Godzilla (original 1954 Japanese trailer)

[horaciosi]

Favorite Godzilla films: Showa: #3: Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster #2: Destroy All Monsters #1: Godzilla (1954)....yeah, you all saw that coming :D (honorable mention: Invasion of Astro-Monster) Heisei: #3: Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II #2: Godzilla vs King Ghidorah #1: Godzilla vs Destoroyah (HM: The Return of Godzilla) Millenium: #3: Godzilla X Mechagodzilla #2: Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S #1: Godzilla, Mothra & King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (HM: Godzilla 2000)

[Djentard]

You know Godzilla still exists, but shapeshifted into several human beings, i think they reside in France...

[ukhistorian]

Boy imagine seeing this movie in 1954.

[NZLEthan]

GOJIRA!!!!!

[eamaralmoviefan]

Getting the criterion blu ray, gonna turn it up so loud his stomps make the ground shake.

[Complete0diefreak123]

Iff you keep pressing 5, It looks like he is wacking th door in his face!

[SefennHome]

thumbs up for 11 billion yen O.o

[wrathallll]

Thumbs up if 'the earthquake' didnt get you here!!!!

[princeruben00]

classic movie!

[peternoer]

that woman appeared in Tokyo SOS along with Hiroshi Koizumi

[yoyoyoy500]

You know I think that in a lot of ways Godzilla was a precursos 2 other Japaneses monster related media like Pokemon,Digimon and Moster Rancher.

[gunnarmh]

1:22 again and again and again

[chickun1soup80]

why does it seem like everything is sped up? lol

[AliceSonicGundamFan]

All you need is a Xtra-large Popcorn and a large fizzy drink.

[09vendeta09]

Gooudziraaa!!! XD

[enocescalona]

i want that movie in 3d!

[MrBuch169169]

I love how this trailer manages to include all the movie's best scenes, and the American version includes absolutely all the worst.

[heartkiller1974]

this is better than US trailer!

[MASSEFFECTfan101]

This is the only good Godzilla film in my opinion. The only film that made Godzilla sound and look like the frightening monster he's supposed to be.

[ziggycat999]

Cool. Before Godzilla became juvenile.

[NaruBren274]

i typed 1954 and challenge my self to find godzilla and found it fast! shows its popular

[Themaniacnextdoor]

I hate the american version that came out of Gojira- even though they added footage, it still falls short of the japanese running time! Also, sound was edited or cut out all together.

[1171domino]

2 people fear godzilla

[Armagedillo]

I wish I can go back in time when people knew Godzilla and not.......... his name shall not be spoken in my domain! * If you can guess who it is GOOD JOB sir you have killed 30000 unborn children*

[AlanCFA]

@2:16 "Special Effects Surpassing American Films"

Classic!

[TheVideoCat]

All the new US versions of godzilla movies are only made for the purpose of making money. Just like zombi movies. It's sad. The original Gojira (just like the original Night of the living dead) had a soul. They were metaphors, they had a deeper meaning. Today we can only search the past for deeper meanings...

[ThePajamaGuy]

Possibly the bestest, most serious, most well depicted monster film of all time. Absolute masterpice.

[1992Rizki]

My favorite monster ever

[Lee78072]

@1992Rizki He is the King of the Monsters

[VitalSigns1]

This movie is actually an allegory of the U.S. atomic bombs dropped in Japan. Not too many people actually know that. This was the original movie and the best one by far. It has real drama and emotional character dialogue. You can actually take it seriously, unlike all the sequels (which I also enjoy but on a different level).

[geordischmidt]

@VitalSigns1

Actually, Godzilla's creation more reflects atomic testing such as the ones that irradiated the fishing trawler Lucky No. 5 (depicted in the movie as the first ship sunk). On an interesting side note, the burning of Tokyo mimicked the infamous firebombing of Tokyo in the summer of 1945 that killed between 80,000 and 100,000 people (more than died in Hiroshima and Nagasaki).

[madcat789]

Eleven billion yen?!

[KahlerHahn]

1954... a great year in cinema... The 7 samurai AND Godzilla!!!

[iPodGameNerddottube]

@KahlerHahn 7 samurai was amazing

[KahlerHahn]

@iPodGameNerddottube could not agree more... 7 samurai is still one of my all time favs till this day

[Godzie1]

The other day when my daughter came home she said that Tokyo was destroyed...I said (Joking) What Godzilla attacked it? I had no idea of the Sunami & the earthquake. Until I saw the news. But Japan will recover w/our help! God Bless Japan! :)

[seradoll89sbro]

In Memeory of the Tsuname disaster.

