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The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

The origins of Godzilla!

8.6

0h 50m

2019

“The origins of Godzilla!”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Jonathan Bellés

Trailer

DocumentaryHistory

cinema on cinemahiroshima, japannuclear bombkaijucinema historyjapanese history

Cast & Crew

Akira Takarada

Akira Takarada

as Self - Actor

Haruo Nakajima

Haruo Nakajima

as Self - Suit Actor

Kenpachirō Satsuma

Kenpachirō Satsuma

as Self - Suit Actor

Shusuke Kaneko

Shusuke Kaneko

as Self - Filmmaker

Akira Kubo

Akira Kubo

as Self - Actor

Hiroshi Koizumi

Hiroshi Koizumi

as Self - Actor

Kazuki Ōmori

Kazuki Ōmori

as Self - Filmmaker

Koichi Kawakita

Koichi Kawakita

as Self - Filmmaker

Masaaki Tezuka

Masaaki Tezuka

as Self - Filmmaker

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