GODZILLA (MOVIE) - BLU-4K-1954-TAKASHI SHIMURA-CRITERION CO

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• Release Year: 1954
• Genre: Drama, Horror, Science-Fiction, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Godzilla (a.k.a. Gojira) is the roaring granddaddy of all monster movies. It’s also a remarkably humane and melancholy drama, made in Japan at a time when the country was reeling from nuclear attack and H-bomb testing in the Pacific. Its rampaging radioactive beast, the poignant embodiment of an entire population’s fears, became a beloved international icon of destruction, spawning more than thirty sequels. A thrilling, tactile spectacle that continues to be a cult phenomenon, the original 1954 Japanese version is presented here, along with Godzilla, King of the Monsters, the 1956 “Americanized” version.
• Cast: Akira Takarada, Momoko Kôchi, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura, Fuyuki Murakami, Sachio Sakai, Toranosuke Ogawa, Ren Yamamoto, Hiroshi Hayashi, Seijirô Onda, Tsuruko Mano, Takeo Oikawa, Toyoaki Suzuki, Kokuten Kôdô, Tadashi Okabe, Kin Sugai, Ren Imaizumi, Junpei Natsuki, Katsumi Tezuka, Haruo Nakajima, Yasuhisa Tsutsumi, Jiro Suzuki, Saburo Iketani, Hiroshi Akitsu, Shizuko Azuma, Yu Fujiki, Shizuko Higashi, Kazuo Hinata, Ishirô Honda, Kiyoshi Kamata, Shigeo Katô, Keiichirô Katsumoto, Akio Kusama, Teruko Mita, Kenji Sahara, Keiji Sakakida, Tamae Sengo, Junnosuke Suda, Masaaki Tachibana, Ryosaku Takasugi, Kamayuki Tsubono, Mitsuo Tsuda, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Shigeru Kayama, Takeo Murata, Masao Tamai, Kazuji Taira, Akira Ifukube, Satoru Chûko, Takeo Kita
• Director: Ishirô Honda
• Runtime: 1:36
• Company: Toho Co., Ltd., Janus Films, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie