Nearly 30 sequels and countless knock-offs later, it’s easy to forget that Ishiro Honda’s original 1954 Godzilla was…
Cast
Takashi Shimura (Dr. Kyohei Yamane)Akihiko Hirata (Dr. Daisuke Serizawa)Akira Takarada (Hideto Ogata)Momoko Kôchi (Emiko Yamane)Fuyuki Murakami (Professor Tanabe)Sachio Sakai (Newspaper Reporter Hagiwara)Toranosuke Ogawa (Nankai Ferry President)Ren Yamamoto (Masaji Yamada)Hiroshi Hayashi (Chairman of Diet Committee)Seijirô Onda (Parliamentarian Oyama)Tsuruko Mano (Kuni Yamada)Takeo Oikawa (Chief of Emergency Headquarters)Toyoaki Suzuki (Shinkichi Yamada)Kokuten Kôdô (The Old Fisherman)Tadashi Okabe (Prof. Tanabe's Assistant)Kin Sugai (Parliamentarian Ozawa)Ren Imaizumi (Radio Operator)Junpei Natsuki (Power Substation Engineer)
Director
Ishirô Honda
Synopsis
American nuclear-weapons testing results in the creation of a seemingly unstoppable, dinosaur-like beast.