Directed by:
Ishirō HondaComposer:
Akira IfukubeCast:
Takashi Shimura, 菅井きん, Ishirō Honda, Kenji Sahara, Momoko Kôchi, Akira Takarada, Akihiko Hirata, Fuyuki Murakami, Tadashi Okabe, Toranosuke Ogawa, Seijirô Onda (more)Plots(1)
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. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
Takashi Shimura
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Asu o tsukuru hitobito (1946)
菅井きん
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Bullet (1968)
High and Low (1963)
This Transient Life (1970)
Ishirō Honda
Japan
Kenji Sahara
Japan
Momoko Kôchi
Japan
Best movies:
Godzilla (1954)
Akira Takarada
Korea
Best movies:
Godzilla (1954)
Godzilla vs. The Thing (1964)
Latitude Zero (1969)
Akihiko Hirata
Korea
Best movies:
Samurai Assassin (1965)
Mothra (1961)
Godzilla (1954)
Fuyuki Murakami
Japan
Best movies:
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992)
Godzilla (1954)
Yagyu Secret Scrolls, part II (1958)
Tadashi Okabe
Best movies:
Mothra (1961)
Godzilla (1954)
Battle in Outer Space (1959)
Toranosuke Ogawa
Japan
Best movies:
Godzilla (1954)
Seijirô Onda
Best movies:
Godzilla (1954)
Shigeo Katô
Japan
Best movies:
Seven Samurai (1954)
Living (1952)
Fort Graveyard (1965)
Kokuten Kôdô
Japan
Best movies:
Early Summer (1951)
Seven Samurai (1954)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Toyoaki Suzuki
Best movies:
Godzilla (1954)
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)