Godzilla
Genius Products (1954)
Foreign, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
In Collection
#1387
0*
Seen ItYes
715515089418
IMDB   7.5
98 mins Japan / Japanese
Blu-ray Disc  Region Free   NR (Not Rated)
Akira Takarada Hideto Ogata
Momoko Kochi Emiko Yamane
Akihiko Hirata Daisuke Serizawa-hakase
Takashi Shimura Kyohei Yamane-hakase
Fuyuki Murakami Professor Tanabe
Sachio Sakai Newspaper Reporter Hagiwara
Toranosuke Ogawa Nankai Shipping Company Manager
Ren Yamamoto Masaji the Fisherman
Miki Hayashi Chairman of Diet Committee
Takeo Oikawa Chief of Emergency Headquarters
Seijiro Onda Parliamentarian Oyama
Tsuruko Mano Shinkichi's Mother
Toyoaki Suzuki Shinkichi
Kokuten Kodo The Old Fisherman
Kin Sugai Ozawa-san
Director
Ishiro Honda
Inoshiro Honda
Producer Tomoyuki Tanaka
Tomoyuko Tanaka
Writer Ishiro Honda
Takeo Murata
Cinematography Masao Tamai
Musician Akira Ifukube


Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships explode and are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by paleontologist Professor Kyohei Yemani soon discover something more devastating than imagined in the form of a 164 foot 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.
Edition Details
Edition Criterion Collection
Distributor Criterion
Release Date 1/24/2012
Packaging Digipak
Screen Ratio Academy Ratio (1.37:1)
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks SUB [English]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Audio Commentary for Both Movies by Film Historian David Kalat New 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 New 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 for Godzilla Godzilla, King Of The Monsters Booklet Featuring An Essay By Critic J. Hoberman