Godzilla

Directed by: Ishirô Honda

Starring: Akira Takarada, Momoko Kochi, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura, Fuyuki Murakami, Sachio Sakai, Toranosuke Ogawa, Ren Yamamoto, Toyoaki Suzuki, Hiroshi Hayashi

Contributors: Tomoyuki Tanaka, Ishirô Honda, Takeo Murata, Akira Ifukube, Masao Tamai

Key Features

Description

Ishirô Honda directs this Japanese kaiju classic. After several small fishing boats are sunk out at sea, survivors tell stories of a gigantic monster lurking beneath the waves. When Godzilla finally surfaces, mutated by American atomic weapons tests in the Pacific Ocean and now over 50 metres tall, the monster proceeds to lay waste to Japan.

Initial attempts to destroy Godzilla fail and palaeontologist Kyohei Yamane (Takashi Shimura), his daughter Emiko (Momoko Kochi), salvage ship captain Hideto Ogata (Akira Takarada) and scientist Daisuke Serizawa (Akihiko Hirata) have one last chance to stop Godzilla before Tokyo is completely destroyed...

Special Features

• Interactive Menus
• Bonus Footage
• Trailers
• Interviews: Akira Takarada (actor); Haruo Nakajima (actor); Yoshio Irie (special effects technician) and Eizo Kaimai (special effects technician); Akira Ifukube (composer); Tadao Sato (film critic)
• Commentary: 'Godzilla'/'Godzilla, King of the Monsters': David Kalat (film historian)
• Other Documentary: Featurette detailing Godzilla's photographic effects, introduced by Koichi Kawakita (special effects director) and Motoyoshi Tomioka (special effects photographer); 'The Unluckiest Dragon'