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Godzilla
Sign in to saveAlso known as Gojira, Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
1954 film directed by Ishirō Honda
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7.6Japan 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.
Released: 1954-11-0396 minDir: Ishirō HondaThriller, Horror, Science FictionBudget: $60,000Box office: $2.3MPart of: Godzilla (Showa) Collection
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Cast
- Akira Takarada as Hideto Ogata
- Momoko Kôchi as Emiko Yamane
- Akihiko Hirata as Daisuke Serizawa
- Takashi Shimura as Kyohei Yamane
- Fuyuki Murakami as Professor Tanabe
- Sachio Sakai as Hagiwara
Themes
- ship
- island
- japan
- atomic bomb
- shipwreck
- giant monster
- nuclear radiation
- tokyo, japan
- dinosaur
- black and white
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Key facts
- Katakana
- ゴジラ
- Revised hepburn
- Gojira
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 100
- FilmAffinity ID
- 666455
- Official website
- web.archive.org/web/20140910195342/http://godzilla1954.jp
- Image
- Godzilla (1954).jpg
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- Commons category
- Godzilla (1954 film)
- publication date
- 1957-11-23
- title
- Godzilla: O Monstro do Mar
- review score
- 79/100
- capital cost
- 60000000
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Directed byIshirō Honda Screenplay by Takeo Murata [ja]
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1950s epic films1950s monster movies1950s political films1950s science fiction horror films1954 drama films1954 films1954 horror films1954 Japanese films1954 Japanese-language films1954 science fiction filmsAnti-nuclear filmsAnti-war filmsApocalyptic filmsFilms about nuclear war and weaponsFilms directed by Ishirō HondaFilms produced by Tomoyuki TanakaFilms scored by Akira IfukubeFilms set in 1954Films set in TokyoFilms set on fictional islandsFilms shot in JapanFilms shot in TokyoFilms using stop-motion animationGiant monster films