Godzilla
1954 · 96 MIN · THRILLER / HORROR / SCIENCE FICTION
TMDB:7.6 (1,102 votes)
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.
DIRECTED BY:Ishirō Honda
WRITTEN BY:Eiji Tsuburaya, Ishirō Honda, Shigeru Kayama, Takeo Murata
STARRING:Akira Takarada, Momoko Kôchi, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura, Fuyuki Murakami
STUDIO:TOHO, Toho Laboratory
shelf notes: animal horror · atomic bomb · black and white · creature feature · dinosaur · giant monster · godzilla · island · japan · kaiju · nuclear radiation · post war japan · ship · shipwreck