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Title: Godzilla More Titles: Godzilla, King Of The Monsters! Publisher:   The Criterion Collection Country: USA Format: Blu-ray Date: 24 Jan 2012 Region Code: Region A Classification: NR Barcode: 715515089418 Cat#: 594 Genre: Science Fiction, Horror, Disaster Movie Rating: 10.0  Rate Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  1 Owns, 1 Wants Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search eBay #AD  » Search Amazon #AD This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.

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ゴジラ (Gojira)
Godzilla (American title)
Directed by Ishirō Honda
Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka
Screenplay by Takeo Murata, Ishirō Honda
Story by Shigeru Kayama
Music by Akira Ifukube
Special Effects director: Eiji Tsuburaya
Cinematography: Masao Tamai
Edited by Kazuji Taira
Costume design: Teizo Toshimitsu, Akira Watanabe
Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd.
Released 03 Nov 1954

Selected cast:
Momoko Kōchi as Emiko Yamane
Akihiko Hirata as Daisuke Serizawa
Takashi Shimura as Dr. Kyohei Yamane
Akira Takarada as Hideto Ogata
Fuyuki Murakami as Dr. Tanabe
Katsumi Tezuka as Godzilla, and newspaper desk editor
Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla, and a reporter

Criterion Blu-ray features:
New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
Audio commentary by David Kalat (A Critical History and Filmography of Toho’s Godzilla Series)
New high-definition digital restoration of "Godzilla: King of the Monsters!", 1956 American release, starring Raymond Burr
Audio commentary for Godzilla: King of the Monsters! by Kalat
New interviews with actor Akira Takarada (Hideto Ogata), Godzilla performer Haruo Nakajima, and effects technicians Yoshio Irie and Eizo Kaimai interview with legendary Godzilla score composer Akira Ifukube
Featurette detailing Godzilla’s photographic effects
New interview with Japanese film critic Tadao Sato
"The Unluckiest Dragon", an illustrated audio essay featuring historian Greg Pflugfelder describing the tragic fate of the fishing vessel Daigo fukuryu maru, a real-life event that inspired Godzilla
Theatrical trailers
New and improved English subtitle translation
16 page booklet of complete cast and credits, and features an essay by American film critic James Lewis Hoberman

Godzilla, King Of The Monsters! Released 1956 Director Ishirô Honda Selected Cast Raymond Burr as Steve Martin   Takashi Shimura as Dr. Yamane   Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla (Information from Cinema World)

Gojira AKA Godzilla Released 1984 Director Koji Hashimoto Selected Cast Keiju Kobayashi as Prime Minster Seiki Mitamura   Ken Tanaka as Goro Maki   Yasuko Sawaguchi as Naoko Okumura   Shin Takuma as Hiroshi Okumura (Information from Cinema World)

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