"Viewers at the time would not escape the connection to real-world debates over "Japan, Inc." References to Japan buying entire continents merely exaggerate existing fears about the Japanese economic powerhouse. By the early 1990s, many American commentators were already suggesting that although the Allies were the military victors of the Second World War, Japan had staged a successful economic victory. Omori plainly makes this connection by depicting the architect of Japan's postwar economic prosperity as a commander of the Imperial Army in the war. Shindo loses the battle in 1944, but wins it five decades later."

"Kōsuke Toyohara as Kenichiro Terasawa"

"Godzilla has disappeared, and now King Ghidorah has taken his place."

"Anna Nakagawa as Emi Kano"

"[addressing the wounded Godzillasaurus] We deeply regret that we must leave our savior behind. We pray that he will never hold it against us in his heart. Please forgive us, for we are helpless. There's nothing that we can do. We can't carry you, we cannot take you to safety. We hope your wounds heal quickly, and that you'll recover full health. We, the Lagos Garrison of the Japanese Army will never forget how you saved our lives. Never!"

"[last words while talking on the phone and looking at Godzilla] I nearly died on Lagos Island, along with my entire Garrison, but the dinosaur saved us all. Now, all of that prosperity I built is now being destroyed by the same dinosaur at this moment, and there's nothing I can do about it. Very ironic, don't you think? [chuckles]"

"Megumi Odaka as Miki Saegusa"

"Akiji Kobayashi as Ryuzo Dobashi"

"Released just as Japan's "bubble economy" period of the late 1980s - in which the country sailed to the forefront of world economic powers - was ebbing, the film is bogged down by crass moralizations about Japan's role in the world community and its tenuous relations with other nations. The implication seems to be that Japan is smarter and richer than everybody else, and political tensions over trade issues are borne out of being left behind the coming century."

"Katsuhiko Sasaki as Professor Mazaki"

"Megumi Odaka as Miki Saegusa"

"On Makin and Likiep Islands, all 66,000 of our brave soldiers fought valiantly. They fought to the very last man without giving up. They will go down in Japanese history as true defenders of the motherland. Tomorrow, at dawn, we are going to launch an all-out attack against the American forces and show them just how strong we are. You all know, of course, that the Americans greatly outnumber us, but that does not matter. Even up to the last moment, each of us fights. We still have to believe in our final victory over the enemy. We shall fight for our country right up to the end. We shall prove worthy of our great motherland. Persevere! Our deaths shall be the blood and flesh of an even greater and much stronger Japan."

"Akira Nakao as General Aso"

"Yusuke Kawatsu as Professor Hiroshi Omae"

"A long time ago, in a far-off land, I saw a real-live dinosaur. You don't know about this dinosaur, you don't know what it was like, but I certainly do. He is close by, and he watches over all of us. I'm not sure where he hides, but he can see us, and if we ever become helpless and desperate, the dinosaur will come back to us and save us from tragedy and disaster, just as it did before on that doomed World War II battlefield we once faced. You think that there is absolutely nothing to fear. Our country is peaceful and you think that nothing could possibly happen to us, but we're in danger. You must prepare yourselves for what will happen."

"As we all know, there's a hypothesis that Godzilla's power source, which is equal to the heart in a man, is nothing but a power reactor. Apparently, something is happening there, in the reactor, in Godzilla's heart. Look at this. I have here a thesis which accurately analyzes it from every point of view. It came through the Internet from a Japanese college boy. It's an interesting and certainly unusual opinion about Godzilla."

"It's a major monster meltdown!"

"I was surprised that Godzilla was going to die on land instead of in the ocean, which was his cradle. I think it's natural for Godzilla to die because he is a living thing, but I envisioned his death differently. My idea was based on the legend of the tomb of elephants. According to the legend, when a clownfish begins to feel that he is going to die, he secretly goes to the tomb. I envisioned Godzilla returning to the South Pacific when he began to feel that his end was coming. There then would have been some implication that Godzilla had died."

"I had to wear an oxygen mask both in the water and on land because of the carbon monoxide. I fainted four times during the first day of filming. We were shooting the scene in which Godzilla emerges from the water as he approaches Hong Kong. I wasn't warned about the carbon monoxide, so I wasn't wearing an oxygen mask. We were shooting in water, so nobody could just run up to me when they saw me acting strangely. We were filming a long shot, so nobody was very close to me. The members of the staff didn't realize I'd fainted that first time until they started opening up the costume so I could get out."

"Michael McDonald — Patrick"

"50 Cent — himself"

"Peter Serafinowicz — Aldo / Albert"

"Morena Baccarin — Karen Walker"

"Miranda Hart — Nancy B. Artingstall"

"Jude Law — Bradley Fine"

"Bobby Cannavale — Sergio De Luca"

"Rose Byrne — Rayna Boyanov"

"Allison Janney — Elaine Crocker"

"One of the guys. One of the spies."

"Tell me: are your hemorrhoids particularly large, or just tenacious?"

"She's finally getting some action."

"It was all a dream. Just kidding. A man's throat dissolved."

"Looks like you ate a box of crayons."

"Melissa McCarthy — Susan Cooper / Carol Jenkins / Penny Morgan"

"Well, I make a habit out of doing things that people say I can't do. Walk through fire, waterski blindfolded, take up piano at a late age."

"And I know there's a fucking Face/Off machine! You're jus' keeping it secret from me."

"You—times infinity."

"Nothing kills me. I'm immune to one-hundred seventy-nine different types of poison. I know because I ingested them all at once when I was deep undercover in an underground poison-ingesting crime ring."

"Jason Statham — Rick Ford"

"Could this hotel be any more murder-y?"

"I just…I still, y'know, hear my mom's voice: "Well-behaved women often make history.""