Gojira with Akihiko Hirata, Momoko Kôchi, and Akira Takarada. Tokyo-born actress Momoko Kôchi (1932–1998) was seen in more than 30 films over the course of four decades. In Ishirô Honda’s Gojira, Akira Takarada is Kôchi’s love interest, while Akihiko Hirata is the man her father…
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Godzilla. Whether in Ishirô Honda’s 1954 Japanese original Gojira or in the 1956 U.S. version, Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, the destructive reptilian creature emblematic of the atomic age remains one of cinema’s iconic creations. Like Harry Potter, James Bond, and Andy Hardy, Godzilla has…