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Godzilla(Movie, 1954)

Original title: "ゴジラ" (Japanese/JA)
NR
| 1h 36min | Genres: Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction
GodzillaRating: 3.8/5 (with 386386 votes) 826
Godzilla (Japanese: ゴジラ, Hepburn: Gojira) is a 1954 Japanese epic kaiju film directed and co-written by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd., it is the first film in the Godzilla franchise. The film stars Akira Takarada, Momoko Kōchi, Akihiko Hirata, and Takashi Shimura, with Haruo Nakajima and Katsumi Tezuka as Godzilla. In the film, Japan's authorities deal with the sudden appearance of a giant monster, whose attacks trigger fears of nuclear holocaust in post-war Japan. Godzilla entered production after a Japanese-Indonesian co-production collapsed. Tsuburaya originally proposed for a giant octopus before the filmmakers decided ... ()
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About Godzilla

Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Yemani 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.

Trailer for Godzilla + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

À?公式】「ゴジラ」予告 初ゴジと呼ばれる記念すべきゴジラの第1作。(Trailer, 3:10)

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À?公式】「ゴジラ」予告 初ゴジと呼ばれる記念すべきゴジラの第1作。 (Trailer) | Gojira - Trailer (Trailer) | Trailer (Trailer) | Trailers From Hell (Featurette) | Memories of Godzilla / ゴジラの思い出 (SciFi JAPAN TV #11) (Featurette) | Three Reasons (Featurette) | GODZILLA (ゴジラ) - Official Japanese Trailer [HQ] (Trailer, JA) | Godzilla (1954) (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Production country: Japan
Shot in: Japan
Plays in: Tokyo
Original language: Japanese (JA)
Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)
Translated into 21 languages: Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 05/07/2004 (World premiere: 11/03/1954)
Director: Ishirō Honda
Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka
Film Editor: Kazuji Taira
Director of Photography: Masao Tamai
Composer: Akira Ifukube
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Godzilla: Rey de los Monstruos"
"Godzilla Koning der Monsters"
"Godzilla Roi Des Monstres"
"Godzilla: O Rei dos Monstros"
"Godzilla Rey de los Monstruos"
"Probuzená zkáza"
"Godzilla Uhyrernes Konge"
"Japón Bajo el Terror del Monstruo"
"Γκοτζίλα, το Τέρας του Αιώνος"
"Gojira"
"怪獣王ゴジラ"
"고지라"
"고질라"
"Godzilla Rey de los Monstruos"
"O Monstro do Oceano Pacífico"
"Godzilla: Monstret Från Havet"
"Yuánzǐ kǒnglóng"
"大恐龍"
"Godzilla: King of the Monsters"
"Gojira"
"Gojira: The Original Japanese Masterpiece"
Budget: 900,000 USD
Revenue: 2,250,000 USD (= 250%)
Color: Black & White (B/W)

15 movies in the Godzilla (Showa) Collection

1954 Godzilla
1955 Godzilla Raids Again ("ゴジラの逆襲")
1962 King Kong vs. Godzilla ("キングコング対ゴジラ")
1964 Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster ("三大怪獣　地球最大の決戦")
1964 Mothra vs. Godzilla ("モスラ対ゴジラ")
1965 Invasion of Astro-Monster ("怪獣大戦争")
1966 Ebirah, Horror of the Deep ("ゴジラ・エビラ・モスラ　南海の大決闘")
1967 Son of Godzilla ("怪獣島の決戦 ゴジラの息子")
1968 Destroy All Monsters ("怪獣総進撃")
1969 All Monsters Attack ("ゴジラ・ミニラ・ガバラ オール怪獣大進撃")
1971 Godzilla vs. Hedorah ("ゴジラ対ヘドラ")
1972 Godzilla vs. Gigan ("地球攻撃命令 ゴジラ対ガイガン")
1973 Godzilla vs. Megalon ("ゴジラ対メガロ")
1974 Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla ("ゴジラ対メカゴジラ")
1975 Terror of Mechagodzilla ("メカゴジラの逆襲")

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Other movies with this title: Godzilla (IT/JP/US, 1977), Godzilla (JP/US, 1998), Godzilla (US, 2014)

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