Godzilla
is a 1954 Japanese epic kaiju film directed and co-written by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd., it is the first film in the Godzilla franchise. The film stars Akira Takarada, Momoko Kōchi, Akihiko Hirata, and Takashi Shimura, with Haruo Nakajima and Katsumi Tezuka as Godzilla. In the film, Japan's authorities deal with the sudden appearance of a giant monster, whose attacks trigger fears of nuclear holocaust in post-war Japan.
Plot
When the Japanese freighter Eiko-maru is destroyed near Odo Island, another ship, the Bingo-maru, is sent to investigate, only to meet the same fate with few survivors. A fishing boat from Odo is also destroyed with one survivor. Fishing catches mysteriously drop to zero and are blamed by an elder on the ancient sea creature known as "Godzilla." Reporters arrive on Odo Island to further investigate. A villager tells one of the reporters that something in the sea is ruining the fishing. That evening, a storm strikes the island and destroys the reporters' helicopter, and Godzilla, briefly seen by some of the villagers, attacks the village, killing several people.
More details
author | Ishirō Honda Shigeru Kayama Takeo Murata |
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contentLocation | Tokyo |
director | Ishirō Honda |
editor | Taichi Taira |
events | dinosaur |
genre | animation horror political science fiction |
keywords | air support asphyxiation cry depth charge disaster relief disturb electrical pylons electrified fence emergency management even f-86 sabre fighter jet fishing boat frigate godzilla hydrogen bomb japanese self-defense forces kill lost at sea north american f-86 sabre nuclear weapons nuclear weapons testing oxygen pass radiation sickness scream sea creature shinagawa ship captain superpower superweapon test thermonuclear weapon tokyo bay transmission tower trilobite umbilical cable |
musicBy | Akira Ifukube |
producer | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
productionCompany | Toho |
publisher | Toho |
recordedAt | Japan |
theme | disaster epic japanese japanese horror kaiju monster movie science fiction horror war |