Godzilla
1954 · TMDB 7.6 · ゴジラ
Directed by Ishirō Honda
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.
Why it matters
Where Kong was captured by greed, Godzilla was awakened by nuclear tests. Japan's colossal terror shifted monster cinema away from gothic folklore towards post-war fallout, creating an unstoppable physical force spawned entirely by atomic recklessness.
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Released
- 1954-11-03
- Studio
- TOHO
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- TMDB score
- 7.6
KinoChain appearances
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Connected films
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Linked through chains, directors and neighbouring cinema.
King Kong
Previous in chain · From External Beast to Internal Trauma
Alien
Next in chain · From External Beast to Internal Trauma
The Babadook
Also in “From External Beast to Internal Trauma”
Get Out
Also in “From External Beast to Internal Trauma”
Destroy All Monsters
Same director
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Same director
Varan the Unbelievable
Same director
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
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Mutiny
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The End of Oak Street
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People
Key contributors
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Ishirō Honda
Director
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Takeo Murata
Writer
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Tomoyuki Tanaka
Writer
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Eiji Tsuburaya
Writer
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Akira Takarada
Hideto Ogata
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Momoko Kôchi
Emiko Yamane
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Akihiko Hirata
Daisuke Serizawa
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Takashi Shimura
Kyohei Yamane
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Fuyuki Murakami
Professor Tanabe
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Sachio Sakai
Hagiwara
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Toranosuke Ogawa
President of Southern Seas Salvage
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Ren Yamamoto
Masaji Yamada