Gojira
The original Japanese masterpiece.
The ocean's surface boils white-hot and a Japanese freighter mysteriously vanishes in the Pacific. Rescue boats meets the same fate, and the superstitious villagers of Odo Island fear an ancient legend has come true: the legend of Godzilla! Reawakened from eons-long sleep by an H-bomb test, the behemoth seeks revenge on the civilized world, turning Tokyo into a wasteland of atomic fire and rubble. Caught in the monster's path of destruction are young lovers Emiko and Ogata, who must betray their friend Dr. Serizawa, a brilliant but tormented scientist, in order to save the world.
Classic Media presents the original and uncut Japanese-language version of Ishiro Honda's Gojira (1954), critically acclaimed as a bold anti-nuclear allegory and one of the greatest monster movies of all time. Also included is Godzilla: King of the Monsters (1956), the popular "Americanized" version starring Raymond Burr as a reporter covering Godzilla's rampage.
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Akira Takarada | Hideto Ogata |
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Momoko Kochi | Emiko Yamane |
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Akihiko Hirata | Dr. Daisuke Serizawa |
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Takashi Shimura | Dr. Kyohei Yamane |
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Fuyuki Murakami | Professor Tanabe |
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Sachio Sakai | Newspaper Reporter Hagiwara |
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Toranosuke Ogawa | Nankai Ferry President |
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Ren Yamamoto | Masaji Yamada |
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Hiroshi Hayashi | Chairman of Diet Committee |
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Seijiro Onda | Parliamentarian Oyama |
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Tsuruko Mano | Kuni Yamada |
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Takeo Oikawa | Chief of Emergency Headquarters |
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Toyoaki Suzuki | Shinkichi Yamada |
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Kokuten Kodo | The Old Fisherman |
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Tadashi Okabe | Prof. Tanabe's Assistant |
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Kin Sugai | Parliamentarian Ozawa |
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Ren Imaizumi | Radio Operator |
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Junpei Natsuki | Power Substation Engineer |
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Katsumi Tezuka | Gojira |
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Haruo Nakajima | Gojira |
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Yasuhisa Tsutsumi | Soldier |
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Jiro Suzuki | Gojira |
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Saburo Iketani | News Reporter |
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Hiroshi Akitsu | Oto Islander |
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Shizuko Azuma | Partygoer |
| Director | Ishiro Honda |
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| Writer | Takeo Murata, Ishiro Honda, Shigeru Kayama, Tomoyuki Tanaka | |
| Producer | Iwao Mori, Tomoyuki Tanaka | |
| Musician | Akira Ifukube | |
| Photography | Masao Tamai | |
| Edition | Criterion |
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| Packaging | Digipak |
| Nr Discs | 2 |
| Screen Ratios | Academy Ratio (1.37:1) |
| Audio Tracks | PCM Stereo [Japanese] SUB [English] |
| Subtitles | English |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Edition Release Date | Jan 24, 2012 |
| Regions | A |