History Film / TerrorOfMechagodzilla

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Katsura, being a cyborg, struggles with this throughout the film. It doesn't help that the Simians do their damndest to make her turn against humankind.

While Dr. Mafune is reprimanded for jumping the gun, Commander Mugan (played by Goro Mutsu) sees this as an opportunity. He knows that Mechagodzilla cannot beat Godzilla alone, but hopes that the interference of Titanosaurus will weaken Godzilla enough to turn the tide in the robot's favor. Ichinose, believing that Katsura had died earlier after Titanosaurus's attack, goes to her home to pay his respects to both her and her father; however, he is captured by the Simians and is soon introduced to a very much alive Shinji and Katsura Mafune. Ichinose is baffled by the scientist's decision to side with the Simians, who have setup a small control center in Mafune's lab, away from their base.

Despite his best efforts, Ichinose is still held captive by Dr. Mafune and the Simians. Fortunately, Murakoshi and some other Interpol agents have come to the rescue. Dr. Mafune is fatally wounded in the firefight and Katsura is injured. Most of the other Simians are killed. Mugan escapes and jumps into the ocean. Shortly afterwards, three flying saucers rise from the ocean, carrying the escaping Simians, which are then destroyed by Godzilla. Katsura, knowing that she houses Mechagodzilla's controls inside of her, commits suicide. With Mechagodzilla now powerless, Godzilla destroys his mechanical double. Titanosaurus is now free from the mind-control and attempts to return to the ocean to live in peace. A battle-weary Godzilla, ignorant of this fact, kills Titanosaurus without hesitation.

Shortly after the battle, Ichinose carries Katsura's lifeless body outside and watches as Godzilla returns to the sea adn the film ends.

The Terror of Mechagodzilla was not well received when it was released, and Toho would not produce another Godzilla movie until the king's 30th anniversary in 1984. The film was one of only two Godzilla films to have less than a milliion tickets sold. It would remain the least attended Godzilla film until ''Godzilla: Final Wars'' in 2004.

Meanwhile, Interpol has discovered the location of the Simians base of operations, where the repaired Mechagodzilla is being held. When Interpol launches it's attack, Mechagodzilla has already been launched, and the police discover that the only people inside of the base are the human slaves that have been captured and tortured by the aliens, and that the base itself has been set for self-destruct by the Simians, who anticipated their arrival. The base is destroyed after the Interpol agents and the freed slaves escape.

Despite his best efforts, Ichinose is still held captive by Dr. Mafune and the Simians. Fortunately, Murakoshi and some other Interpol agents have come to the rescue. Dr. Mafune is fatally wounded in the firefight and Katsura is injured. Most of the other Simians are killed. Mugan escapes and jumps into the ocean. Shortly afterwards, three flying saucers rise from the ocean, carrying the escaping Simians, which are then destroyed by Godzilla. Katsura, knowing that she houses Mechagodzilla's controls inside of her, commits suicide. With Mechagodzilla now powerless, Godzilla destroys his mechanical double. Titanosaurus is now free from the mind-control and attempts to return to the ocean. A battle-weary Godzilla, ignorant of this fact, kills Titanosaurus without hesitation.

The Simians and Dr. Mafune launch their final assault on Tokyo, with Titanosaurus and Mechagodzilla reducing much of the city to rubble. Godzilla soon appears, but he is overwhelmed by the combined might of Titanosaurus and Mechagodzilla. Even with the help of some fighter jets, Godzilla is still outmatched. Things begin to seem bleak, but Interpol has managed to fix their sonar device, and they use it on Titanosaurus.

The Simians and Dr. Mafune launch their final assault on Tokyo, with Titanosaurus and Mechagodzilla reducing much of the city to rubble. Things seem bleak, Godzilla soon appears, but he is overwhelmed by the combined might of Titanosaurus and Mechagodzilla.

