Godzilla (1954 film)

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Godzilla (1954 film) is a landmark Japanese kaiju movie that introduced the iconic monster Godzilla and pioneered the genre of giant creature disaster films.

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Godzilla (1954 film) canonical 16
Gojira (1954 film) 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese film
science fiction film
cinematographyBy Masao Tamai NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Japan
depicts giant monster attack
nuclear destruction
director Ishirō Honda
distributedInCountry United States
distributor Toho
editedBy Kōichi Iwashita NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Godzilla
filmLocation Tokyo
followedBy Godzilla Raids Again
format black-and-white
genre horror
kaiju
science fiction
hasAmericanVersion Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956 film)
hasRemake Godzilla (1998 film)
hasTheme critique of nuclear weapons
inspiredBy Lucky Dragon No. 5 incident
nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
introducesCharacter Godzilla
musicBy Akira Ifukube
notableFor introducing the character Godzilla
pioneering the kaiju genre
originalLanguage Japanese
originalTitle Gojira
partOfSeries Godzilla franchise
linked to: Godzilla universe
producer Tomoyuki Tanaka NERFINISHED
productionCompany Toho
releaseDate 1954-11-03
runtimeMinutes 96
screenwriter Ishirō Honda
Takeo Murata NERFINISHED
setInCountry Japan
setInPeriod post-World War II era
specialEffectsDirector Eiji Tsuburaya
stars Akihiko Hirata NERFINISHED
Akira Takarada NERFINISHED
Momoko Kōchi
Takashi Shimura NERFINISHED
storyBy Shigeru Kayama NERFINISHED
title Godzilla

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Toho notableWork Godzilla (1954 film)
Toho producedFilm Godzilla (1954 film)
Toho notableWork Godzilla (1954 film)
Godzilla (1998 film) reimagines Godzilla (1954 film)
Godzilla universe hasPart Godzilla (1954 film)
Godzilla universe notableWork Godzilla (1954 film)
Showa era Godzilla films firstFilm Godzilla (1954 film)
Showa era Godzilla films includesFilm Godzilla (1954 film)
The Return of Godzilla follows Godzilla (1954 film)
subject linked to: "The Return of Godzilla" (1984)
Gojira firstAppearance Gojira (1954 film)
linked to: Godzilla (1954 film)
Gojira notableWork Gojira (1954 film)
linked to: Godzilla (1954 film)
Eiji Tsuburaya notableWork Godzilla (1954 film)
Haruo Nakajima notableWork Godzilla (1954 film)
Tomoyuki Tanaka notableWork Godzilla (1954 film)
Tomoyuki Tanaka workedOn Godzilla (1954 film)
Kenji Sahara workedOn Godzilla (1954 film)