GODZILLA d: Ishirô Honda

Gojira (1954) / Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956)
Direction: Ishirô Honda; with additional footage by Terry O. Morse for the American version
Screenplay: Ishirô Honda, Takeo Murata; from a story by Shigeru Kayama
Cast: Akira Takarada, Momoko Kôchi, Takashi Shimura, Akihiko Hirata, Toyoaki Suzuki. Also: Raymond Burr in the American version
 

 

By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica:
Heaven. When I came across the long-awaited release of the original 1954 Japanese monster film Gojira on DVD, I thought I had struck heaven. That it was accompanied by its Americanized cousin, Godzilla, King of the Monsters, only doubled the joy of expectation. And for once, I was not disappointed.
The mark of a good critic is admitting biases, so I will state up front that as a young [...]

by Dan Schneider | December 18, 2006   
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