[evelinlusby84]

what a movie..watched 5 times in webmovietube

[mandaladouble]

Looks like this movie was spot on...

[ADAMSIXTIES]

Godzilla came yesterday

[iarohi]

thumbs up if the earthquake got you here

[huminamel]

This breaks my heart a bit. As part of my major studies, I'm focusing on the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. This version is the only original made from the japanese perspective of the bombings, and the terror they felt.

There's a deeper meaning behind it, and a powerful message.

Also, godzilla kicks ASS <3

[xPrincessAzula]

kind of cloverfield '54

[glenniesamoyoa26]

webmovietube is the best place to watch movies onle for free..njoy

[T1Brit]

Awesome trailer - 'special effects surpassing that of American films' !

[ManicallyMetal]

Pfft i know godzilla is a Jap creation but it sucks so bad. American version of the Godzilla monster is so much better

[hillbillyprofane]

@ManicallyMetal You can't really compare 1950s special effects to 1990s special effects and say the old version "sucks." It was the very best available at the time. Also, if you look at the most recent Japanese Godzilla films, the effects beat the crap out of the American (garbage) film. And the Japanese Godzilla kicked the American Zillas ass in Godzilla: Final Wars. But then, you're just a 20-year-old kid who couldn't possibly understand that old does not equal bad.

[ManicallyMetal]

@hillbillyprofane thats where your wrong, im not 20, that was to by pass youtubes pathetic age restriction and yeah true comparing movies from that old to new, but i mean the special effects of the monster not the movie it self lol

[GazettEfan77]

@ManicallyMetal You're still wrong. The special effects were revolutionary for their time. Just like hillbillyprofane said ALREADY, you cannot compare 1990's to 1950's technology.

[technonaught]

@GazettEfan77 I don't think he's imagining what film special effects would be in the 50's. Besides, Godzilla's Atomic ray has got to be the best effect of them all!

[64522744]

@hillbillyprofane special effects wernt better than american, get your head straight

[hillbillyprofane]

@64522744 The American "version" wasn't even Godzilla. The American film was done solely with computers. There's no art, no craft, just technology. The idea that a film is "better" because of the special effects shows your youth and idiocy. The American film was ineptly scripted, sloppily directed and the acting was ridiculous. Good special effects do not make a movie "good."

[HotPlaycesCldPlayces]

@hillbillyprofane of course it does u silly wannabe film critic

[Cobracatcommander]

@hillbillyprofane now theyre gonna reboot it again and working with the japanese film makers to make a cgi godzilla based on the 1954 look.

[TetraVaalBioSecurity]

@hillbillyprofane While I agree that advanced VFX don't make a film better, you're insulting all those out there whose profession is in VFX and animation, by saying their work doesn't qualify as art. CGI certainly qualifies as a form of art, even if it is digital. To be so narrow-minded to just dismiss it as a tool because it's a piece of "technology" is incredibly absurd.

[russiancrew5000]

@TetraVaalBioSecurity ...You are correct sir! Technology is every bit as much an art and craft as any other human endeavor. Even the so-called "ancient arts" were technology, albeit primitive, simply because it took much training and practice to reach a superior level of expertise, just as VFX, CGI, 3D, and all the other new forms of art. People who attack hi-tech usually have never tried their hand at it; otherwise they would respect it as much as any other "craft".

[dmfreak]

@ManicallyMetal Oh you've got to be shitting me. You do realize it's a 1950s movie. And besides, the 1998 version is not really that good because it's just another Hollywoodized movie with nothing but poor direction. Original is still the best.

[Jizzo92]

superior in every way possible to the american version!

[lightthiscity11]

Kinda wish I lived back in 1954... watching this for the first time probably would have made the average person shit their pants in anticipation of the awesomeness :)

[AVGNROCKS1996]

Greatest Movie... EVAR

[ktulu6]

2:15 "special effects surpassing American films".......people at Hiroshima and Nagasaki don't think the same

[bigtunanorway]

JAPAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNN!

[bigtunanorway]

EPIC!

[witchman67]

Adjusted for inflation, exactly how many 1954 American dollars would make 11 billion Japanese yen?

It was great to finally find this trailer with subtitles.

Thanks for the post.

[mgmike576]

The original Gojira and original King Kong are probably two of the greatest movies ever made.

