The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga (2019)

04/02/2019 (ES) • 50m

Documentary, History

The origins of Godzilla!

Overview

Japan, 1954. A legend emerges from the ashes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, devastated by atomic bombs in 1945. The creature's name is Godzilla. The film that tells its story is the first of kaiju eiga, the giant monster movies.

Top Billed Cast

Akira Takarada

Self - Actor

Haruo Nakajima

Self - Suit Actor

Kenpachirō Satsuma

Self - Suit Actor

Shusuke Kaneko

Self - Filmmaker

Akira Kubo

Self - Actor

Hiroshi Koizumi

Self - Actor

Kazuki Ōmori

Self - Filmmaker

Koichi Kawakita

Self - Filmmaker

Masaaki Tezuka

Self - Filmmaker


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

cinema on cinema

hiroshima, japan

nuclear bomb

kaiju

cinema history

japanese history

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