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Godzilla
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1954 film directed by Ishirō Honda
OverviewAI-generated
Godzilla is a 1954 Japanese film directed and written by Ishirō Honda, with production by Tomoyuki Tanaka. The cast includes Takashi Shimura, Akihiko Hirata, Akira Takarada, and Momoko Kōchi. Produced by Toho, the black-and-white movie features music by Akira Ifukube. It is classified as a horror, science fiction, action, and kaiju film, with Tokyo serving as the narrative location. The original language is Japanese, though Russian, English, and German versions exist.
The film has a runtime of 96 minutes, although one source lists a duration of 100 minutes. It was released on November 3, 1954, with subsequent release dates in 1956 and 1957. Distributed by Toho and Netflix, the movie is part of the Godzilla media franchise. Its budget was 60,000, and it generated revenue of 2,250,000. Viewers have rated the film 7.6 on IMDb based on 45,501 votes, and 7.63 on TMDb based on 1,100 votes.
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Film · TMDB
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.
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
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Encyclopedic overview
Directed byIshirō Honda Screenplay by Takeo Murata [ja]
Ishirō Honda
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