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Godzilla
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.
1954 · Directed by Ishirō Honda · 96 min · Thriller · Horror · Science Fiction · 35 frames
Tagline
Godzilla, a weapon of science, a great battle of wonder and terror!
Crew
- Screenplay: Takeo Murata, Ishirō Honda
- Cinematography: Masao Tamai
- Edited by: Kazuji Taira
- Music: Akira Ifukube
- Production design: Satoru Chūko, Takeo Kita
- Produced by: Tomoyuki Tanaka
Cast
- Akira Takarada as Hideto Ogata
- Momoko Kôchi as Emiko Yamane
- Akihiko Hirata as Daisuke Serizawa
- Takashi Shimura as Kyohei Yamane
- Fuyuki Murakami as Professor Tanabe
- Sachio Sakai as Hagiwara
- Toranosuke Ogawa as President of Southern Seas Salvage
- Ren Yamamoto as Masaji Yamada
- Hiroshi Hayashi as Chairman of Diet Committee
- Seijirô Onda as Parliamentarian Oyama
Production
- Country: Japan
- Language: Japanese
- Studios: TOHO, Toho Laboratory
- Budget: $60,000
- Box office: $2,250,000
- Themes: ship, island, japan, atomic bomb, shipwreck, giant monster, nuclear radiation, tokyo, japan, dinosaur, black and white
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