Seven Toho Movies and Sony`s GODZILLA Remake in HD Source: Sony Movie Channel The HD Sony Movie Channel will be showing several Godzilla and Mothra movies throughout September. All films are dubbed in English, and most are also available for viewing from Sony Movie Channel Video On Demand.
MOTHRA (1961)
Monday, Sept 1 11.20 am E | 8.20 am P Friday, Sept 5 6.40 am E | 3.40 am P Saturday, Sept 13 3.25 pm E | 12.25 pm P Monday, Sept 22 9.00 am E | 6.00 am P Monday, Sept 22 9.00 am E | 6.00 am P Story of Mothra, the gigantic moth worshiped as a goddess by the island people, wreaking havoc in Tokyo. Runtime: 90 Minutes Cast Franky Sakai Hiroshi Koizumi Jerry Ito Crew Director: Ishiro Honda Art Directors: Takeo Kita, Kimei Abe Composer: Yuji Koseki Director Of Photography: Hajime Koizumi Editor: Ichiji Taira Producers: Tomoyuki Tanaka, David D. Horne (US) Screenplay: Shinichi Sekizawa, Robert Myerson (US) Sound: Shoichi Fujinawa, Masanobo Miyazaki Special Effects: Eiji Tsuburaya
GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA (1992)
Monday, Sept 1 9.30 am E | 6.30 am P Friday, Sept 5 8.15 am E | 5.15 am P Monday, Sept 8 10.00 pm E | 7.00 pm P Monday, Sept 8 1.30 am E | 10.30 pm P Monday, Sept 22 10.35 am E | 7.35 am P Mothra, the giant moth, is back and she`s got Godzilla and a new monster named Battra to tangle with. When Godzilla rises from the ocean to wreak havoc, Mothra tries to stop her radiation-breathing nemesis. Runtime: 100 Minutes Cast Tetsuya Bessho Satomi Kobayashi Takehiro Murata Saburo Shinoda Akiji Kobayashi Akira Takarada Makoto Otake Keiko Imamura Sayaka Osawa Megumi Odaka Kenpachiro Satsuma "Hurricane Ryu" Hariken Crew Director: Takao Okawara Composer: Akira Ifukube Director Of Photography: Masahiro Kishimoto Executive Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka Producer: Shogo Tomiyama Screenplay: Kazuki Omori
GODZILLA 2000 (1999)
Monday, Sept 1 1.00 pm E | 10.00 am P Monday, Sept 8 11.45 pm E | 8.45 pm P Monday, Sept 8 3.15 am E | 12.15 am P Thursday, Sept 11 6.25 am E | 3.25 am P A thick fog covers the seashore. Suddenly, as if out of a primeval dream of terror, a massive reptilian form obscures the window of a lonely lighthouse. It has razor-sharp teeth in a gargantuan mouth; claws that can cut through steel; a roar that echoes back through the centuries; dorsal fins that resemble crimson lightning bolts; and fiery breath that incinerates everything it touches. Soon, all in the creature’s wake is utterly destroyed, and a terrified Japan can only wonder where this monstrous beast will next appear. With a brand-new look and a powered-up atomic ray, the king of the monsters is back. This time he faces a formidable new foe in Orga (aka Giant Alien Millennian), a gigantic, lethal creature that has slowly transmuted from a UFO believed to be dormant for 6,000 years. US Release Year: 2000 Runtime: 98 Minutes Cast Takehiro Murata Hiroshi Abe Naomi Nishida Crew Director: Takao Okawara Composer: Takayuki Hattori Producer: Toshihiro Ogawa, Michael Schlesinger Screenplay: Hiroshi Kashiwabara, Wataru Mimura
GODZILLA VS. MEGAGUIRUS: THE G ANNIHILATION STRATEGY (2000)
Monday, Sept 1 2.40 pm E | 11.40 am P Monday, Sept 15 10.00 pm E | 7.00 pm P Monday, Sept 15 1.20 am E | 10.20 pm P Sunday, Sept 21 7.10 am E | 4.10 am P This contemporary film has an updated look and a high-tech polish while still retaining the spirit of past `Godzilla` films. In it, Japan is threatened not only by Godzilla, but by a gigantic flying monster and its legions of hungry larvae. As the monsters go at it, the Japanese military scrambles to destroy all them all. Runtime: 105 Minutes Cast Misato Tanaka Shosuke Tanihara Masato Ibu Crew Director: Masaaki Tezuka Composer: Michiru Oshima Editor: Shinichi Fushima Executive Producer: Shogo Tomiyama Producer: Toshihiro Ogawa Screenplay: Hiroshi Kashiwabara, Wataru Mimura
GODZILLA AGAINST MECHAGODZILLA (2002)
