Godzilla
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.
4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- High-definition digital restoration of Godzilla, King of the Monsters, Terry Morse’s 1956 reworking of the original, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Audio commentary for both movies by film historian David Kalat
- Interviews with actors Akira Takarada and Haruo Nakajima and special effects technicians Yoshio Irie and Eizo Kaimai
- Interview with legendary Godzilla score composer Akira Ifukube
- Featurette detailing Godzilla’s photographic effects, introduced by special effects director Koichi Kawakita and special effects photographer Motoyoshi Tomioka
- Interview with Japanese-film critic Tadao Sato
- The Unluckiest Dragon, an illustrated audio essay featuring historian Greg Pflugfelder describing the tragic fate of the fishing vessel Daigo Fukuryu Maru, a real-life event that inspired Godzilla
- Trailers
- PLUS: An essay by critic J. Hoberman
"GODZILLA" (a.k.a. "GOJIRA") (c) 1954 Toho Co., Ltd. "GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS" (c) 1956 Toho Co., Ltd. Godzilla, Gojira, the character designs and King of the Monsters are trademarks of Toho Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
Cover by Bill Sienkiewicz
Collector's Sets
Collector's Set
4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- High-definition digital restoration of Godzilla, King of the Monsters, Terry Morse’s 1956 reworking of the original, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Audio commentary for both movies by film historian David Kalat
- Interviews with actors Akira Takarada and Haruo Nakajima and special effects technicians Yoshio Irie and Eizo Kaimai
- Interview with legendary Godzilla score composer Akira Ifukube
- Featurette detailing Godzilla’s photographic effects, introduced by special effects director Koichi Kawakita and special effects photographer Motoyoshi Tomioka
- Interview with Japanese-film critic Tadao Sato
- The Unluckiest Dragon, an illustrated audio essay featuring historian Greg Pflugfelder describing the tragic fate of the fishing vessel Daigo Fukuryu Maru, a real-life event that inspired Godzilla
- Trailers
- PLUS: An essay by critic J. Hoberman
"GODZILLA" (a.k.a. "GOJIRA") (c) 1954 Toho Co., Ltd. "GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS" (c) 1956 Toho Co., Ltd. Godzilla, Gojira, the character designs and King of the Monsters are trademarks of Toho Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
Cover by Bill Sienkiewicz
Cast
- Takashi Shimura
- Professor Kyohei Yamane
- Akira Takarada
- Hideto Ogata
- Momoko Kochi
- Emiko Yamane
- Akihiko Hirata
- Dr. Daisuke Serizawa
- Fuyuki Murakami
- Professor Tanabe
- Sachio Sakai
- Hagiwara
- Toranosuke Ogawa
- Nankai Shipping Company manager
- Ren Yamamoto
- Masaji
- Toyoaki Suzuki
- Shinkichi
- Kan Hayashi
- Chairman of the Diet committee
- Keiji Sakakida
- Village chief
- Seijiro Onda
- Senator Oyama
- Kin Sugai
- Senator Ozawa
- Kokuten Kodo
- Old fisherman
- Takeo Oikawa
- Chief of Emergency Headquarters
- Tsuruko Mano
- Shinkichi's mother
- Ren Imaizumi
- Radio operator
- Haruo Nakajima
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- Katsumi Tezuka
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Credits
- Director
- Ishiro Honda
- Producer
- Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Original story
- Shigeru Kayama
- Screenplay
- Takeo Murata
- Screenplay
- Ishiro Honda
- Music
- Akira Ifukube
- Director of photography
- Masao Tamai
- Lighting
- Choshiro Ishii
- Chief art director
- Takeo Kita
- Art director
- Satoru Chuko
- Editor
- Taichi Taira
- Special effects director
- Eiji Tsuburaya
- Special effects art director
- Akira Watanabe
- Special effects lighting
- Kuichiro Kishida
- Monster builder
- Teizo Toshimitsu
- Sound recording
- Hisashi Shimonaga
- Sound and musical effects
- Ichiro Minawa
- Production manager
- Teruo Maki
- Assistant director
- Koji Kajita
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A scene from Godzilla
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Three Reasons: Godzilla
