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Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)

Directed by Ishirō Honda, Terry O. Morse

Science Fiction | Disaster

Most recently watched by sleestakk, lordofthemovies

Overview

During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric monster the Japanese call ‘Godzilla’. The only hope for both Japan and the world lies on a secret weapon, which may prove more destructive than the monster itself.

Rated NR | Length 81 minutes

Actors

Raymond Burr | Takashi Shimura | Momoko Kôchi | Akira Takarada | Akihiko Hirata | Sachio Sakai | Fuyuki Murakami | Ren Yamamoto | Toyoaki Suzuki | Tadashi Okabe | Toranosuke Ogawa | Frank Iwanaga | Sammee Tong | James Hong | Mikel Conrad | Paul Frees | Hiroshi Hayashi | Ren Imaizumi | Kokuten Kôdô | Takeo Oikawa | Tsuruko Mano | Kenji Sahara | Kin Sugai | Lee Miller | Haruo Nakajima | Katsumi Tezuka | Ryosaku Takasugi

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
01/21/2013N/ABlu-rayN/A3 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Obviously a more Americanized version of the original, however a lot of the Japanese culture is gone from there. It’s been replaced by a lot of well edited scenes and narration by the One White Guy in all of Japan.

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