Godzilla

Godzilla

  • Director: Ishirô Honda
  • Writer: Takeo Murata,Ishirô Honda,Shigeru Kayama
  • Countries of origin: Japan
  • Language: Japanese
  • Release date: May 7, 2004
  • Aspect ratio: 1.37 : 1
  • Also known as: Gojira
  • "Godzilla" is a monster movie produced and released by Japan Toho Company, Limited . It is directed by Ishirō Honda and co-starred Mr. Handsome , Momoko Kôchi , Torahiko Hamada , and Takashi Shimura . It was released in Japan on November 3, 1954.
    The film is adapted from Xiang Shanzi 's science fiction novel of the same name. It tells the story of Godzilla, a giant monster contaminated by nuclear radiation, launching a crazy counterattack against mankind, and mankind's fight against Godzilla   .

    Details

    • Release date May 7, 2004
    • Filming locations Toba, Mie, Japan
    • Production companies Toho Film (Eiga) Co. Ltd.

    Box office

    Budget

    $175,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $562,711

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $38,030

    Gross worldwide

    $562,711

    Movie reviews

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    • By Theron 2022-01-12 08:01:13

      Godzilla: a humanitarian dream under a terrifying background

      More than ten years ago, the little turnips of every household sat obediently in front of the TV, watching the fighting scenes on the TV with relish. At the end of the episode, the ending sounded, but still reluctant to leave, shook their heads and sang along:

      Just like the sun passing through the night and dawn quietly across the horizon, whose figure is shuttled between the samsara, the road to the future is under your feet, don’t be sad, don’t be afraid, look...

    • By Oceane 2022-01-12 08:01:13

      The earth trembles for it-1954 "Godzilla" film and television analysis

      A legendary monster was born in 1954. It brought fear and hope to people. It is a product of mankind and an incarnation of nature. The earth trembles wherever it goes, and people scream for it where it goes. He is the representative of Japanese monsters-Godzilla. 1954 coincided with the end of Japan’s economic recovery. People began to gradually escape the shadow of war and enter their daily lives. However, people still have a huge psychological shadow on the nuclear weapons once brought to...

    • By Carmine 2022-01-12 08:01:13

      Under the war is full of injustices

      Japan was able to shoot such a classic monster movie in 1954! Can you think of it this way, Godzilla is a product of war and nuclear explosions. Humans created wars, and wars gave birth to Godzilla. Godzilla went back and left the world and gave birth to countless souls. Godzilla’s destructive actions are in the final analysis. It is the self-destruction of mankind. It can be said that this movie is very anti-war. Under the war, there are countless souls! Godzilla’s holster special effects...

    • By Ruby 2022-01-12 08:01:13

      Godzilla King of Monsters

      Text: Seapark

      In March 1954 in Bikini Atoll of the Marshall Islands, the United States conducted a hydrogen bomb test. The Japanese tuna fishing boat "Fifth Fulong Maru" strayed into the test area and was exposed to radiation. All crew members were injured to varying degrees, and one of them died. This incident shocked the whole country of Japan, and the voices opposed to the US nuclear test were louder than ever. This also evoked the terrible memories...

    • By Dwight 2022-01-12 08:01:13

      He is the master of visual effects who created "Godzilla" and "Ultraman", and is recognized as the god of special photos in Japan

      This article was first published in the adventure movie (the title has been changed). On April 20, 2017,

      there was a resurgence of the special film in recent years. Last year, “New Godzilla” was among the top ten of Japan's “Cinema Times” last year. The second in the single row is second only to "In This Corner of the World"; the

      previous Hollywood blockbuster "King Kong: Skull Island" broke the 1 billion box office in the mainland, which has caused a burst of monster fever....

    User comments

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    • By Emmitt 2022-03-27 09:01:14

      It attracted me at the beginning, not because it was the first "Godzilla", but because of the director's name: Ishiro Honda... The moment the plane model was blown over in the camera, I was completely happy, it was too...

    • By Dusty 2022-03-27 09:01:14

      The first film of the Anti-Japanese Film Week~ It turned out to be a national inspirational film, which was unexpectedly...

    • By Taurean 2022-03-27 09:01:14

      Perhaps the director originally intended to use monsters to express the state of the Japanese after the war. Who would have expected the monsters to be far more exciting than the plot. In the sequels one after another, no one would care how Godzilla came to...

    • By Zander 2022-03-27 09:01:14

      The very rich camera movement was cut out in the US version. King Kong-Godzilla, the visual tradition of monster films: destroying buildings, stomping over and overturning cars, walking through narrow alleys, extremely rich camera movements. Godzilla's anti-nuclear background targets audiences in the shadow of the Cold...

    • By Eloy 2022-03-27 09:01:14

      The texture of this era, this painful reflection, this exaggerated acting skills, oh, big monster~~ By the way, that uncle, where did we seem to have met? ~~Is it in Akira Kurosawa's...

    Movie plot

    Shortly after the end of World War II, a bizarre incident occurred in the South China Sea. The salvage ship Eikomaru was suddenly killed in a calm sea. There were few survivors, and Bingomaru who went to search and rescue was also gone. Soon, Oto Island, an island near the South China Sea, was attacked by terror. The old man on the island claimed that it was caused by the legendary monster Godzilla. Professor Yamane Kyohei, an expert...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    Godzilla's head has mechanical devices to control the eyes and mouth, and uses batteries to control part of the body's movements, while the tail can only be moved by other employees hanging from copper wires   .
    The visual effect of Godzilla's jet flame is achieved through the combination of natural gas and hand-painted   .
    Due to technical limitations, Godzilla's holster actors need to take turns to perform in latex costumes weighing up...
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    Creative background

    In 1933, the American Raiden Hua Film Company produced and released the monster movie " King Kong ". In addition to the lack of film themes in Japan after the war, Japan's Toho Film Company decided to make a monster movie   . In 1953, after watching the American movie " The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms ", Eiji Tsuburaya had an idea in his mind. He also wanted to design a huge creature beyond human cognition   .
    In March 1954, the United...
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    Evaluation action

    "Godzilla" created a film   genre -special film , known as the masterpiece of the world monster film, special film and environmental film, the visual effects brought by it was quite shocking in 1954   . As the originator of Japanese monster movies, the film takes the form of giant monsters that destroy cities, explains the disastrous consequences of human destructive atrocities, and sets a template for monster movies   . (Mtime.com,...
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    Movie quotes

    • [Trian passengers discuss the appearance of Godzilla]

      Woman on train: This is awful. Atomic tuna, radioactive fallout, and now this Godzilla to top it off! What if he shows up in Tokyo Bay?

      Man on train: He'll probably go straight for you first.

      Woman on train: You're horrible! I barely escaped the atomic bomb in Nagasaki, and now this!

    • The Old Fisherman: I knew it. It must be Godzilla.

    • Newspaper Reporter Hagiwara: Godzilla?

      The Old Fisherman: That's right. A giant, terrifying monster.