Japan, 1954. A legend emerges from the ashes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, devastated by atomic bombs in 1945. The creature's name is Godzilla. The film that tells its story is the first of kaiju eiga, the giant monster movies.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- 451 Prods
Keywords
- cinema on cinema
- hiroshima, japan
- nuclear bomb
- kaiju
- cinema history
- japanese history
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Top Cast
Akira Takarada as Self - Actor
Haruo Nakajima as Self - Suit Actor
Kenpachirō Satsuma as Self - Suit Actor
Shusuke Kaneko as Self - Filmmaker
Akira Kubo as Self - Actor
Hiroshi Koizumi as Self - Actor
Kazuki Ōmori as Self - Filmmaker
Koichi Kawakita as Self - Filmmaker
Top Crew
Jonathan Bellés · Director, Writer
Damián Sánchez · Composer
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