Monday, Sept 1 4.35 pm E | 1.35 pm P Monday, Sept 15 11.50 pm E | 8.50 pm P Monday, Sept 15 3.10 am E | 12.10 am P Sunday, Sept 21 9.00 am E | 6.00 am P After four years of scrupulous preparation under the prime minister, a new invincible robot, Mechagodzilla, has now reached completion, armed with various weapons, including the most powerful gun in history that can destroy anything in the world. Akane Yashiro is transferred to join the Mechagodzilla team as an operator who controls the mechanical monster. As soon as Mechagodzilla starts on its test run, the huge shadow of Godzilla begins to rise from the depths of the ocean... The battle of the century is about to take place. Runtime: 88 Minutes Cast Yumiko Shaku Shin Takuma Kana Onodera Crew Director: Masaaki Tezuka Composer: Michiru Oshima Producer: Shogo Tomiyama Screenplay: Wataru Mimura
GODZILLA: TOKYO S.O.S. (2003)
Monday, Sept 1 6.10 pm E | 3.10 pm P Thursday, Sept 4 6.05 pm E | 3.05 pm P Thursday, Sept 11 8.10 am E | 5.10 am P Monday, Sept 22 10.00 pm E | 7.00 pm P Monday, Sept 22 1.50 am E | 10.50 pm P Saturday, Sept 27 7.55 am E | 4.55 am P Mechagodzilla, the superior-armed, state-of-the-art, all-robot version of Godzilla, is undergoing repairs after his devastating battle against the King of the Monsters. Psychic fairies appear and warn scientists to stop rebuilding Mechagodzilla, but their warning goes unheeded. As the robot nears completion, a series of mysterious incidents rock the world and awaken Godzilla, who unleashes a reign of terror against Tokyo. Mothra attacks him and Japan`s desperate Prime Minister has no choice but to launch the unfinished Mechagodzilla. Will the survivor be monster, robot or man? Runtime: 90 Minutes Cast Yoshito Chujo: Noboru Kaneko Pilot Azusa Kisaragi: Miho Yoshioka Mechagodzilla Operator Kyosuke Akiba: Mitsuki Koga Dr. Shinichi Chujo: Hiroshi Koizumi Crew Director: Masaaki Tezuka Composer: Michiru Oshima Producer: Shogo Tomiyama Screenplay: Masaaki Tezuka, Masahiro Yokotani
GODZILLA: FINAL WARS (2004)
Monday, Sept 1 7.45 pm E | 4.45 pm P Thursday, Sept 4 7.45 pm E | 4.45 pm P Saturday, Sept 13 1.10 pm E | 10.10 am P Monday, Sept 22 11.40 pm E | 8.40 pm P Monday, Sept 22 3.30 am E | 12.30 am P Saturday, Sept 27 9.30 am E | 6.30 am P Godzilla`s 50th Anniversary project and costliest adventure to date out of 28 films. Earth has been relatively peaceful since Godzilla was successfully buried deep in ice beneath the South Pole until several of his old nemeses return to wreak havoc on cities worldwide. A huge spaceship suddenly appears and neutralizes all the monsters in a blink. The visitors are "Xiliens," who take human form and announce they would like to negotiate a peace treaty that would replace the United Nations with a "United Universe". They are indeed too good to be true, however. It doesn`t take long before their nefarious real purpose is exposed -- conquering Earth. Greatly outmatched, Earth officials decide to de-freeze Godzilla as man`s only hope to vanish the invaders, as well as the monsters they control. Only trouble is Godzilla is still mad at man for freezing him in the first place. Runtime: 125 Minutes Cast Shinichi Ozaki: Masahiro Matsuoka Miyuki Otonashi: Rei Kikukawa Controller of Planet X: Kazuki Kitamura Naotaro Daigo: Akira Takarada Crew Director: Ryuhei Kitamura Producer: Shogo Tomiyama Screenplay: Ryuhei Kitamura, Isao Kiriyama
GODZILLA (1998)
Monday, Sept 1 10.00 pm E | 7.00 pm P Monday, Sept 1 12.25 am E | 9.25 pm P Saturday, Sept 20 8.00 pm E | 5.00 pm P Saturday, Sept 20 1.35 am E | 10.35 pm P Monday, Sept 29 10.00 pm E | 7.00 pm P Monday, Sept 29 10.00 pm E | 7.00 pm P Monday, Sept 29 2.00 am E | 11.00 pm P An enormous beast goes on a worldwide destructive rampage and is headed toward New York City. Runtime: 139 Minutes Cast Matthew Broderick Jean Reno Maria Pitillo Hank Azaria Doug Savant Harry Shearer Crew Director: Roland Emmerich Producer: Dean Devlin Production Designer: Oliver Scholl Screenplay: Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich Art Director: Robert Woodruff Casting Directors: David Bloch, April Webster Cinematographer: Ueli Steiger Co-Executive Producers: Robert Fried, Cary Woods Co-Producers: Kelly Horn, Peter Winther Composer: David Arnold Special Effects: Gary Bierend, Robert DeVine, Richie Douglas, Mark Hawker, Scott MacLachlan, Thomas Rasada, Gintar Repecka, Ron Rosegard, Keith Suzuki, Craig Uszak, Mike Van Arkel, Kenneth Van Order, Mark Yuricich
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