Godzilla vs. Hedorah

Godzilla vs. Hedorah (???????, Gojira tai Hedora) is a 1971 Japanese science fiction kaiju film featuring Godzilla, produced and distributed by Toho. The film is directed by Yoshimitsu Banno, with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano and stars Akira Yamauchi, Toshie Kimura, and Hiroyuki Kawase, with Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla and Kenpachiro Satsuma as Hedorah. Satsuma would later go on to play Godzilla for the Heisei Godzilla series. It is the 11th film in the Godzilla franchise and the Sh?wa Godzilla series. The film was released in Japan on July 24, 1971 and theatrically in the United States in April 1972 by American International Pictures as Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster and as a double feature with the American eco-horror film Frogs.