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Godzilla [1954 film]

by Ishirō Honda (Director / Screenwriter), Takeo Murata (Screenwriter)

Other authors: Hiroshi Hayashi (Actor), Akihiko Hirata (Actor), Akira Ifukube (Composer), Ren Imaizumi (Actor), Momoko Kōchi (Actor) — 18 more, Kokuten Kōdō (Actor), Sokichi Maki (Actor), Jiro Mitsuaki (Actor), Fuyuki Murakami (Actor), Haruo Nakajima (Actor), Toranosuke Ogawa (Actor), Tadashi Okabe (Actor), Seijiro Onda (Actor), Kenji Sahara (Actor), Sachio Sakai (Actor), Takashi Shimura (Actor), Kin Sugai (Actor), Toyoaki Suzuki (Actor), Akira Takarada (Actor), Tomoyuki Tanaka (Producer), Katsumi Tezuka (Actor), Eiji Tsuburaya (Special effects), Ren Yamamoto (Actor)

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Series: Godzilla Films (Toho) (1), Godzilla Shōwa Period (1.1)

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It's also a remarkably humane and melancholy drama made in Japan at a time when the country was still reeling from nuclear attack and H-bomb testing. Its rampaging radioactive beast, the poignant embodiment of an entire populations fears, became a beloved international icon of destruction, spawning more than twenty sequels and spinoffs. Here, we present the original, 1954 Japanese version, along with Godzilla: King of the Monsters!, the 1956 American reworking.… (more)

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791.43The arts › Recreational and performing arts › Public performances › Film, Radio, and Television › Film

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PN1995.G63Language and Literature › Literature (General) › Literature (General) › Drama › Motion pictures

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