Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

Year: 1991

Runtime: 103 mins

Language: Japanese

Director: Kazuki Ōmori

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At the turn of the century the ultimate clash erupts. The Futurians, a group of 23rd‑century time travelers, arrive in Japan to warn that Godzilla will devastate the nation. They propose erasing Godzilla from history by preventing his birth. When the prehistoric beast appears to vanish, a new, even more terrifying monster rises, exposing the Futurians’ hidden agenda.

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1

Discovery of Godzillasaurus on Lagos Island

During the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, Japanese forces on Lagos Island face threat from American troops. A mysterious dinosaur, Godzillasaurus, saves the unit, sparking Kenichiro Terasawa's theory that the creature mutated into the first Godzilla due to nuclear notes on the island. This sets the stage for a potential link between war, science, and a nuclear-tested monster.

1944 Lagos Island
2

Shindo confirms Godzillasaurus and the Lagos Garrison

Powerful businessman Yasuaki Shindo commands the Lagos Garrison and confirms the creature's existence. His confirmation deepens the mystery of Godzillasaurus and its potential transformation. The soldiers brace for what this monster might become if left unchecked.

1944 Lagos Island
3

MOTHER lands; Futurians reveal time-travel plan

A UFO named MOTHER lands near Mount Fuji, and the Futurians reveal they hail from the year 2204. They announce a mission to travel back to 1944 to remove Godzillasaurus before the nuclear tests, hoping to prevent its mutation into Godzilla. The plan hinges on altering history to protect a future Japan.

2204 Mount Fuji
4

Emmy proves the mission with Terasawa’s book

Emmy Kano presents a copy of Terasawa's unpublished book to demonstrate their mission's legitimacy. The Futurians prepare to travel back to Lagos Island in 1944 to begin their intervention. The group steels themselves for a paradox-filled mission across time.

1944 Lagos Island
5

1944 Lagos Island battle and teleported Godzillasaurus

In 1944 Lagos Island, Japanese forces clash with American troops as Godzillasaurus is mortally wounded by the U.S. Navy. M-11 teleports the creature away to the Bering Strait, while three Dorats remain behind on Lagos Island. The island's fate is altered, and the clock of history starts ticking in a new direction.

1944 Lagos Island
6

Dorats mutate into King Ghidorah

The three Dorats on Lagos Island are irradiated by nuclear tests and mutate into King Ghidorah. The resulting dragon of destruction becomes a future threat that will shape events centuries later. This mutation ties the Lagos outbreak to the global calamity looming in the present.

Post-1944 Lagos Island
7

Ghidorah unleashed in 1992

In 1992, the Futurians deploy Ghidorah to subjugate Japan and issue a surrender ultimatum. The world’s political balance is threatened as the fearsome three-headed dragon prepares to reshape the nation’s future. The stakes rise as Ghidorah asserts itself on the world stage.

1992 Japan
8

Emmy reveals Futurians' true motives

Emmy reveals to Terasawa the true motives behind the mission: in the 23rd century, Japan is a global economic powerhouse, and the Futurians seek to erase Godzilla to prevent him from threatening their plans. The revelation challenges loyalties and questions the value of altering history. Terasawa begins to see the moral complexity of their interference.

1992 Tokyo
9

Shindo's plan to irradiate Godzillasaurus

Shindo schemes to irradiate Godzillasaurus with a nuclear submarine in the Bering Strait. Terasawa notes that a Soviet submarine sank there in the 1970s, releasing radiation that could have already mutated the creature. The plan intensifies the race to control the monster’s fate.

1992 Bering Strait
10

Godzilla grows from radiation absorption

Godzilla destroys Shindo's submarine and feeds on the radiation, recovering from the ANEB and growing larger. The beast rises stronger, ready to challenge Ghidorah and the human plans to erase him. The mutation proves more dangerous than anyone anticipated.

1992 Bering Strait / off Japan
11

Godzilla vs Ghidorah in Japan

Godzilla arrives in Japan and engages Ghidorah in a brutal confrontation. M-11 and Terasawa sabotage MOTHER's control over Ghidorah, causing the dragon to falter as Godzilla blasts Ghidorah's middle head. The battle rages across cities as both monsters threaten the homeland.

1992 Japan
12

Ghidorah defeated; MOTHER destroyed

Ghidorah is sent crashing into the Sea of Okhotsk after the clash. MOTHER is destroyed in the aftermath, and Wilson and Grenchiko are killed. The victory is Pyrrhic, as new dangers loom from the sea and beyond time.

1992 Sea of Okhotsk
13

Godzilla's rampage and Shindo's death

Godzilla rampages across Japan from Sapporo to Tokyo, leaving devastation in his wake. In the chaos, Shindo is killed, his plans dying with him as the monster threatens to rewrite the nation's future. The scale of destruction tests every survivor's resolve.

1992 Japan (Sapporo to Tokyo)
14

Emmy and M-11 create Mecha-King Ghidorah

Emmy travels to the future with M-11 and helps create Mecha-King Ghidorah, a cyborg version of Ghidorah. The new weapon is designed to counter Godzilla, adding a high-tech threat to the already perilous landscape. The future's machinations now confront the present's giant monster.

After 1992 Future
15

Mecha-King Ghidorah vs Godzilla and the descendant reveal

The cyborg Ghidorah proves initially effective, restraining Godzilla and carrying him out of Japan. Godzilla breaks free, and the two plunge into the ocean, destroying Mecha-King Ghidorah in the process. Emmy returns to the future with M-11, revealing she is Terasawa's descendant.

After 1992 Over the Pacific near Japan

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