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Godzilla is the English name for the monster Gojira ( Toho, 1954). This was the first of many "giant monster" movies (known as kaiju) to be produced in Japan starting in the 1950s, and movie fans still consider it to be one of the best.Filmed in stark black and white, Gojira tells the story of a giant, terrifying, fire-breathing monster who is disturbed by American atom bomb testing in the Pacific Ocean. The monster attacks a number of ships and makes a brief land appearance, before coming ashore in Tokyo, Japan and destroying the entire city during an unstoppable rampage.
The monster is finally defeated when a Japanese scientist ( Takashi Shimura) uses an experimental underwater weapon (the Oxygen Destroyer) to destroy it. The scientist intentionally sacrifices his life while destroying Gojira, because he believes his invention is too terrible to be used by humanity.
The monster Gojira is widely seen as an allegory for the atomic bomb: an unstoppable force, powered by radiation, that lays waste to Japan in a manner similar to what occurred in World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough, or simply America as a threatening nuclear power; this movie was made only nine years after Japan's defeat. Unlike later movies in the "giant monster" genre, Gojira was filmed in a completely serious manner, and it has lost little of its power in the years since. Ishiro HondaIshiro Honda ( Honda Ishiro May 7 1911 February 28, 1993) was a Japanese film director. He is very well known for SF and Kaiju films including the Godzilla series. Honda, Ishiro Honda, Ishiro Honda, Ishiro., the director, was a second-unit director on several of Akira KurosawaAkira Kurosawa ( Kurosawa Akira also ) ( March 23, 1910 September 6, 1998) was a prominent Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter of movies. Work Kurosawa is perhaps Japan's best-known filmmaker. His films have greatly influenced a whole generation's films, and his stark black-and-white cinematography seems more realistic, harsh, and terrifying than many of the later color Godzilla movies.
Gojira was released in the United States under the title Godzilla, King of the Monsters, and the giant monster would be known by the name Godzilla ever after. Several minutes' worth of footage were deleted from the American version of the film, and new footage of the actor Raymond BurrRaymond William Stacey Burr ( May 21, 1917 September 12, 1993) was an actor. He was born in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, and it is not known if he ever took out U. citizenship. Burr became interested in acting after Naval service in World Wa was inserted into the film, presumably so that American audiences would have an American hero to identify with.
The film was directed by Ishiro HondaIshiro Honda ( Honda Ishiro May 7 1911 February 28, 1993) was a Japanese film director. He is very well known for SF and Kaiju films including the Godzilla series. Honda, Ishiro Honda, Ishiro Honda, Ishiro. and had special effects by Eiji TsuburayaEiji Tsuburaya ( Tsuburaya Eiji ( July 7, 1901 January 25, 1970) was responsible for the special effects on many Japanese movies, including the Godzilla series (1954 ??). Born in Sukagawa, Fukushima prefecture, He worked as a cinematographer in Kyoto from.
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