Editing Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (section)

{{short description|1974 film by Jun Fukuda}}
{{About|the 1974 film|the 1993 film|Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II|the 2002 film|Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
| image          = Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla 1974.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| native_name    = {{Infobox Japanese| kanji=ゴジラ対メカゴジラ| revhep=gojira tai mekagojira}}
| director       = [[Jun Fukuda]]
| producer       = [[Tomoyuki Tanaka]]
| screenplay     = {{plainlist|
* Hiroyasu Yamamura
* Jun Fukuda{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=352}}}}
| story          = {{plainlist|
*[[Shinichi Sekizawa]]
*[[Masami Fukushima]]{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=352}}}}
| based_on       = <!-- {{based on|title of the original work|writer of the original work}} -->
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* Masaaki Daimon
* Kazuya Aoyama
* [[Akihiko Hirata]] 
* [[Hiroshi Koizumi]]}}
| narrator       = <!-- or: |narrators = -->
| music          = [[Masaru Sato]]
| cinematography = Yuzuru Aizawa{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=352}}
| editing        = Michiko Ikeda
| studio         = Toho–Eizo{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=352}}
| distributor    = [[Toho]]
| released       = {{film date|1974|03|21|Japan}}
| runtime        = 84 minutes{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=352}}
| country        = Japan
| language       = Japanese
| budget         = {{US$|1.2 million|long=no}}<ref name="Edelson">{{cite book |last1=Edelson |first1=Edward |title=Great animals of the movies |date=1980 |publisher=[[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]] |page=85 |isbn=9780385147286 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EbwaAAAAMAAJ |quote=By the late 1970s, Godzilla films settled down to a comfortable formula. Toho was making two films a year. Each cost in the neighborhood of {{US$|1.2 million|long=no}} and could be counted on to earn about {{US$|20 million|long=no}}.}}</ref>
| gross          = {{US$|20 million|long=no}}
}}

{{nihongo|'''''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla'''''|ゴジラ対メカゴジラ|Gojira tai Mekagojira}} is a 1974 Japanese [[Kaiju|''kaiju'' film]] directed by [[Jun Fukuda]], with special effects by [[Teruyoshi Nakano]]. Distributed by [[Toho]] and produced under their effects subsidiary Toho–Eizo, it is the 14th film of the [[Godzilla (franchise)|''Godzilla'' franchise]], and features the fictional monster characters [[Godzilla (Showa)|Godzilla]], [[Anguirus]], and '''King Caesar''', along with the [[mecha]] character [[Mechagodzilla]]. The film stars Masaaki Daimon, Kazuya Aoyama, [[Gorō Mutsumi]], and [[Akihiko Hirata]], with Isao Zushi as Godzilla, Satoru Kuzumi as both Anguirus and King Caesar, and Kazunari Mori as Mechagodzilla. The film marks the first appearances of King Caesar and Mechagodzilla in the franchise.

''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla'' was released theatrically in Japan on March 21, 1974, to generally positive reviews. The film received a [[limited release]] in the United States in 1977 by Cinema Shares, under the title '''''Godzilla vs. the Bionic Monster'''''. It was then quickly re-released under the title '''''Godzilla vs. the Cosmic Monster''''' which was also the UK theatrical title.

The film was followed by ''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]'', released on March 15, 1975.