[ehunter2]

If you were like many American kids you watched this on TV on a Saturday

afternoon with the bejezus scared out of you.

[nobodysperfect06]

Japan should have made this movie in the 1940's

[odnamrabackwards]

Classic.

[omgitsmikegravel]

For the American version, instead of merely dubbing the soundtrack, footage of Raymond Burr as an American reporter was added.

[pacman5698]

Gojira, the best monster movie ever.

[jay55also]

Gojira monster King.

[deathmetaliowa]

awesome . they did a great job

[youngbono18]

ha ha... the funny thing is, that 50 years later... they still use the "American beating" special effects they used then :P

[PooPxPoopeR]

The Japanese are awesome. I love how they surpass us in technology. :3

[Piano99Man]

It's funny how it says effects surpass America's. lol, so true.

[robfergusonjr]

I'm tired of remakes ...

[Zlagie]

@robfergusonjr Remakes are like your mom, just the same thing over and over every time, but every time it gets worse. lol.

[CHIEFFOXXTAIL]

SPECIAL EFFECTS SURPASSING AMERICAN FILMS @ 2:16 lol

[sirhonestharry]

@CHIEFFOXXTAIL I was furious by that statement! They were just butt sore after losing their Asses in WW2

[Zlagie]

@CHIEFFOXXTAIL James Cameron would be pissed at 2:16. Hehe

[theslothface]

were the japanese actually scared of a godzilla coming... because why do we make fun of them like in scary movie when a japanese goes "aahhhhhh its GODZiLLWA!!!"

[TOHOFIEND54]

@theslothface because the american studios that dubbed later godzilla films managed to totally fuck them up with "take out" asian accents and silly dialogue

[kevinhardy]

great movie

[gotch09]

I was born in Oct.1950, so I was very very small when this came out. I remember it scared the hell out of me.

[Vuvenz]

@gotch09 you are 60 years?

[gotch09]

@Vuvenz I'll turn the big 6-0 in October.

[crasmane1]

Godzilla is the right amount of great art and music with the right amount of terror.

God bless the Godzilla franchise and Toho Studios.

[vla1ne]

the only bad part about this movie is that godzilla had to die.also somehow, the effects in this movie are more badass than almost all of the 60's godzilla movies. maybe because of the black and white...

[xSiiKzTSiiNz]

I hope they do more Godzilla movies. The best thing Toho could do is a remake of Godzilla vs king kong.

[TomatoeAssassin]

@xSiiKzTSiiNz

I agree. A remake of King Kong vs Godzilla would be fantastic! They wouldn't even have to do it in CGI, just use a better Kong suit than they did in the 60's.

[UnGatoExtraviado]

@xSiiKzTSiiNz that would be freakin aswesome

[GORIZARD3]

This is my #1 favorite movie of all times

[Raymasaki]

I like this movie to.

But i like the ones they did in the

late 60's- 70's Better

[lookduck]

A legend...a true legend!!!

[TOHOFIEND54]

What makes this movie unique out of the whole series is that it is not overly scientific and leaves Godzillla's origins in a way, a mystery. Godzilla's a nuclear monster, but could he also have been the legendary beast that haunts ootojima island? Sometimes I dislike how godzilla is portrayed in newer movies. Lets face it, the godzilla in Godzilla 2000 is cool, but he is not scary at all.

[Bread23000]

this movie is ten times better than the newer movies about "return the bones to the sea" "mothra is the good guy" "mecha godzillA"

[ilovejapan888]

there gonna do a reeboot

[iPodGameNerddottube]

This is awesome, I didn't knwo that the films went back to 1954, pretty amazing

[raves11]

@iPodGameNerddottube really?

[palkianaruto]

@iPodGameNerddottube Really? King Kong was in 1933. So..... how?

[madcat789]

@iPodGameNerddottube They go even further: The first film was from 1903!

[ThePajamaGuy]

@madcat789 If your referring to the first film ever made, it was actually an 1878 film called "The Horse In Motion", but if you were referring to the first TOHO film ever made, it was a 1935 film called "Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts".

[AlanCFA]

@iPodGameNerddottube

The film was cut and spliced with Raymond Burr's scenes and it became Godzilla, King of the Monsters - released in the USA in 1956..

Here is a bit of trivia for you: Raymond Burr's character was named.... (drum roll)..... Steve Martin!

[Themaniacnextdoor]

@iPodGameNerddottube how didn't you know?