Godzilla vs. Biollante [Criterion Collection] [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray]

Director: Kazuki Omori Kazuki Omori

Overview

Four years after Toho's semi-successful re-launch of their Godzilla series with Godzilla 1985, the studio released this vastly-superior sequel. In the chaos following the Green One's rampage in the previous installment, clean-up crews discover a large quantity of sloughed-off cells from the radioactive behemoth, which become the source of some international intrigue as agents from a fictitious nation nab a quantity of the cells from American mega-corporation BioMajor. The cells fall into the hands of obsessed scientist Dr. Shiragami, who intends to cross-breed them with plant life. After his daughter is killed in a sabotage attempt by BioMajor, Shiragami determines that her spirit has occupied a special rose bush... which, naturally, the loony Doc decides to splice with Godzilla cells, producing a 30-story-tall tentacled rose-monster dubbed "Biollante." BioMajor pulls yet another stunt, setting off a bomb which releases Godzilla from his mountain prison, leading to the inevitable showdown between the two. Vastly superior effects and a more interesting Godzilla design mark this as a more confident return to form, although the English-language print sports the usual hilarious dubbing, which gives one Japanese executive a thick Southern drawl.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/18/2025
UPC:	0715515311014
Original Release:	1989
Rating:	PG
Source:	Criterion Collection
Language:	English
Time:	1:44:00
Format:	Blu-ray

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Kunihiko Mitamura	Kazuhito Kirishima
Yoshiko Tanaka	Asuka Okouchi
Masanobu Takashima	Major Sho Kuroki
Megumi Odaka	Miki Saegusa
Toru Minegishi	Lieutenant Goro Gondo
Ryunosuke Kaneda	Azuka's Father
Koji Takahashi	Dr. Shiragami
Kazuma Matsubara	Self Defense Forces Officer #5
Yasuko Sawaguchi	Erika Shiragami
Toshiyuki Nagashima	Director Seiichi Yamamoto
Yoshiko Kuga	Owada, Prime Minister's Representative
Majot Beoi	Actor
Derrick Holmes	Biomajor Spy Michael Low
Soleiman Mehdizadeh	Sirhan
Abdallah Helal	Saradia Scientist
Kurt Cramer	BioMajor Spy John Lee
Brian Uhl	Actor
Aijdin Yamanlar	Actor
Beth Blatt	Reporter
Kenpachiro Satsuma	Gojira
Robert Corner	Actor
Emi Kodaka	Actor

Technical Credits

Kazuki Omori	Director
Tomoyuki Tanaka	Executive Producer
Shogo Tomiyama	Producer