Godzilla (Japanese: ゴジラ, Hepburn: Gojira) is a 1954 Japanese kaiju film directed 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 and the Shōwa era. 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 during post-war Japan.
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I have a secret obsession with Japanese Kaiju movies, well, not so secret anymore. For awhile I would find them on YouTube and put them on in the background while I did other things, and finally decided that I really enjoyed them. I liked the stories, the filmography, and the strangeness of it.
Godzilla is probably the most well-known of Japanese Kaiju (giant monsters), and has been remade into several movies, some even quite recently. But I’m talking about the original nuclear fueled monster movie. The one made before special effects was as advanced as it is now. The one with a man in the monster suit destroy replica model of Tokyo.
It’s amazing. I love it.
The fact that the public only really scares Godzilla off at the end of the movie and doesn’t kill it reflects more on the strangeness, as if this was a modern day American movie Godzilla would have totally died is some horrific way.
This is free on YouTube at the time of this post, and I highly recommend that you do.
My Ranking: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
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