Gojira

a.k.a. Daikaijuu no Tai Nimon Mairu, Godzilla, Godzilla

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BLU-RAY DVD BRAND NEW Ishiro Honda's Godzilla is the roaring granddaddy of all monster movies. It's also a remarkably humane and melancholy drama made in Japan at a time when ... the country was still reeling from nuclear attack and H-bomb testing. Its rampaging radioactive beast, the poignant embodiment of an entire population's fears, became a beloved international icon of destruction, spawning more than twenty sequels and spinoffs. This first thrilling, tactile spectacle continues to be a cult phenomenon; here, we present the original, 1954 Japanese version, along with Godzilla: King of the Monsters! , the 1956 American reworking starring Raymond Burr (Rear Window). Attributes: BLACK & WHITE, FULL FRAME, ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: JAPANESE, SUBTITLE: ENGLISH, BLU-RAY. Read more Show Less

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Overview

One of the longest-running series in film history began with Ishiro Honda's grim, black-and-white allegory for the devastation wrought on Japan by the atomic bomb. As his visual metaphor, Honda uses a 400-foot-tall mutant dinosaur called Gojira, awakened from the depths of the sea as a rampaging nuclear nightmare, complete with glowing dorsal fins and fiery, radioactive breath. Crushing ships, villages, and buildings in his wake, Gojira marches toward Tokyo, bringing all of the country's worst nightmares back until an evil more terrible bomb -- capable of sucking all the oxygen from the sea -- returns the monster to its watery grave. The original film is chilling, despite some rather unconvincing man-in-a-suit special
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Overview

One of the longest-running series in film history began with Ishiro Honda's grim, black-and-white allegory for the devastation wrought on Japan by the atomic bomb. As his visual metaphor, Honda uses a 400-foot-tall mutant dinosaur called Gojira, awakened from the depths of the sea as a rampaging nuclear nightmare, complete with glowing dorsal fins and fiery, radioactive breath. Crushing ships, villages, and buildings in his wake, Gojira marches toward Tokyo, bringing all of the country's worst nightmares back until an evil more terrible bomb -- capable of sucking all the oxygen from the sea -- returns the monster to its watery grave. The original film is chilling, despite some rather unconvincing man-in-a-suit special effects, and brimming with explicitly stated anti-American sentiment. All of that was removed for the U.S. release directed by Terry Morse. It was replaced with bad dubbing and tedious added footage starring Raymond Burr. The resulting edit was just another monster movie, but was still popular enough to assure future Toho Studios monster films a wide American release. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi

Special Features

Audio Commentary for both movies by Film Historian David Kalat; ; New Interviews with Actors Akira Takarada and Haruo Nakajima and Special Effects Technicians Yoshio Irie and Eizo Kaimai; ; Interview with legendary Godzilla score composer Akira Ifukube; Featurette detailing Godzilla's photographic effects, introduced by Special Effects Director Koichi Kawakita and Special Effects Photographer Motoyoshi Tomioka; ; 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, and real-life event that inspired Godzilla; ; Trailers for Godzilla and Godzilla, King of the Monsters

Product Details

  • Release Date: 1/24/2012
  • UPC: 715515089418
  • Original Release: 1954
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  • Source: CRITERION
  • Presentation: Black & White
  • Time: 1:36:00
  • Sales rank: 21,114

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Akihiko Hirata Daisuke Serizawa
Momoko Kochi Emiko Yamane
Kokuten Kodo Gisaku, Oto Island Patriarch
Fuyuki Murakami Dr. Tabata
Haruo Nakajima Newspaper Employee (Japanese version only)/Power Subs
Toranosuke Ogawa President of Shipping Company
Kenji Sahara Man aboard Ship
Sachio Sakai Hagiwara
Takashi Shimura Dr. Kyohei Yamane
Kin Sugai Miss Ozawa, member of Parliament
Akira Takarada Hideto Ogata
Katsumi Tezuka Hagiwara's Editor (Japanese version only)/Gojira
Ren Yamamoto Sieji
Technical Credits
Ishiro Honda Director, Screenwriter
Akira Ifukube Score Composer
Kuichiro Kishida Special Effects
Hiroshi Mukoyama Special Effects
Takeo Murata Screenwriter
Hisashi Shimogawa Sound/Sound Designer
Tomoyuki Tanaka Producer
Eiji Tsuburaya Special Effects
Akira Watanabe Special Effects

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  • Posted January 25, 2012

    Not a Zillaphile

    Until I picked up this set I had never seen an entire Godzilla flick. More interested in Japanese films than classic sci-fi I decided to give this a go. What a pleasent surprise.

    The original Japanese Godzilla (Gojira) is well acted and directed. The special effects, while crude, are effective. I won't go into the plot other than to say it's a dark reaction to the H-bomb.

    The American version (not a remake, but more of a remix) is a good example of how to dumb down a film. Raymond Burr is fine as reporter Steve Martin but he was honestly not given much to work with so is essentialy a narrator, and said narration is bland. Same footage of the creature.

    The commentaries on both films are very good. (For the curious, it is nicely explained why Godzilla, not Gojira, is the appropriate translation.)

    Picture quality is good considering the stock they had to work with. Audio in very good. I have not viewed the other supplements so can't comment.

    If, like me, you're not a Zilla enthusiast I would recommend you check these discs out anyway. If you're already a fan I don't see how you can go wrong with a purchase of this product.

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