While Dr. Mafune is reprimanded for jumping the gun, Commander Mugan (played by Goro Mutsu) sees this as an opportunity. He knows that Mechagodzilla cannot beat Godzilla alone, but hopes that the interference of Titanosaurus will weaken Godzilla enough to turn the tide in the robot's favor. Ichinose, believing that Katsura had died earlier after Titanosaurus's attack, goes to her home to pay his respects to both her and her father; however, he is captured by the Simians and is soon introduced to a very much alive Shinji and Katsura Mafune. Ichinose is baffled by the scientist's decision to side with the Simians.

Meanwhile, Interpol has discovered the location of the Simians' other base of operations, where the repaired Mechagodzilla is being held. When Interpol launches it's attack, Mechagodzilla has already been launched, and the police discover that the only people inside of the base are the human slaves that have been captured and tortured by the aliens, and that the base itself has been set for self-destruct by the Simians, who anticipated their arrival. The base is destroyed after the Interpol agents and the freed slaves escape.

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However, all is nto as it seems, for dr. Mafune is still very much alive, and he is working alongside the Simians, who saved his daughter's life when she was fatally injured during an experiment, and so he works with them out of gratitude. The Simians have also, with the doctor's knowledge, converted Katsura into a cyborg capable of controlling both Titanosaurus and the reconstructed Mechagodzilla. Katsura helps Ichinose with some of her father's survivin research, and the two grow close to each other.

While Dr. Mafune is reprimanded for jumping the gun, Commander Mugan (played by Goro Mutsu) sees this as an opportunity. He knows that Mechagodzilla cannot beat Godzilla alone, but hopes that the interference of Titanosaurus will weaken Godzilla enough to turn the tide in the robot's favor. Ichinose, believing that Katsura had died earlier after Titanosaurus's attack, goes to her home to pay his respects; however, he is captured by the Simians and is soon introduced to a very much alive Shinji and Katsura Mafune.

Picking up shortly after the previous film ended, Terror of Mechagodzilla begins with a submarine looking for the remains of Mechagodzilla off the coast of Okinawa. However, the submarine is soon attacked by a something underwater, and is destroyed. A salvaged recording of the last moments of the crew has the captain saying that they are under attack from a giant dinosaur. We are soon introduced to our main protagonists in this film: Interpol agent Murakoshi (played by Katsumasa Uchida) and marine biologist Akira Ichinose (played by Katsuhiko Sasaki. The main focus of much of the plot is Ichinose's interactions with Katsura Mafune (played by Tomoko Ai), the daughter of a Dr. Shinji Mafune (played by Akihiko Hirata), a once-famous scientist who was ridiculed by the scientific community decades earlier for believing that there was a dinosaur living underwater near Japan, named Titanosaurus. Initially, Ichinose and Murakoshi visited the home of the doctor to see ''him''. However, they are informed by Katsura that he is dead. When she presses them for info, they tell her father's research may be connected to the destruction of the submarine. When he asks her about it, she says that she destroyed his work after he died, but it is soon revealed to the audience that Dr. Mafune is indeed still alive, and he wants revenge.

As a result, he is working alongside the Simians, who have converted his daughter into a cyborg so that she can control both Titanosaurus and Mechagodzilla. The Simians saved his daughter's life when she was fatally injured during an experiment, and so he works with them out of gratitude. Titanosarus is enocountered yet again by another submarine, but the submarine escapes when the sonar incapacitates the monster. With this knowledge, Interpol begins constructing a sonar device to use against the monster should it attack land. Soon, Dr. Mafuen launches a premature attack on Tokyo with Titanosaurus. Before they can defend against the dinsoaur, it is discovered that the sonar device has been sabotaged. Fortunately, Godzilla intervenes and faces off againt Titanosaurus. The battle is over when Katsura is injured and Titanosaurus manages to break free of the control for a short while, heading back to the sea.

