All Toho Kaiju Films
A list of every live-action Toho film that cotains Daikaiju in order of release. Some Toho films, like H-Man, do not feature on this list as they do not contain Daikaiju.
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- DirectorIshirô HondaStarsTakashi ShimuraAkihiko HirataAkira TakaradaAfter a dinosaur-like beast - awoken from undersea hibernation by atom bomb testing - ravages Tokyo, a scientist must decide if his similarly dangerous weapon should be used to destroy it.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla - DirectorMotoyoshi OdaIshirô HondaStarsHiroshi KoizumiSetsuko WakayamaMinoru ChiakiScout pilots for a fishing company are startled to discover a second Godzilla, whose battle with rival monster Anguirus threatens to destroy Osaka.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Anguirus - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsKenji SaharaYumi ShirakawaAkihiko HirataA mining engineer investigates the deaths of his colleagues, discovering prehistoric nymphs and a creature capable of flying - and wrecking havoc - at supersonic speeds.Featured Kaiju:
Rodan
Meganulon - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsKenji SaharaYumi ShirakawaMomoko KôchiShortly after a giant robot destroys a village, aliens from outer space arrive offering friendship. Will the people of Earth tie these two events together?Featured Kaiju:
Moguera
(NOTE: While Moguera is not technically a Kaiju, I have included this film as another version of Moguera appears in 'Godzilla Vs. SpaceGodzilla'; it is also a fun watch!) - DirectorIshirô HondaMotoyoshi OdaStarsKôzô NomuraAyumi SonodaKoreya SendaOriginal Japanese version. Research in the Tohoku region comes across a monster known to the locals as the mountain god Baradagi.Featured Kaiju:
Varan - DirectorHiroshi InagakiStarsToshirô MifuneYôko TsukasaAkihiko HirataA prince, framed for murder and starved for affection from his father, is sent on a quest.Featured Kaiju:
Yamata no Orochi
(NOTE: This film is not necessary if you are only watching films related to the Godzilla series.) - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsFurankî SakaiHiroshi KoizumiKyôko KagawaAn expedition to Infant Island uncovers a native tribe and twin tiny fairy priestesses of a mythical deity, who sets out to rescue the pair after they are kidnapped by a greedy businessman.Featured Kaiju:
Mothra (Including Mothra Larva)
Vampire Plant - DirectorIshirô HondaNorman TokarStarsTadao TakashimaYû FujikiKenji SaharaThe advertising director of a pharmaceutical company seeks to boost the ratings of their sponsored TV program by capturing King Kong, who breaks loose and battles a re-emerged Godzilla.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
King Kong
Giant Lizard
Giant Octopus - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsRyô IkebeYumi ShirakawaAkira KuboA Tokyo scientist and his colleagues shift Earth to avoid a red-hot planet on a collision course.Featured Kaiju:
Maguma - DirectorIshirô HondaShûe MatsubayashiStarsTadao TakashimaYôko FujiyamaYû FujikiWhen an ancient underground civilization and their snake-like guardian plots to reclaim the surface world, those of the surface fights back.Featured Kaiju:
Manda - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsAkira TakaradaYuriko HoshiHiroshi KoizumiWhen opportunistic tycoons refuse to return Mothra's egg to Infant Island, its people must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's own pleas for help when Godzilla arises near Nagoya.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Mothra (Including Mothra Larva)
Kaiju Cameos:
Mystery Bones of Infant Island - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsYôsuke NatsukiYôko FujiyamaHiroshi KoizumiAn amorphous cellular life-form descends from the atmosphere to consume carbon in the form of diamonds.Featured Kaiju:
Dogora
(NOTE: Not necessary if you are only watching the live-action Godzilla films. Dogora does, however, appear in the anime film: 'GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters'.) - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsYôsuke NatsukiYuriko HoshiHiroshi KoizumiA detective protects a princess who prophecies Earth's destruction by a powerful alien dragon, which Mothra and her fairies - aided by Godzilla and Rodan - must battle against.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Mothra (Exclusively Mothra Larva)
Rodan
King Ghidorah - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsNick AdamsAkira TakaradaJun TazakiAstronauts encounter the Xiliens, who ask Earth to rid their planet of "Monster Zero", but when one astronaut romances a mysterious woman, he uncovers the Xilien's true intentions.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Rodan
