GODZILLA (THE CRITERION COLLECTION)

Details

• 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 almost 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, Kan Hayashi, Takeo Oikawa, Seijirô Onda, Tsuruko Mano, Toyoaki Suzuki, Kokuten Kôdô, Kin Sugai, Tadashi Okabe, Ren Imaizumi, Junpei Natsuki, Katsumi Tezuka, Haruo Nakajima, Saburo Iketani, Shizuko Higashi, Kiyoshi Kamata, Kenji Sahara, Keiji Sakakida, Tamae Sengo, Ishirô Honda, Shigeru Kayama
• Director: Ishirô Honda
• Runtime: 1:36
• Company: Toho, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie