Godzilla( 1954)

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

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Akira Takarada
Hideto Ogata
Momoko Kôchi
Emiko Yamane
Akihiko Hirata
Daisuke Serizawa
Takashi Shimura
Kyohei Yamane
Fuyuki Murakami
Professor Tanabe
Sachio Sakai
Newspaper Reporter Hagiwara
Ren Yamamoto
Masaji Yamada
Toyoaki Suzuki
Shinkichi Yamada
Toranosuke Ogawa
President of Company
Hiroshi Hayashi
Chairman of Diet Committee
Seijirô Onda
Parliamentarian Oyama
Kin Sugai
Ozawa-san
Haruo Nakajima
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Tsuruko Mano
Mrs. Yamada
Kokuten Kōdō
The Old Fisherman (uncredited)
Tadashi Okabe
Prof. Tababe's Assistant (uncredited)
Jirô Mitsuaki
Employee of Nankai Salvage Company (uncredited)
Ren Imaizumi
Radio Operator (uncredited)
Sôkichi Maki
Chief of Maritime Safety Agency (uncredited)
Kenji Sahara
Young Lover on Ship (uncredited)
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Soldier (uncredited)
Takeo Oikawa
Chief of Emergency Headquarters (uncredited)
Junpei Natsuki
Power Station Engineer (uncredited)
Katsumi Tezuka
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Saburô Iketani
News Reporter (uncredited)
Shizuko Azuma
Woman with Children (uncredited)
Shizuko Higashi
Partygoer (uncredited)
Kiyoshi Kamata
Partygoer's Escort (uncredited)
Keiji Sakakida
Mayor Inada (uncredited)
Tamae Sengo
Mother (uncredited)

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Sun Nov 29 2015

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 sequels, remakes, copyists, and numerous homages, and of course there is two versions of this film for the viewer to choose from. The American version is a decent enough watch, it has integrated Raymond...