Godzilla vs Biollante (Gojira Tai Biollante) is a 1989 film. Part of the Toho studio's Godzilla series, it was directed by Kazuki Omori with special effects by Koichi Kawakita. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Films are produced by recording actual people and objects with cameras, or by creating them using animation techniques and/or special effects. ... Toho Company, Ltd. ... Godzilla, as portrayed during the late Heisei series. ... Koichi Kawakita (川北絋一 - Kawakita Kôichi) (born in Tokyo, Japan on December 5, 1942) is a special effects artist. ...

This was the first Godzilla film to be produced in the Heisei period (Emperor Hirohito passed away early the same year). One of two 1980s Godzilla movies that features the "Super X2" flying attack drone and Biollante, a genetic mutation of a rose which includes Godzilla cells. The film heavily focuses on the dangers of biotechnology, as well as espionage action inspired by the James Bond films. A direct sequel to The Return of Godzilla. History of Japan Paleolithic Jomon Yayoi Yamato period – Kofun period – Asuka period Nara period Heian period Kamakura period Muromachi period Azuchi-Momoyama period – Nanban contacts Edo period Meiji period Taisho period Showa period – Japanese expansionism – Occupied Japan – Post-Occupation Japan Heisei Heisei (平成) is the current era name in Japan. ... Hirohito (裕仁), the Shōwa Emperor (昭和天皇), (April 29, 1901 - January 7, 1989) reigned over Japan from 1926 to 1989. ... Biollante (ビオランテ) is a Kaiju that appeared in the 1989 film Godzilla vs Biollante. ... ... The Return of Godzilla (sometimes known as Godzilla 1985) is a 1984 film. ...

Plot

The movie begins where The Return of Godzilla left off, with Godzilla sealed away inside of a volcano and a scientific team picking through the ruins of a ravaged district of Tokyo, searching for tissue samples left behind by Godzilla. The search is successful. However, a mercenary unit attacks and kills the scientists, stealing the tissue samples and escaping. Films are produced by recording actual people and objects with cameras, or by creating them using animation techniques and/or special effects. ... The Return of Godzilla (sometimes known as Godzilla 1985) is a 1984 film. ... Godzilla, as portrayed during the late Heisei series. ... Long a symbol of Tokyo, the Nijubashi Bridge at the Kokyo Imperial Palace. ...

Meanwhile, in the Middle East, a Japanese researcher named Dr. Shiragami looks forward to returning home to Japan with his daughter, Erika. Unfortunately, a terroristic bombing destroys the research facility in which he works and kills his daughter. A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... Dr. Shiragami is a scientist in the 1989 film Godzilla vs Biollante. ...

Segue five years later. Dr. Shiragami is now a haunted dreamer, who has lately turned a majority of his attention to the study of the psychic energy of roses. A young psychic named Miki Saegusa, who also heads an institution for intuitive children, aids him in his research. Dr. Shiragami is now seen as a harmless old man who uses his scientific knowledge to satisfy his own curiosity. For the flower, see rose. ...

However, two groups are watching Shiragami: a gang of thieves hired by a rival scientific company a group of assassins from a Middle Eastern country called Saradia. As it turns out, Dr. Shiragami is involved in the study of Godzilla cells, which are kept in a high security facility. It is believed by Shiragami's employers that he is aiding them in figuring out how to utilize the cells' properties to strengthen crop growth. But Shiragami, unbeknownst to everyone but himself, as been conducting his own secret experiments...

When both the thieves and the assassins catch each other breaking into the facility, a gunfight ensues. It is interrupted by an attack of a giant, mobile plant that kills one man and nearly kills another. The thieves flee, and the assassin barely escapes from the creature's grasp. Neither group realizes that they have just encountered the result of Dr. Shiragami's secret experimentations.

The next morning a giant flower is seen in Tokyo Bay, and Dr. Shiragami confesses that he combined the DNA of roses with that of Godzilla. Furthermore, he confesses privately to a young official that he had, in a fit of desperate grief, added the DNA of his daughter Erika to the mutated genetic structure, so that some of the creature is composed of Erika as well. Tokyo Bay from space, October 1993 Map of Tokyo Bay, 1917 Tokyo Bay (東京湾; Tōkyō-wan) is a bay in the southern Kanto region 「関東地方」of Japan, surrounded by the Boso Peninsula 「房総半島」(Chiba Prefecture「千葉県」) and the Miura Peninsula「三浦半島」 (Kanagawa Prefecture「神奈川県」). The ports of Tokyo「東京」, Chiba...

