Directed by Yoshimitsu Banno   Written by Yoshimitsu Banno   Takeshi Kimura   Cast Akira Yamanouchi ... Dr. Toru Yano Toshie Kimura ... Toshie Yano Hiroyuki Kawase ... Ken Yano Toshio Shiba ... Yukio Keuchi Keiko Mari ... Miki Fujiyama Yoshio Yoshida ... Gohei - a fisherman Haruo Suzuki ... JSDF Officer Yoshio Katsube ... JSDF Engineer Susumu Okabe ... Announcer A Kentaro Watanabe ... Announcer B Wataru Ômae ... Police Officer Tadashi Okabe ... Scientist Shigeo Katô   Takuya Yuki ... Correspondent Eisaburo Komatsu ... Non Commissioned Officer Yukihiko Gondô ... Helicopter Pilot Haruo Nakazawa ... Youth Kenpachirô Satsuma ... Hedorah (as Kengo Nakayama) Yasuzô Ogawa   Kôji Uruki   Uncredited Cast Haruo Nakajima ... Godzilla (Kaiju) / Citizen appealing government to Hedora / Officer Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka   Samuel Z. Arkoff   Original Music by Riichirô Manabe

Additional Info Premiere: July 24, 1971 Theatrical Release: February 1972 DVD Release: October 19, 2004 Blu-ray Release: May 06, 2014 Country: Distributor: The Criterion Collection Websites: Alternate Titles Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster Production Companies Toho Distributors American International Pictures (AIP)   (1972) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed) Columbia TriStar Home Video   (2004) (USA) (DVD) Image Entertainment   (1989) (USA) (video) (laserdisc) Orion Home Video   (1989) (USA) (VHS) Simitar Entertainment   (1990) (USA) (VHS) (unlicensed) The Criterion Collection   (2019) (USA) (Blu-ray) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.1 / 10 Our Rating 5.4 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 5.4 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #5,343 / 21,118 Ratings Breakdown Almost Perfect 1 total rating Site Ranking #5,339 Big Driver (2014) #5,340 Rabid (2019) #5,341 The Big Ugly (2020) #5,342 The Twilight Zone: Season 1 (2002) #5,343 Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) #5,344 Batman Beyond: The Movie (1999) #5,345 Vanguard (2020) #5,346 Bruiser (2000) #5,347 Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)