Godzilla (original 1954 Japanese trailer)

Godzilla (ゴジラ , Gojira) is a successful landmark 1954 Japanese science fiction film directed and co-written by Ishiro Honda with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya, produced and distributed by Toho Company Ltd. It was the first of many "giant monster" movies (known as kaiju) to be produced in Japan, many of which also feature Godzilla.

Cast * Takashi Shimura as Dr. Kyouhei Yamane (山根恭平 ,Yamane Kyōhei) * Momoko Kochi as Emiko Yamane (山根恵美子 ,Yamane Emiko) * Akira Takarada as Hideto Ogata * Akihiko Hirata as Daisuke Serizawa * Sachio Sakai as Hagiwara (Journalist) * Fuyuki Murakami as Dr. Tanabe * Ren Yamamoto as Masaji (fisherman) * Toyoaki Suzuki as Shinkichi (Masaji's younger brother) * Tsuruko Umano as Shinkichi's mother * Tadashi Okabe as Assistant of Dr. Tanabe * Jiro Mitsuaki as Employee of Nankai Salvage Company * Ren Imaizumi as Radio Officer Nankai Salvage Company * Sokichi Maki as Chief at Maritime Safety Agency * Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla_(1954_film)

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[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."

[iarohi]

thumbs up if the earthquake got you here

[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".

[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.

[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.

[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!

[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.