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Godzilla (Japanese: ゴジラ, Hepburn: Gojira) [b] is a 1954 Japanese epic [c] kaiju film directed and co-written by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd. , it is the first film in the Godzilla franchise .
"CBS This Morning" introduced us to the man inside the original Godzilla suit from the 1954 movie. Haruo Nakajima was just 25 when he first played Meet the man behind the original 140-degree ...
Godzilla (/ ɡ ɒ d ˈ z ɪ l ə / ɡod-ZIL-ə) [c] is a fictional monster, or kaiju, that debuted in the eponymous 1954 film, directed and co-written by Ishirō Honda. [2] The character has since become an international pop culture icon, appearing in various media: 33 Japanese films produced by Toho Co., Ltd., five American films, and numerous video games, novels, comic books, and television ...
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (Japanese: 怪獣王ゴジラ, Hepburn: Kaijū Ō Gojira) [8] is a 1956 kaiju film directed by Terry O. Morse and Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. It is a heavily re-edited American localization, or "Americanization", of the 1954 Japanese film Godzilla. [9]
Haruo Nakajima (Japanese: 中島 春雄, Hepburn: Nakajima Haruo, January 1, 1929 – August 7, 2017) [2] was a Japanese actor and stuntman. A pioneer of suit acting, he is best known for playing Godzilla in 12 consecutive films, starting from the original Godzilla (1954) until Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972).
Godzilla was first released in Nagoya on October 27, 1954, [28] and released nationwide on November 3, 1954. [29] Despite mixed reviews, [ 30 ] it was a box office success. It became the eighth best-attended film in Japan that year, [ 31 ] and earned ¥183 million (just under $510,000) in distributor rentals during its initial run, [ 32 ] with ...
Tomoyuki "Yūkō" Tanaka [4] (Japanese: 田中 友幸 （ ともゆき ）, Hepburn: Tanaka Tomoyuki, April 26, 1910 – April 2, 1997) was a Japanese film producer. Widely regarded as the creator of the Godzilla franchise, he produced most of the installments in the series, beginning in 1954 with Godzilla and ending in 1995 with Godzilla vs. Destoroyah.
In 1954, Honda directed and co-wrote Godzilla, which became a box office success in Japan and was nominated for two Japanese Movie Association awards. Because of the film's commercial success in Japan, it spawned a multimedia franchise , recognized by Guinness World Records as the longest-running film franchise in history, that established the ...