𝗜𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗢𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟱𝟰 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗔𝗴𝗼 𝗚𝗢𝗗𝗭𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗔 𝗩𝗦 𝗚𝗜𝗚𝗔𝗡 (Japanese: 地球攻撃命令 ゴジラ対ガイガン, Hepburn: Chikyū Kōgeki Meirei Gojira Tai Gaigan; lit. Earth Destruction Directive: Godzilla vs. Gigan) is a 1972 Japanese kaiju film directed by Jun Fukuda, with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano. Distributed by Toho and produced under its special effects-based subsidiary Toho-Eizo, it is the 12th film in the Godzilla franchise. The film stars Hiroshi Ishikawa, Yuriko Hishimi, Tomoko Umeda, and Minoru Takashima, alongside Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla, Kenpachiro Satsuma as Gigan, Koetsu Omiya as Anguirus, and Kanta Ina as Ghidorah. It is the last film in which Godzilla was portrayed by Nakajima after playing the character since the original 1954 film; he subsequently retired from suit acting. Godzilla vs. Gigan was released theatrically in Japan on March 12, 1972. It received a wide theatrical release in the United States in 1977 by Cinema Shares under the ...