Some national cinemas have birthed their own national icons, and Japan can proudly claim Godzilla. It was introduced in the eponymous 1954 science fiction disaster film (originally titled *Gojira*), directed by Ishirō Honda, known as the launch of the kaiju genre and the longest-running film series in the history of cinema. The plot begins with the crew of a Japanese freighter in the Pacific witnessing a huge underg…
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Godzilla
1954
Godzilla is a 1954 Japanese epic kaiju film directed and co-written by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho, it is the first film in the Godzilla franchise. The film stars Akira Takarada, Momoko Kōchi, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura, with Haruo Nakajima and Katsumi Tezuka as Godzilla. In the film, Japanese authorities deal with the sudden appearance of a gigantic…
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