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Written by James M. Tate / 3/28/2025 / No comments / action , adventure , franchise , godzilla , heisei era , megumi odaka , monster , nineties , science-fiction

MEGUMI ODAKA IN 'GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA: THE BATTLE FOR EARTH'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhYTMJeJZjA1LGwOp43vnhZu643HbrQGZdmbly9Mj8WXsvsQvA2LWkmgtfclJp15qSH4ghDrd1vXosAbT1xAhRblN9NFjSIoxm5t-eEt_OG0Tv6YZ_Yf03X5BExnUDxJ61WHOnkoD-BYqV2Re-vTbRI11Vyxu8vh477or5OD1L7HgJfkM7v88jjp2AtCMp/s2028/Screen%20Shot%202025-03-22%20at%2011.52.21%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="2028" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhYTMJeJZjA1LGwOp43vnhZu643HbrQGZdmbly9Mj8WXsvsQvA2LWkmgtfclJp15qSH4ghDrd1vXosAbT1xAhRblN9NFjSIoxm5t-eEt_OG0Tv6YZ_Yf03X5BExnUDxJ61WHOnkoD-BYqV2Re-vTbRI11Vyxu8vh477or5OD1L7HgJfkM7v88jjp2AtCMp/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-03-22%20at%2011.52.21%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title: GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA: THE BATTLE FOR EARTH Year: 1992 Rating: ***1/2</td></tr></tbody></table>The previous installment <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2025/03/kinggodzilla.html">GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH</a>, the first sequel to <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2018/06/MikaZilla1.html">GODZILLA VS. BIOLLANTE</a> after GODZILLA 1984 rebooted the franchise, actually has a character as Steven Spielberg's father in a time-travel sequence during the Second World War, witnessing a space-ship landing, which is a vision he'll pass down to his son...And in the followup's followup GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA: THE BATTLE FOR EARTH, the young  lead is straight out of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, a maverick archeologist reluctantly teamed with his spunky ex-wife and a corporate gopher in what's also a TEMPLE OF DOOM style adventure that results in the discovery of a large colorful egg...

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MEGUMI ODAKA IN 'GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA: THE BATTLE FOR EARTH'

Title: GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA: THE BATTLE FOR EARTH Year: 1992 Rating: ***1/2 The previous installment GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH , the first s...

MEGUMI ODAKA & ANNA NAKAGAWA 'GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUPIwJc7iib8-MX-g4dt8esbVAAXPHJPT7xNVApP5fbwHwdBujH8mlycQ6IOv1EdhzNA-j2P3dHDpCoHatRw1qdhKhCKryJHA1EATnjvvp80WiFiAxRagKjSFnMnacHOfc1dQ2f8c5PhSOuG06BHAjeQidaSNiTsJb8SfSJXatOp1awp8lPsjuX1XNYet/s1130/Screen%20Shot%202025-03-22%20at%2011.54.02%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="1130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUPIwJc7iib8-MX-g4dt8esbVAAXPHJPT7xNVApP5fbwHwdBujH8mlycQ6IOv1EdhzNA-j2P3dHDpCoHatRw1qdhKhCKryJHA1EATnjvvp80WiFiAxRagKjSFnMnacHOfc1dQ2f8c5PhSOuG06BHAjeQidaSNiTsJb8SfSJXatOp1awp8lPsjuX1XNYet/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-03-22%20at%2011.54.02%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title; GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH Year: 1991 Rating: ****</td></tr></tbody></table>Before Toho's comeback <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2023/07/toho-goes-speilbergian-for-godzilla.html">GODZILLA MINUS ONE</a>, which was an all-out tribute to American filmmaker Steven Spielberg's JAWS, the late 1980's/1990's Godzilla franchise was paying him tribute as well... In GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA: THE BATTLE FOR EARTH it's an Indiana Jones inspired archeologist, and before that GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH uses time-travel straight from BACK TO THE FUTURE where a group of 23rd Century envoys wind up in modern day Japan, including gorgeous Anna Nakagawa as Emmy...

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MEGUMI ODAKA & ANNA NAKAGAWA 'GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH'

Title; GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH Year: 1991 Rating: **** Before Toho's comeback GODZILLA MINUS ONE , which was an all-out tribute to Am...

MEGUMI ODAKA MINDING MONSTERS IN 'GODZILLA VS. BIOLLANTE'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_12sbvTT2Foq9WgbYQNu6vUm6jt7bdN16D7TSi9aOxbs8qbf7BcAAEB2DVGGDnOGDgQJVJTkCuzZSx59_LRI3G8suT2u6a-2ohUFnIlGOa_dmnxWx91dPLn6T78EFssTnZJ7OZuFh7WuHBZVZLIPb0TAcNGBO63KxD1WX7PPlovgqVIXcImtiOeGQ49F0/s1066/Screen%20Shot%202025-03-18%20at%209.41.07%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="1066" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_12sbvTT2Foq9WgbYQNu6vUm6jt7bdN16D7TSi9aOxbs8qbf7BcAAEB2DVGGDnOGDgQJVJTkCuzZSx59_LRI3G8suT2u6a-2ohUFnIlGOa_dmnxWx91dPLn6T78EFssTnZJ7OZuFh7WuHBZVZLIPb0TAcNGBO63KxD1WX7PPlovgqVIXcImtiOeGQ49F0/w400-h270/Screen%20Shot%202025-03-18%20at%209.41.07%20PM.png" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">YEAR: 1989 RATING: ****1/2 </td></tr></tbody></table>Strange that a movie about Godzilla fighting a giant plant with the head of a red rose would be one of the best of the entire franchise, dating back from the groundbreaking original classic, but it's true... GODZILLA VS BIOLLANTE is also the first of five co-starring Japanese starlet Megumi Odaka as Miki Saegusa,  bringing to light another miracle... 
 
That a young, cute, vulnerable and sympathetic Japanese girl (with upturned leafy ears giving her a unique koala bear pixie look), gifted with ESP, could actually read Godzilla's mind without it being too lame, corny or contrived: She's what Amy Irving is to THE FURY (think CARRIE with powers in check)... and her four other "Heisei Godzilla" films (reviewed here soon) lasted throughout the entire 1990's...

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MEGUMI ODAKA MINDING MONSTERS IN 'GODZILLA VS. BIOLLANTE'

YEAR: 1989 RATING: ****1/2 Strange that a movie about Godzilla fighting a giant plant with the head of a red rose would be one of the best o...

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