Picking up shortly after the previous film ended, Terror of Mechagodzilla begins with a submarine looking for the remains of Mechagodzilla off the coast of Okinawa. However, the submarine is soon attacked by a something underwater, and is destroyed. A recording of the last moments of the crew has the captain saying that they are under attack from a giant dinosaur. We are soon introduced to our main protagonists in this film: Interpol agent Murakoshi (played by Katsumasa Uchida) and marine biologist Akira Ichinose (played by Katsuhiko Sasaki. The main focus of much of the plot is Ichinose's interactions with Katsura Mafune (played by Tomoko Ai), the daughter of a Dr. Shinji Mafune (played by Akihiko Hirata), a once-famous scientist who was ridiculed by the scientific community decades earlier for believing that there was a dinosaur living underwater near Japan, named Titanosaurus. Initially, Ichinose and Murakoshi visited the home of the doctor to see ''him''. However, they are informed by Katsura that he is dead. When she presses them for info, they tell her father's research may be connected to the destruction of the submarine. When he asks her about it, she says that she destroyed his work after he died, but it is soon revealed to the audience that Dr. Mafune is indeed still alive, and he wants revenge.

Picking up shortly after the previous film ended, Terror of Mechagodzilla begins with a submarine looking for the remains of Mechagodzilla off the coast of Okinawa. However, the submarine is soon attacked by a giant dinosaur underwater, and is destroyed. A recording of the last moments of the crew has the captain saying that they are under attack from a giant dinosaur. We are soon introduced to our main protagonists in this film: Interpol agent Murakoshi (played by Katsumasa Uchida) and marine biologist Akira Ichinose (played by Katsuhiko Sasaki. The main focus of much of the plot is Ichinose's interactions with Katsura Mafune (played by Tomoko Ai), the daughter of a Dr. Shinji Mafune (played by Akihiko Hirata), a once-famous scientist who was ridiculed by the scientific community decades earlier for believing that there was a dinosaur living underwater near Japan, named Titanosaurus. Initially, Ichinose and Murakoshi visited the home of the doctor to see ''him''. However, they are informed by Katsura that he is dead. When she presses them for info, they tell her father's research may be connected to the destruction of the submarine. When he asks her about it, she says that she destroyed his work after he died, but it is soon revealed to the audience that Dr. Mafune is indeed still alive, and he wants revenge.

Picking up shortly after the previous film ended, Terror of Mechagodzilla begins with a submarine looking for the remains of Mechagodzilla off the coast of Okinawa. However, the submarine is soon attacked by a giant dinosaur underwater, and is destroyed. A recording of the last moments of the crew has the captain saying that they are under attack form a giant dinosaur. We are soon introduced to our main protagonists in this film: Interpol agent Murakoshi (played by Katsumasa Uchida) and marine biologist Akira Ichinose (played by Katsuhiko Sasaki. The main focus of much of the plot is Ichinose's interactions with Katsura Mafune (played by Tomoko Ai), the daughter of a Dr. Shinji Mafune (played by Akihiko Hirata), a once-famous scientist who was ridiculed by the scientific community decades earlier for believing that there was a dinosaur living underwater near Japan, named Titanosaurus. Initially, Ichinose and Murakoshi visited the home of the doctor to see ''him''. However, they are informed by Katsura that he is dead. When she presses them for info, they tell her father's research may be connected to the destruction of the submarine. When he asks her about it, she says that she destroyed his work after he died, but it is soon revealed to the audience that Dr. Mafune is indeed still alive, and he wants revenge.

Picking up shortly after the previous film ended, Terror of Mechagodzilla begins with a submarine looking for the remains of Mechagodzilla off the coast of Okinawa. However, the submarine is soon attacked by a giant dinosaur underwater, and is destroyed. Our main protagonists in this film are Interpol agent Murakoshi (played by Katsumasa Uchida) and marine biologist Akira Ichinose (played by Katsuhiko Sasaki. The main focus of much of the plot is Ichinose's interactions with Katsura Mafune (played by Tomoko Ai), the daughter of a Dr. Shinji Mafune (played by Akihiko Hirata), a once-famous scientist who was ridiculed by the scientific community decades earlier for believing that there was a dinosaur living underwater near Japan, named Titanosaurus. The reason that Ichinose is interacting with Katsura is because of her father's research, which may be connected to the destruction of the submarine. When he asks her about it, she says that she destroyed his work after he died, but it is soon revealed to the audience that Dr. Mafune is indeed still alive, and he wants revenge.

