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Godzilla (1954)

Directed by Ishirō Honda

Disaster | Thriller | Documentary

Most recently watched by lordofthemovies, sensoria, DaNiedabaya, schofizzy, Javitron, seanCduregger

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.

Rated NR | Length 96 minutes

Actors

Akira Takarada | Momoko Kôchi | Akihiko Hirata | Takashi Shimura | Fuyuki Murakami | Sachio Sakai | Ren Yamamoto | Toyoaki Suzuki | Toranosuke Ogawa | Hiroshi Hayashi | Seijirô Onda | Kin Sugai | Haruo Nakajima | Tsuruko Mano | Kokuten Kôdô | Tadashi Okabe | Jirô Mitsuaki | Ren Imaizumi | Sôkichi Maki | Kenji Sahara | Yasuhisa Tsutsumi | Takeo Oikawa | Junpei Natsuki | Katsumi Tezuka | Saburô Iketani | Shizuko Azuma | Shizuko Higashi | Kiyoshi Kamata | Keiji Sakakida | Tamae Sengo

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Viewing Notes

Happy 70th Anniversary to Godzilla and this film released on this day seventy years ago. For this occasion I decided to listen to the commentary on the Criterion BD. What’s funny is that the commentary track just automatically played when I fired it up so I went with it. Seemed appropriate given the anniversary.

It’s a decent commentary and also allows for the poignant moments of the film to shine as you watch and listen. Also learned a few things I didn’t know. Tagging this viewing as a documentary since it kinda was with the commentary and deep dive into the production and behind the scenes details.

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