothra initially gets the upper hand, but is defeated by Godzilla's atomic breath. Mothra uses her last strength to fly to the egg and die next to it. As the JSDF resume their attacks on Godzilla, the trio and the Shobijin remain with the egg as the twins attempt to make the egg hatch more quickly via musical incantations. On Infant Island, the natives join in a ritual dance, in response to the twins' music. Twin larvae emerge from the egg and follow Godzilla to Iwa island. As the monsters battle, the trio join a rescue party to retrieve students and their teacher left behind on Iwa Island. Godzilla is entrapped by the larvas' silk, tumbles into the sea and sinks. The students and teacher are returned to safety, and the larvae and Shobijin return to Infant Island. Sakai asserts that humanity will thank them by building a better world built on trust.

Summary adapted from TMDb and Wikipedia sources.

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a dog dies
spoiler Some teenagers try to drown a dog but it is rescued and survives.
an animal dies
spoiler Multiple kaiju die in fights with Godzilla before Godzilla is ultimately killed off.
a pet dies
spoiler A dog is nearly killed before they are saved by Mothra, who then kills the dogs would-be murderers by encasing them in a cocoon
a dragon dies
spoiler Ghidorah is killed
animals are abused
spoiler A dog gets forced into a box by people at a party with intention to throw it into a lake however the dog is shown later on the news safe and sound
there are bugs
spoiler A giant monster called Mothra appears multiple times throughout the film. As the name might suggest, her appearance is modelled after a moth and appears in multiple forms, including a caterpillar/larval stage. She is also seen attacking and killing people.
a kid dies
spoiler A hospital patient is crushed by Godzilla
a non-human character dies
spoiler The entire film consists of Godzilla battling and killing three other giant monsters before he himself is defeated, although it's implied that he's still alive in the end.
someone is possessed
spoiler This incarnation of Godzilla is described as being possessed by the souls of WWII veterans
there's ghosts
spoiler This version of Godzilla is created by souls of Japanese soilders of WW2
there's a hospital scene
Yes
there are hangings
spoiler A man is seen stepping on top of a small stone statue, throwing his tie over a branch and tugging at it, presumably testing the branches strength to see if he can successfully hang himself with his tie. Nothing actually happens though as the ground collapses below him before he can attempt.
shaky cam is used
spoiler Footstomps, fighting, and building impacts
there's suicide
spoiler A man is seen stepping on top of a small stone statue, throwing his tie over a branch and tugging at it, presumably testing the branches strength to see if he can successfully hang himself with his tie. Nothing actually happens though as the ground collapses below him before he can attempt.
someone self harms
spoiler An old man attempted to hang himself.
there's blood/gore
spoiler just blodd. No gore
there's gun violence
spoiler there are tanks though
someone is crushed to death
spoiler Many people are presumably crushed by the giant monsters, but a man is explicitly shown dying when Godzilla tramples a building he's in.
someone is buried alive
spoiler A biker gang is crushed under rubble as the giant monster Baragon breaks through a tunnel. It is later confirmed they all died but it is unknown for a little while.

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