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- Godzilla (1954) and Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) The first "Godzilla" movie in 1954 introduced the world to the terrors of Gojira in beautiful black and white.
- Godzilla Raids Again (1955) and Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1959) It didn't take long for "Godzilla" to become popular, and a sequel, "Godzilla Raids Again," was released a year after the first.
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) King Kong is the OG kaiju, having first appeared in 1933, but "King Kong vs. Godzilla" was only the third film to feature him in nearly 30 years.
- Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) Mothra was first introduced in 1961's "Mothra," and the success of that film helped make "Mothra vs. Godzilla" a reality in 1964.
Apr 3, 2021 · A History and Critique of the Greatest Monster Movie Series in Cinema **Massive spoilers for every Godzilla movie, with the exception of the 2014 reboot, and Mothra follow** August 6th and 9th, 1945 forever changed the course of history. When the first nuclear bombs were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, World War II ended, but a new […]
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- Terminology and Other Business to Dispense with
- Black and White Beginnings: Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again
- Godzilla, King of The Monsters! and The Japanese Science-Fiction Boom
- Godzilla Becomes A Celebrity: King Kong vs. Godzilla
Part 2: The Golden Age (1963–1968) Part 3: Down and Out in Osaka (1969–1983) Part 4: The Heisei Era (1984–1997) Part 5: The Travesty and the Millennium Era (1996–2004) Addendum: The 2014 Godzilla With the release of the teaser trailer for the upcoming Godzilla from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures, a decade of cinematic silence has come to an en...
Godzilla’s film history divides into three distinct phases: The Showa series, also known as the “classic series” (1954–1975), named after the period of the reign of Emperor Hirohito; the Heisei series (1984–1995), named after the reign of Emperor Akihito; and the Millennium series (1999–2004), named after the inaugural film, Godzilla 2000: Millenni...
I’ve already written extensively on Godzilla’s origin tale in my review of the Blu-ray of the original. Here is the “on-the-go” version: In 1954, Tomoyuki Tanaka, a producer at Japan’s powerful Toho Studios, needed a movie to go into production after co-financing on a war film collapsed. Seizing on the recent popularity in Japanese cinemas of the o...
Indeed, Godzilla would not return in a new film for six years. But those middle years were busy for Godzilla in other parts of the world, and busy for the Japanese film industry setting up a new universe of magnificent monsters and strange aliens as the tokusatsu(special effects) genre exploded. In the United States, a burgeoning interest in import...
By 1962, Toho Studios was ready to bring Godzilla back to screens. The Toho Special Effects department had now mastered their distinct style, and with a string of SF and monster-related hits from the HTTI team and the popularity of Godzilla growing worldwide, the Toho front office was eager for a splashy color and widescreen return of the Big-G. Th...
Jul 19, 2024 · 6.5 (7k) The Futurians, time-travelers from the 23rd century, arrive in Japan to warn them of the nation's destruction under Godzilla. They offer to help erase Godzilla from history by preventing his creation. With Godzilla seemingly gone, a new monster emerges as the Futurians' true intentions are revealed.
Godzilla (Japanese: ゴジラ, Hepburn: Gojira)[b] is a 1954 Japanese epic [c] 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 ...
Dec 2, 2023 · Where to Watch: AppleTV+ (to rent), Amazon Prime Video (to rent) 29. Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S (2003) The fifth movie in the Millenium series is the first and last to be a direct sequel to the movie ...
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1954. Godzilla (a.k.a. Gojira) is the roaring granddaddy of all monster movies. It’s also a remarkably humane and melancholy drama, made in Japan at a time when the country was reeling from nuclear attack and H-bomb testing in the Pacific. Its rampaging radioactive beast, the poignant embodiment of an entire population’s fears, became a ...
