Godzilla vs. Redmoon (ゴジラ・レッドムーン・エラブス・ハーフン 怪獣番外地?, lit. Godzilla, Redmoon, Erabus, Hafun: Unaddressed Monster Land) is an unmade Gojira Reddomūn Erabusu Hāfun: Kaijū Bangaichi1972 Godzilla film produced by Tsuburaya Productions and Toho Company Ltd..
History[]
Godzilla vs. Redmoon would have been a collaboration between Toho Studios and Tsuburaya Productions. The production staff, under the direction of Kazuo Sakawa at Tsuburaya Productions, would have reportedly provided the suits for the new monsters, while Toho would have loaned the MusukoGoji suit from Son of Godzilla for the film. When plans for the film fell through, its script was heavily altered and repackaged into the film Daigoro vs. Goliath, which was also a collaborative film, produced by Tsuburaya and distributed by Toho.
Plot[]
A strange new kaiju emerges from the moon's surface and quickly flies down to Earth as its sighted by astronauts fleeing it. Upon reaching its destination, the creature is sighted and dubbed Redmoon.
At the same time, two yong pen-pals meet. They are Tokyo boy Ippei Suzuki and Ryukyu islander Agari Minoru. They have a love of snakes, and Agari has made a fascinating discovery that snakes on his home island of Habu Island have such longevity thanks to absorbing special tree sap. Ippei shows this to his uncle, newswriter Shoji Uchida, who mounts an expdition to the island, bringing them together. However, the two boys discover a plot by a greedy prospector named Onassis to capture all the snakes to make elixirs. However, another kaiju to emerges, only more docile. This new monster is dubbed Erabus.
A greedy news editor convinces the Japanese Self Defense Force that the two monsters should be led to one another in the hopes that they will kill each other. The plan is a success; however, instead of fighting, the two monsters mate, and it's revealed that Erabus and Redmoon are a female and male, respectively, of the same species. Erabus then gives birth to Hafun.
With the situation only getting worse, the JSDF is scrambling to create a new strategy to deal with the kaiju. Things go from bad to worse when Hafun is kidnapped by Onassis. Shortly after getting kidnapped, Hafun dies during the moving process. With their child dead, Redmoon and Erabus go berserk and start rampaging the once peaceful Okinawa. Having sensed the two from the beginning, Godzilla finally arrives and battles with the two kaiju, emerging victorious and bringing peace back to Okinawa.
Trivia[]
- Other than the screenplay, very else is known about Godzilla vs. Redmoon, including the design of the three new monsters. Godzilla vs. Redmoon was considered prior to the production of Daigoro vs. Goliath, and eventually evolved into the latter film. Information surroiunding the monsters' appearances was provided by artwork drawn by Hurricane Ryu Hariken several years after the film was scrapped.[citation needed]
- In September 2019, a translation of the film's story was published on the website Toho Kingdom.[1]
References[]
- ↑ Sudomerski, Joshua. "Till Death: Godzilla vs. Red Moon Translation (September 21, 2019). Toho Kingdom.