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Gojira
Gojira (1954)
Credits
Title: Gojira
Director: Ishirô Honda
Writers: Ishirô Honda; Shigeru Kayama; Takeo Murata
Producers: Tomoyuki Tanaka
Composer: Akira Ifukube
Cinematography: Masao Tamai
Editors: Kazuji Taira
Production
Distributed by: Toho Company, Ltd.
Released: November 3rd, 1954
Rating: Unrated
Running time: 96 min.
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Budget: ¥100,000,000 [1][2]
Gross: ¥152,000,000 [2]
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Gojira is a Japanese film of the science fiction and horror genres, as well as the daikaiju ("giant monster") subgenre. It is the first film in the Godzilla film series and is part of the Shōwa period. It was written and directed by Ishirô Honda based on a story treatment by Shigeru Kayama. The movie was produced by Toho Company, Ltd. and premiered in Japan on November 3rd, 1954.

Plot[]

Cast[]

Actor Role
Akira Takarada Hideto Ogata
Momoko Kôchi Emiko Yamane
Akihiko Hirata Daisuke Serizawa-hakase
Takashi Shimura Kyohei Yamane-hakase
Fuyuki Murakami Professor Tanabe
Sachio Sakai Newspaper reporter Hagiwara
Toranosuke Ogawa Nankai Shipping Company manager
Ren Yamamoto Masaji Sieji
Hiroshi Hayashi Chairman of diet committee
Takeo Oikawa Chief of Emergency Headquarters
Seijirô Onda Parliamentarian Oyama
Tsuruko Mano Mrs. Sieji
Toyoaki Suzuki Shinkichi Sieji
Kokuten Kôdô The old fisherman
Kin Sugai Ozawa-san
Tadashi Okabe Professor Tanabe's assistant
Ren Imaizumi Radio operator
Junpei Natsuki Power substation engineer
Katsumi Tezuka Gojira/Hagiwara's editor
Haruo Nakajima Gojira/Power station worker
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi Soldier
Jiro Suzuki Gojira
Saburô Iketani News reporter
Shizuko Higashi Partygoer
Kiyoshi Kamata Partygoer's escort
Kenji Sahara Young lover on the sound
Keiji Sakakida Mayor Inada
Tamae Sengo Mother
Ryosaku Takasugi Gojira

Notes & Trivia[]

  • Gojira had an attendance of 9,610,000 viewers in Japan. The film was re-released theatrically in the United States in 2004 to limited engagement where it grossed $412,520. It was screened from May until December. It grossed $38,030 over it's opening weekend on May 9th, 2004. [1][2]
  • Marketing for Gojira in Japan cost ¥37,000,000. [1][2]
  • Four different actors portrayed Godzilla in this film: Katsumi Tezuka, Haruo Nakajima, Jiro Suzuki and Ryosaku Takasugi. Of all of them, Haruo Nakajima is the actor who will go on to play Godzilla, as well as other celebrated Toho monsters in the remainder of the Showa series.
  • Director Ishirô Honda makes a cameo appearance in the film as a power station worker. He is the man whose hand is seen throwing a switch. [6]
  • Gojira was voted #31 in Empire Magazine's The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema. [7]
  • The star of the film, Gojira (or Godzilla) won a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996 and was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004. The only other fictional green reptile to make his mark in the Hollywood pavement is Kermit the Frog.
  • Gojira is the first Japanese film to use storyboards. This was required to help construct the scale of the monster in relation to the set pieces. [8]
  • There are some rumors that director Ishirô Honda makes a cameo appearance in the film as a power station worker, but this has never been substantiated by any official source.

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