Kaijû daisensô, Ishirô Honda, Giappone, 1967, b/n, 35mm, 96′
— FIFF 1966
Due astronauti (il giapponese Fuji e l’americano Glenn) si dirigono verso un misterioso Pianeta X scoperto vicino a Giove. Improvvisamente vengono attaccati da King Ghidorah, e vengono salvati dagli alieni chiamati Xiliens. Gli alieni spiegano che sono costretti dalle continue incursioni di King Ghidorah (che loro chiamano Mostro 0) a vivere nel sottosuolo. Per questo chiedono ai terrestri di aiutarli: se loro ‘presteranno’ agli Xiliens Godzilla (Mostro 1) e Rodan (Mostro 2) per combattere il Mostro 0, gli alieni in cambio consegneranno un’assistenza alla loro scienza medica.
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In the 1960s, two astronauts, Fuji and Glenn, are sent to investigate the surface of the mysterious Planet X. There they encounter advanced and seemingly benevolent human-like beings called the Xiliens and their leader The Controller. The aliens usher the astronauts into their underground base, and moments later the surface is attacked by a creature the Xiliens call “Monster Zero”, but which the astronauts recognize as King Ghidorah, a planet-destroying monster that had attacked Earth once before. The monster eventually leaves, but the Controller states that Ghidorah has been attacking repeatedly, forcing them to live underground in constant fear. He requests to borrow the Earth monsters Godzilla and Rodan to act as sentries against Ghidorah’s attacks, in return for the cure for cancer (the English dub says the formula can cure any disease). The astronauts return to Earth and deliver the message.