King Ghidorah - DirectorJun FukudaStarsAkira TakaradaKumi MizunoChôtarô TôginFour men searching for one's brother are shipwrecked on Letchi Island, where they encounter Godzilla, a monstrous lobster, and terrorists who have enslaved the natives of Infant Island.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Mothra (Exclusively Mothra Imago)
Ebirah
Giant Condor - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsNick AdamsKumi MizunoTadao TakashimaAn American scientist and his Japanese colleagues study a mysterious feral boy who is seemingly resistant to radiation, while a subterranean dinosaur ravages the Japanese countryside.Featured Kaiju:
Frankenstein's Monster
Baragon
Giant Octopus (Alternate Ending) - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsRuss TamblynKumi MizunoKenji SaharaA giant, cannibalistic humanoid's rampage through Tokyo is halted by his more docile twin, but neither their reunion nor their scientist caretakers can prevent their eventual duel.Featured Kaiju:
Gaira
Sanda
Giant Octopus - DirectorJun FukudaStarsTadao TakashimaAkira KuboBibari MaedaA reporter stumbles upon weather experiments on a tropical island, discovering giant mantises, a castaway woman, and an infant monster that Godzilla must learn to raise as a son.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Minilla
Kamacuras
Kumonga - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsRhodes ReasonMie HamaLinda MillerThe evil Dr. Who captures King Kong to dig for Element X when his robot duplicate, Mechani-Kong, is unable to do the job, but Kong soon escapes and battles his doppelganger.Featured Kaiju:
King Kong
Mechani-Kong
Gorasaurus
Giant Sea Serpent - DirectorIshirô HondaJun FukudaStarsAkira KuboJun TazakiYukiko KobayashiIn 1999, a race of she-aliens, the Kilaaks, brainwash Earth's monsters into attacking major cities, prompting a team of astronauts to stop the invaders while the monsters battle Ghidorah.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Minilla
Rodan
Mothra (Exclusively Mothra Larva)
King Ghidorah
Anguirus
Manda
Varan
Baragon
Gorosaurus
Kumonga - DirectorIshirô HondaJun FukudaKengo FurusawaStarsKenji SaharaMachiko NakaTomonori YazakiA latchkey child living in the industrial city of Kawasaki confronts his loneliness through his escapist dreams of Monster Island and friendship with Minilla.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Minilla
Gabara
Kamacuras
Maneater
Anguirus (Stock Footage)
Gorosaurus (Stock Footage)
Manda (Stock Footage)
Kumonga (Stock Footage)
Giant Condor (Stock Footage)
Ebirah (Stock Footage) - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsAkira TakaradaJoseph CottenCesar RomeroA journalist is saved by a giant submarine captained by a 200-year-old man who takes him to an underwater paradise city where no one ages. That's when monsters and mutants sent by the captain's rival, a 200-year-old scientist, attack.Featured Kaiju:
Griffon
(NOTE: This film is not necessary if you are only watching films related to the Godzilla series.) - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsAkira KuboAtsuko TakahashiYukiko KobayashiA space probe is infiltrated by alien beings and then crashes on a remote Pacific atoll. A group of people discover it to be inhabited by giant mutant monsters, created by the aliens in an attempt to conquer the world.Featured Kaiju:
Gezora
Ganimes
Kamoebas
(NOTE: Not technically necessary if you are only watching films related to the Godzilla series. However, Kamoebas does make a cameo in the film: 'Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S', and Stock Footage of Gezora appears in: 'Godzilla: Final Wars'.) - DirectorYoshimitsu BannoIshirô HondaStarsAkira YamanouchiToshie KimuraHiroyuki KawaseA toxic, ever-evolving alien life-form from the Dark Gaseous Nebula arrives to consume rampant pollution, threatening to destroy all life in its wake unless Godzilla is able to stop it.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Hedorah - DirectorJun FukudaYoshimitsu BannoIshirô HondaStarsHiroshi IshikawaYuriko HishimiMinoru TakashimaAfter a manga artist and his friends uncover a plot by his employers at an amusement park to lure aliens Ghidorah and Gigan to Earth, Godzilla and Anguirus set out to defeat them.Featured Kaiju:
Godzilla
Anguirus
Gigan
King Ghidorah
Kaiju Cameos:
Mothra (Stock Footage)
Rodan (Stock Footage)
Kamacuras (Stock Footage)
Kumonga (Stock Footage)
Gorosaurus (Stock Footage)
Minilla (Stock Footage)