This is the fifth entry in the Godzilla series. This is also the first film appearance of Godzilla's Arh nemesis, King Ghidorah. The plot goes something like this: Detective Shindo is assigned to protect princess Selina Salno. However her plane is destroyed en route by a bomb and is assumed dead. She turns up again claiming she's a princess from mars, and making prophecies of forthcoming disaster. However her predictions start coming true, and Rodan rises from a crater and Godzilla emerges from the sea. Meanwhile a meteor crashes. The Shobijin( Mothra's fairies) don't go on a boat taking them to birth island because of Selina's prediction, and it ends up being destroyed by Godzilla. Selina then reveals that mars was destroyed by a space dragon, King Ghidorah. And that he's already arrived on earth in a meteor. Anyway thats the main plot. What I wanna talk about is Ghidorah. He has a rather interesting design. Three heads, two tails, big wings and no arms, plus the ability to fire bolts of gravitational from his mouth. This film has its action-orientated parts, like the the gunfights between Shindo and Selina's assassins and the giant monster battles. It also has its comedic parts such as when Ghidorah zaps Godzilla in the nuts, or when Rodan and Godzilla laugh at each other, after getting sprayed by Mothra. The special effects are average for a Japanese film. Rodan's hand puppet looks like crap. The acting is suburb and feels pretty real, except for a few scenes. Overall this is one of the better films in the series.
Review of Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
