Godzilla [videorecording] / Toho Productions.
Honda, Ishirō, 1911-1993.; Tanaka, Tomoyuki, 1910-1997.; Kayama, Shigeru, 1909-1975.; Murata, Takeo, 1910-; Takarada, Akira, 1934-; Kōchi, Momoko, 1932-1998.; Hirata, Akihiko, 1927-1984.; Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982.; Morse, Terry, 1906-1984.; Burr, Raymond, 1917-1993.; Ifukube, Akira, 1914-2006.; Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha.
2012
PN1997 .G655 2012
Available at DVDs
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Details
Title
Godzilla [videorecording] / Toho Productions.
Uniform Title
Gojira (Motion picture)
Publication Details
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2012]
Language
Japanese
Language Note
Gojira: In Japanese with optional English subtitles; Godzilla, king of the monsters! in English.
Description
2 videodiscs (96 min.; 80 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (14 p.)
Item Number
715515089517
Call Number
PN1997 .G655 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.43/75
Distributor No.
CC2099D The Criterion Collection
Summary
Gojira: A prehistoric monster ravages metropolitan Tokyo. Scientists suspect that H-bomb tests awakened it from a two-million year sleep. They try to develop techniques to stop the monster.
Godzilla, king of the monsters: An American reporter investigating a series of mysterious disasters off the coast of Japan comes face to face with Godzilla, an ancient powerful creature capable of reducing Tokyo to smoldering rubble.
Godzilla, king of the monsters: An American reporter investigating a series of mysterious disasters off the coast of Japan comes face to face with Godzilla, an ancient powerful creature capable of reducing Tokyo to smoldering rubble.
Note
Collective title from container.
Originally produced in 1954 and 1956.
Includes the remastered version of Gojira and the re-edited "Americanized" version, Godzilla, king of the monsters.
Special features include: New high-definition digital restoration with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; Audio commentrary by film historian David Kalat; New interviews with actors Akira Takarada and Haruo Nakajima and special effects technicians Yoshio Irie and Eizo Kaimai; Interview with score composer Akira Ifukube; Godzilla photographic featurette; New interview with Japanese-film critic Tadao Sato; Audio essay describing the tragic fate of the fishing vessel Daigo Fukuryu Maru, the real-life event that inspired the movie; Movie trailers; New English subtitle translation.
Originally produced in 1954 and 1956.
Includes the remastered version of Gojira and the re-edited "Americanized" version, Godzilla, king of the monsters.
Special features include: New high-definition digital restoration with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; Audio commentrary by film historian David Kalat; New interviews with actors Akira Takarada and Haruo Nakajima and special effects technicians Yoshio Irie and Eizo Kaimai; Interview with score composer Akira Ifukube; Godzilla photographic featurette; New interview with Japanese-film critic Tadao Sato; Audio essay describing the tragic fate of the fishing vessel Daigo Fukuryu Maru, the real-life event that inspired the movie; Movie trailers; New English subtitle translation.
Credits
Gojira: Photography, Tamai Masao ; production design, Chūko Satoshi, music, Ifukube Akira.
Godzilla, king of the monsters!: Original story, Shigeru Kayama ; cinematography, Masao Tamai, Guy Roe ; editor, Terry O. Morse ; special effects director, Eiji Tsuburaya ; music, Akira Ifukube.
Godzilla, king of the monsters!: Original story, Shigeru Kayama ; cinematography, Masao Tamai, Guy Roe ; editor, Terry O. Morse ; special effects director, Eiji Tsuburaya ; music, Akira Ifukube.
Performer
Gojira: Takarada Akira, Kouchi Momoko, Hirata Akihiko.
Godzilla, king of the monsters!: Raymond Burr, Takarada Akira, Takashi Shimura, Kawauchi Momoko.
Godzilla, king of the monsters!: Raymond Burr, Takarada Akira, Takashi Shimura, Kawauchi Momoko.
Cast
Gojira: Takarada Akira, Kouchi Momoko, Hirata Akihiko.
Godzilla, king of the monsters!: Raymond Burr, Takarada Akira, Takashi Shimura, Kawauchi Momoko.
Godzilla, king of the monsters!: Raymond Burr, Takarada Akira, Takashi Shimura, Kawauchi Momoko.
Added Author
Added Corporate Author
Series
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 594.
Includes
Gojira (Motion picture)
Gojira (Motion picture : American version)
Gojira (Motion picture : American version)
Record Appears in
Table of Contents
Gojira / Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha ; gensaku Kayama Shigeru ; kantoku Honda Ishirō (96 min., 1954)
Godzilla, king of the monsters / directors, Terry Morse, Ishiro Honda ; producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka ; screenplay, Takeo Murata, Ishiro Honda ; original screenplay, Kayama Shigeru (ca. 80 min., 1956).
Godzilla, king of the monsters / directors, Terry Morse, Ishiro Honda ; producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka ; screenplay, Takeo Murata, Ishiro Honda ; original screenplay, Kayama Shigeru (ca. 80 min., 1956).