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Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric monster the Japanese call 'Godzilla'. The only hope for both Japan and the world lies on a secret weapon, which may prove more destructive than the monster itself.
1956 · Directed by Ishirō Honda · 81 min · Science Fiction · Horror · 11 frames
Tagline
Incredible, unstoppable titan of terror!
Crew
- Screenplay: Al C. Ward, Takeo Murata, Ishirō Honda
- Cinematography: Guy Roe, Masao Tamai
- Edited by: Kazuji Taira
- Music: Akira Ifukube
- Production design: Satoru Chūko, Takeo Kita
- Produced by: Harry Rybnick, Richard Kay, Edward B. Barison, Harold Ross
Cast
- Raymond Burr as Steve Martin
- Takashi Shimura as Dr. Yamane
- Momoko Kôchi as Emiko Yamane
- Akira Takarada as Ogata
- Akihiko Hirata as Dr. Serizawa
- Sachio Sakai as Hagiwara
- Fuyuki Murakami as Dr. Tabata
- Ren Yamamoto as Seiji
- Toyoaki Suzuki as Shinkichi
- Tadashi Okabe as Dr. Tabata's Assistant
Production
- Country: Japan, United States of America
- Language: Japanese, English
- Studios: TOHO, Jewell Enterprises
- Budget: $25,000
- Box office: $2,000,000
- Themes: giant monster, reporter, tokyo, japan, dinosaur, alternate version, kaiju, animal horror, godzilla, egotistical, tokusatsu
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