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Gojira /

ゴジラ /
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GODZILLA (a.k.a. Gojira) 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 reeling from nuclear attack and H-bomb testing in the Pacific. Its rampaging radioactive beast, the poignant embodiment of a...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Gojira (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Honda, Ishirō, 1911-1993 (Screenwriter, Director), Takarada, Akira, 1934-2022 (Actor), Kōchi, Momoko, 1932-1998 (Actor), Hirata, Akihiko, 1927-1984 (Actor), Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982 (Actor)
Format: Video
Language:Japanese
Language Notes:Japanese and dubbed English subtitles.
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : The Criterion Collection, 1954.
Kanopy Streaming, 2021.
Subjects:
Godzilla > (Fictitious character) > Drama.
Monsters > Japan > Drama.
Legends > Japan > Drama.
Weapons of mass destruction > Drama.
Feature films
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Monster films.
Horror films.
Science fiction films.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)
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Summary:GODZILLA (a.k.a. Gojira) 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 reeling from nuclear attack and H-bomb testing in the Pacific. Its rampaging radioactive beast, the poignant embodiment of an entire population's fears, became a beloved international icon of destruction, spawning almost thirty sequels.
Item Description:Title from title frames.
Physical Description:1 online resource (96 minutes): .flv file, sound
Production Credits:Director of photography, Masao Tamai ; production design, Satoshi Chūko ; music, Akira Ifukube ; original story, Shigeru Kayama.