While Dr. Mafune is reprimanded for jumping the gun, Commander Mugan (played by Goro Mutsu) sees this as an opportunity. He knows that Mechagodzilla cannot beat Godzilla alone, but hopes that the interference of Titanosaurus will weaken Godzilla enough to turn the tide in the robot's favor.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to the previous film and the other two before it, TOMG is the darkest Godzilla film in the Showa series since ''Godzilla vs. Hedorah''. Sure, it's not as dark as the first film, but there are definitely clouds hanging overhead.

** He also has apparently ''become'' mad as well, unfortunately.

* TragicMonster: Titanosaurus.

--> ~Akira Ichinose

The Terror of Mechagodzilla

Picking up shortly after the previous film ended, Terror of Mechagodzilla begins with a submarine looking for the remains of Mechagodzilla off the coast of Okinawa. However, the submarine is soon attacked by a giant dinosaur underwater, and is destroyed. Our main protagonists in this film are Interpol agent Murakoshi (played by Katsumasa Uchida) and marine biologist Akira Ichinose (played by Katsuhiko Sasaki. The main focus of much of the plot is Ichinose's interactions with Katsura Mafune (played by Tomoko Ai), the daughter of a Dr. Shinji Mafune (played by Akihiko Hirata), a once-famous scientist who was ridiculed by the scientific community decades earlier for believing that there was a dinosaur living underwater near Japan, named Titanosaurus. The reason that Ichinose is interacting with Katsura is because of her father's research, which may be connected to the destruction of the submarine. When he asks her about it, she says that she destroyed his work after he died, but it is soon revealed to the audience that Dr. Mafune is indeed still alive, and he wants revenge for the ridicule he faced.

As a result, he is working alongside the Simians, who have converted hsi daughter into a cyborg so that she can control both Titanosaurus and Mechagodzilla. The Simians saved his daughter's life when she was fatally injured during an experiment, and so he works with them out of gratitude.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to the previous film, TOMG is the darkest Godzilla film in the Showa series since ''Godzilla vs. Hedorah''. Sure, it's not as dark as the first film, but there are definitely clouds hanging overhead.

** He also has apprently ''become'' mad as well, unfortunately.

Picking up shortly after the previous film ended, Terror of Mechagodzilla begins with a submarine looking for the remains of Mechagodzilla off the coast of Okinawa. However, the submarine is soon attacked by a giant dinosaur underwater, and is destroyed. Our main protagonists in this film are Interpol agent Murakoshi (played by Katsumasa Uchida) and marine biologist Akira Ichinose (played by Katsuhiko Sasaki. The main focus of much of the plot is Ichinose's interactions with Katsura Mafune (played by Tomoko Ai), the daughter of a Dr. Shinji Mafune (played by Akihiko Hirata), a once-famous scientist who was ridiculed by the scientific community decades earlier for believing that there was a dinosaur living underwater near Japan. The reason that Ichinose is interacting with Katsura is because of her father's research. When he asks her about it, she says that she destroyed his work after he died, but it is soon revealed to the audience that Dr. Mafune is indeed still alive, and he wants revenge for the ridicule he faced.

* TheyCalledMeMad: Dr. Mafune was ridiculed for his staunch belief that there was a dinosaur living underwater near Japan. Apparently, no one ever sought him out and apologized to him after a certian event in 1954. Sure, he was referring to a completely different dinosaur, but maybe things would have turned out differenty.
* TragicMonster: Titanosaurus.

Picking up shortly after the previous film ended, Terror of Mechagodzilla begins with a submarine looking for the remains of Mechagodzilla off the coast of Okinawa. However, the submarine is soon attacked by a giant dinosaur underwater, and is destroyed.