Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

Released December 20, 1964—just 8 months after Mothra vs. Godzilla—Ishiro Honda's Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster staged Toho's first giant-monster ensemble. A meteor crashes near Mount Kurodake, unleashing the golden space dragon King Ghidorah, whose gravity beams devastate Matsumoto—the very hometown memory that inspired Takashi Yamazaki to bring Ghidorah back in 2026's Godzilla Minus Zero. When Mothra's larva pleads for unity, longtime rivals Godzilla and Rodan set aside their feud to drive the extraterrestrial invader back into space.