Quotes

I don't think that any sequels to the first Godzilla movie should have been made.

I did something like five Godzilla films. The monsters became the stars, and the human characters were put into the background. The human story was cut down. The original one is director Honda's. The original is the only one that's successful, that's really good. I give all of my Godzilla films a minus score.

[on the then upcoming TriStar film] I'm looking forward to seeing it. It is easy for me to imagine what Mr. Nakano would do with the movie, but I can't imagine what Americans would do with it. I think that Godzilla films must be produced by Americans.

I had hated watching or hearing about those movies but later I realized that they are really popular among children. When I was interviewed by the BBC too the staff told me how much they liked them. I just don't get it. Recently I was watching a TV documentary on Godzilla and there was my film in the US video rental shop under the title Son of Godzilla. Kids over there apparently watch Godzilla on TV.

Godzilla was born of nuclear power, and in that social environment Godzilla (1954) appeared. Originally, Godzilla didn't have emotions-he shouldn't have any emotions at all. No other film can beat the original Godzilla.

I had seen the original King Kong, and felt that no one could do any better than that. For the same reason, no other film can beat the original Godzilla. In the later films, we always had to come up with a monster opponent for Godzilla, and Godzilla always had to beat the other monster. With that premise it's pretty hard to make an interesting human story.