Japan Synopsis
ゴジラvsキングギドラ
“At the end of the century, the greatest battle has begun!”
The Futurians, time-travelers from the 23rd century, arrive in Japan to warn them of the nation's destruction under Godzilla. They offer to help erase Godzilla from history by preventing his creation. With Godzilla seemingly gone, a new monster emerges as the Futurians' true intentions are revealed.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
4 sharedInvasion of Astro-Monster
★ 6.8 · Japan
3 sharedGodzilla: King of the Monsters
★ 6.7 · China
3 sharedGodzilla: The Planet Eater
★ 6.4 · Japan
3 sharedGodzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
★ 7.5 · Japan
3 sharedGodzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
★ 7.3 · Japan
3 sharedDestroy All Monsters
★ 6.8 · Japan
Other Titles From Toho Pictures
Action + Adventure in Japan
1030 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah itself).
The 1990–1992 Japan Window
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah holds position #33 of 107 Japan films in the 1990–1992 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1990s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Japan, 447 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah premiered alongside 36 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 43m runtime, production spent $117K per minute on screen and earned $107K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 36 other Japan films in 1991.
The 870th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
171 audience reviews — more than 84% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (84th percentile) outruns trending popularity (60th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- nuclear submarine · 2
- godzilla · 30
- android · 19
- king ghidorah · 7
- ufo · 6
- kaiju · 77
- time travel · 70
- world war ii · 55
- future · 43
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,109 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (54th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #860 of 1,714 (top 50%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Toho Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 43m |
| Release Date | December 14, 1991 |
| IMDb | tt0101962 |