Godzilla

1954 96 min ★ 7.6 Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction

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.

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Cast

Akira Takarada

Hideto Ogata

Momoko Kôchi

Emiko Yamane

Akihiko Hirata

Daisuke Serizawa

Takashi Shimura

Kyohei Yamane

Fuyuki Murakami

Professor Tanabe

Sachio Sakai

Hagiwara

Toranosuke Ogawa

President of Southern Seas Salvage

Ren Yamamoto

Masaji Yamada

Hiroshi Hayashi

Chairman of Diet Committee

Seijirô Onda

Parliamentarian Oyama

Details

Director

Ishirō Honda

Screenplay

Takeo Murata

Tagline

"Godzilla, a weapon of science, a great battle of wonder and terror!"

Status

Released

Original Language

JA

Budget

$60,000

Revenue

$2,250,000

Production

TOHO, Toho Laboratory

Reviews

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John Chard

November 29, 2015

★ 8/10

The big political atomic lizard is cheesed off! After H bomb testing in the pacific, ships start to go missing and a remote island is apparently under attack from a prehistoric monster. Japanese scientists hasten to find out just what is going on, what they find is Gojira, and he is mightily hell bent on destruction...next stop Tokyo. Gojira is such an influential film, it has spawned many s...