--- title: "The Return of Godzilla: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla" cast: 25 crew: 57 licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # The Return of Godzilla (1984): cast and crew 25 cast and 57 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [Keiju Kobayashi](https://film.one/person/keiju-kobayashi.md) as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura - [Ken Tanaka](https://film.one/person/ken-tanaka.md) as Goro Maki - [Yasuko Sawaguchi](https://film.one/person/yasuko-sawaguchi.md) as Naoko Okumura - [Shin Takuma](https://film.one/person/shin-takuma.md) as Hiroshi Okumura - [Yōsuke Natsuki](https://film.one/person/yosuke-natsuki.md) as Professor Makoto Hayashida - [Eitarō Ozawa](https://film.one/person/eitaro-ozawa.md) as Minister of Finance Kanzaki - [Taketoshi Naito](https://film.one/person/taketoshi-naito.md) as Chief Cabinet Secretary Takegami - [Nobuo Kaneko](https://film.one/person/nobuo-kaneko.md) as Home Affairs Minister Isomura - [Mizuho Suzuki](https://film.one/person/mizuho-suzuki.md) as Foreign Minister Emori - [Junkichi Orimoto](https://film.one/person/junkichi-orimoto.md) as Director-General of the Defense Agency - [Hiroshi Koizumi](https://film.one/person/hiroshi-koizumi.md) as Professor Minami - [Kunio Murai](https://film.one/person/kunio-murai.md) as Secretary Henmi - [Kei Satō](https://film.one/person/kei-sato.md) as Chief Editor Gondo - Shigeo Katō as Captain of the Yahata Maru - Walter Nichols as Rosenburg, Special Envoy for the President of the United States - Alexander Kilis as Chefsky, Special Envoy for the Soviet Union - Takenori Emoto as Desk Editor Kitagawa - Koji Ishizaka as Power plant guard - Tetsuya Takeda as Homeless man - Joe Raznack as Kramer, American Ambassador (uncredited) - Joseph Grace as Zazimov, Soviet Ambassador (uncredited) - Kenpachirō Satsuma as Godzilla - Akira Toriyama as Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited) - Yuji Horii as Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited) - Akira Sakuma as Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited) ## Directing - [Koji Hashimoto](https://film.one/person/koji-hashimoto.md): Director - [Takao Okawara](https://film.one/person/takao-okawara.md): First Assistant Director - Kunio Miyoshi: First Assistant Director - Kensho Yamashita: Assistant Director - Hitoshi Hoshino: Second Assistant Director - Hiroko Kajiyama: Continuity ## Writing - [Tomoyuki Tanaka](https://film.one/person/tomoyuki-tanaka.md): Story - [Hideichi Nagahara](https://film.one/person/hideichi-nagahara.md): Screenplay ## Production - Takahide Morichi: Production Manager - Fumio Tanaka: Associate Producer - [Norio Hayashi](https://film.one/person/norio-hayashi.md): Producer - [Tomoyuki Tanaka](https://film.one/person/tomoyuki-tanaka.md): Executive Producer - Tadao Tanaka: Casting - [Kiyomi Kanazawa](https://film.one/person/kiyomi-kanazawa.md): Producer ## Camera - [Kazutami Hara](https://film.one/person/kazutami-hara.md): Director of Photography - Takashi Nakao: Still Photographer - Yoshinori Ishizuki: Still Photographer - Shunji Yokota: Grip ## Editing - [Yoshitami Kuroiwa](https://film.one/person/yoshitami-kuroiwa.md): Editor - Fusako Takahashi: Negative Cutter ## Sound and music - [Reijirō Koroku](https://film.one/person/reijiro-koroku.md): Original Music Composer - Nobuyuki Tanaka: Sound Recordist - Noboru Ikeda: Assistant Sound Engineer - Mikio Mori: Dolby Consultant ## Art - [Akira Sakuragi](https://film.one/person/akira-sakuragi.md): Production Design - [Yasuyuki Inoue](https://film.one/person/yasuyuki-inoue.md): Production Design - Akio Tashiro: Set Decoration - [Mutsumi Toyoshima](https://film.one/person/mutsumi-toyoshima.md): Production Design - Yoshiki Kasahara: Construction Coordinator ## Costume and make-up - [Nobuyuki Yasumaru](https://film.one/person/nobuyuki-yasumaru.md): Prosthetics, Costume Design - [Kenji Kawasaki](https://film.one/person/kenji-kawasaki.md): Costume Design - Fumiko Umezawa: Makeup Artist - [Tomoki Kobayashi](https://film.one/person/tomoki-kobayashi-5018191.md): Costume Design, Assistant Costume Designer ## Visual effects - Toshimitsu Oneda: VFX Director of Photography - Teruyoshi Nakano: Visual Effects Director, Visual Effects - Takeshi Miyanishi: Visual Effects, Visual Effects Camera - Takeaki Tsukada: Visual Effects Camera, Visual Effects - Yoshio Ishii: Visual Effects, Visual Effects Camera - Yoshikazu Manoda: Visual Effects Camera, Visual Effects - Masayuki Ikeda: Visual Effects Production Manager - Kohhei Mikami: VFX Lighting Artist - Takeshi Yamamoto: VFX Director of Photography - Yutaka Tsuchiya: Visual Effects ## Lighting - Shinji Kojima: Lighting Technician - Hideo Inagaki: Electrician - Akira Oba: Lighting Technician ## Crew - [Shinji Higuchi](https://film.one/person/shinji-higuchi.md): Special Effects - Teruyoshi Nakano: Special Effects - Kiyotaka Matsumoto: Special Effects - Eiichi Asada: Special Effects - Hideo Aoki: Military Consultant - Mitsuo Miyakawa: Special Effects - Kohhei Mikami: Special Effects - Mamoru Kume: Pyrotechnician - Koji Matsumoto: Special Effects - Tadaaki Watanabe: Pyrotechnician - Soichiro Tahara: Thanks --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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