Title from container. Gojira: Akira Takarada, Momoko Kochi, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura. Godzilla, king of the monsters!: Raymond Burr, Akira Takarada, Takashi Shimura, Momoko Kochi. Gojira (95 min.) originally released as motion picture in 1954; Godzilla, king of the monsters! (80 min.) originally released in 1956. "The original Japanese masterpiece"--Container. Special features: Disc 1: audio commentary by Steve Ryfle, author of "Japan's favorite mon-star" and Ed Godziszewski, editor and publisher of "Japanese giants" magazine; slide show featurette of original movie posters in multiple languages; "Making of the Godzilla suit" featurette; "Godzilla story development" featurette; original trailer ; Disc 2: audio commentary by Steve Ryfle, author of "Japan's favorite mon-star" and Ed Godziszewski, editor and publisher of "Japanese giants" magazine; trailer; slide show featurette of original movie posters. For private home use only.
Contents:
Gojira / Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha ; seisaku Tanaka Tomoyuki ; gensaku Kayama Shigeru ; kantoku Honda Ishirō -- Godzilla, king of the monsters! / directed by Terry Morse and Ishirō Honda ; produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka ; screenplay by Takeo Murata, Ishirō Honda ; a Toho production presented by Jewell Enterprises Inc.
Summary:
Gojira: A prehistoric monster, Godzilla, ravages metropolitan Tokyo. Scientists suspect that H-bomb tests awakened it from a two-million year sleep and they try to develop techniques to stop the monster. Godzilla, king of the monsters!: When American reporter Steve Martin investigates a series of mysterious disasters off the coast of Japan, he comes face to face with Godzilla, an ancient creature so powerful and so terrifying, it can reduce Tokyo to a smoldering graveyard.
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