Godzilla vs. Biollante
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Theatrical release poster by Noriyoshi Ohrai
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| Directed by | Kazuki Ōmori |
| Produced by | Shōgo Tomiyama |
| Screenplay by | Kazuki Ōmori |
| Story by | Shinichirō Kobayashi |
| Starring | Kunihiko Mitamura Yoshiko Tanaka Masanobu Takashima Megumi Odaka Toru Minegishi Koji Takahashi |
| Music by | Koichi Sugiyama |
| Cinematography | Yūdai Katō |
| Edited by | Michiko Ikeda |
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| Distributed by | Toho |
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105 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
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Japanese English |
| Budget | US$5 million |
| Box office | US$7 million |
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Godzilla vs. Biollante (ゴジラvsビオランテ Gojira tai Biorante?) is a 1989 Japanese science fiction kaiju film written and directed by Kazuki Ōmori, based on a story by Shinichirō Kobayashi. It is the 17th film in the Godzilla franchise and the second film in the Heisei series. The film was released in Japan on December 16, 1989 and was released direct to video in the United States in November 25, 1992 through HBO Video. The film was selected as the best Godzilla film, based on a vote by fans and judges, in July 19, 2014.
The film originated from a public story-writing contest, and set a trend common to all Heisei era movies of Godzilla facing off against opponents capable of metamorphosing into new, progressively more powerful forms. Although it was very positively received and maintained the dark, anti-nuclear atmosphere of its immediate predecessor, The Return of Godzilla, it performed much poorer at the Japanese box-office, thus prompting Toho to make a shift from a realistic science fiction line to a more family-oriented set of films featuring more iconic and familiar monsters.
In the aftermath of Godzilla's attack on Tokyo and later imprisonment at Mt. Mihara, the monster's cells are delivered to the Saradia Institute of Technology and Science, where they are to be merged with genetically modified plants in the hope of transforming Saradia's deserts into fertile land and ending the country's economic dependence on oil wells. Dr. Genshiro Shiragami and his daughter, Erika, are enlisted to aid with the project. However, a terrorist bombing destroys the institute's laboratory, ruining the cells and killing Erika.
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