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The highest scoring of the 15 titles in its series.
Synopsis
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Metacritic79/100
1,160 audience votes
Key crew
- Ishirō HondaDirector
- Takeo MurataScreenplay
- Akira IfukubeOriginal Music Composer
- Ishirō HondaScreenplay
Cast
- Akira TakaradaHideto Ogata
- Momoko KôchiEmiko Yamane
- Akihiko HirataDaisuke Serizawa
- Takashi ShimuraKyohei Yamane
- Fuyuki MurakamiProfessor Tanabe
- Sachio SakaiHagiwara
- Toranosuke OgawaPresident of Southern Seas Salvage
- Ren YamamotoMasaji Yamada
- Hiroshi HayashiChairman of Diet Committee
- Seijirô OndaParliamentarian Oyama
- Takeo OikawaChief of Emergency Headquarters
- Keiji SakakidaMayor Inada
Stills
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Themes
shipislandjapanatomic bombshipwreckgiant monsternuclear radiationtokyo, japandinosaurblack and whitecreature featurekaiju
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