Meanwhile, the thieves send a letter to the Diet, informing Japan's government that they have planted a bomb inside of Mt. Mihara, Godzilla's current prison. If the Godzilla cells are not handed over, the thieves threaten to detonate the bombs and release Godzilla. With the entire country held hostage, the government is forced to comply. The trade-off with the thieves goes well until the Saradian agent (the assassin) shows up, killing the two remaining thieves before being driven off. The thieves die before they can show the officials how to deactivate the explosives, which are set on a timer. The bombs go off, Mt. Mihara erupts, and the mighty Godzilla is once again free. Diet may mean: In nutrition: Diet (nutrition), the sum of the food consumed by an organism or group. ...

Upon hearing Godzilla's roar, Biollante's blossom opens, and the creature begins calling out to Godzilla. Dr. Shiragami theorizes that this is because both Godzilla and Biollante are essentially the same being. With Godzilla's destination made clear, the JSDF prepare their strategies at dealing with the nearly indestructible creature. The Super-X 2, a remote controlled and stronger version of the Super-X from The Return of Godzilla, is deployed, and though at first seems effective in combating Godzilla, is eventually overwhelmed by Godzilla's brute strength, and is forced to retreat. Miki Saegusa also tries to help, attempting to make Godzilla turn away from Japan. Her efforts distract Godzilla momentarily, but force of Godzilla's will overwhelms the young psychic, and she faints. The Return of Godzilla (sometimes known as Godzilla 1985) is a 1984 film. ...

Godzilla reaches Biollante, whereupon the giant plant attacks it. A mighty battle ensues, and briefly it appears that there is a stalemate. However, Godzilla's heat ray has an adverse affect on the composition of Biollante's cells, and the plant monster begins to disintegrate from exposure to the attack. With Biollante apparently dead, Godzilla continues on.

By now the JSDF is ready, with the young Lieutenant Goro Gondo in charge of operations. It is theorized that Godzilla, running low on radioactive energy after its fights with the Super-X 2 and Biollante, will head towards the nearest operational nuclear generator, which is located in Osaka...on the other side of the country. When Godzilla arrives in Osaka, a plan is put into action, involving infecting Godzilla with Anti-Nuclear Bacteria, which Dr. Shiragami helped develop. The bacteria devour all radioactive material, and should prove fatal to Godzilla. The operation is initially successful, despite the death of one soldier, with ANB injected into Godzilla at three different points, including its mouth. But Godzilla is unaffected by the germs, and continues on.

The failure of the bacteria to work is attributed to Godzilla's low body temperature, which keeps the bacteria in a near-dormant state. If Godzilla can be heated, Shiragami theorizes, then the ANB should work.

With Godzilla still in Osaka, a desperate attempt to save the city is implemented, with the damaged Super-X 2 being redeployed. A brief fight with Godzilla ends with the craft being destroyed. Victorious, Godzilla heads for the nuclear facility.

The JSDF has one last plan: lure Godzilla onto a field of microwave-emitting plates, where it will be heated by the microwaves. Once heated, the ANB should become active, and kill Godzilla.

The operation begins, but it seems that Godzilla isn't affected by the microwaves as it crushes plate after plate beneath its feet. Just as everything seems lost a low rumble is heard, and a larger, more mutated Biollante emerges from the ground. After destroying all nearby land forces, Biollante attacks Godzilla, and the two massive monsters (with Biollante being roughly 50% larger than Godzilla) fight to a standstill. Suddenly, however, Godzilla begins to wobble and, losing its balance, falls headfirst into the ocean. With the intense battle raising its body temperature, the ANB inside of Godzilla became active. With Godzilla apparently taken care of, the mortally wounded Biollante succumbs to its injuries and dies, disintegrating and firing its spores into space. As the monsters remains float upwards, Dr. Shiragami sees the image of his daughter among the spores. Calling out to her, he walks forward, and is shot in the chest by the Saradian agent, who is still after Godzilla's cells. A young official chases the agent and fights him. The agent is at a disadvantage until he is able to grab his weapon again. Unarmed, the official awaits death as the agent, from atop an inactive microwave plate, takes aim. Suddenly the agent disintegrates, and the audience sees Lieutenant Gondo remove his finger from the button that activated the plate.

With everything resolved, the characters take a moment to reflect and relax, when a dark form rises from the water. It is Godzilla, whose body temperature has been lowered by the cool sea water. With the ANB inactive again, Godzilla is healthy again, albeit restricted to the ocean. Seemingly content with this, Godzilla turns and heads for deeper waters.

The body of Dr. Shiragami is placed inside a tent, with his superior briefly mourning him before leaving. Erika is heard to comment on the events of the film, and the movie ends with a shot of Godzilla swimming away.