The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
The origins of Godzilla!
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.
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Top 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
Yoshikazu Ishii
Self - Filmmaker
Alain Vézina
Self - Filmmaker
Daniel Aguilar
Self - Filmmaker
Eiichi Asada
Self - SFX Director
Teruyoshi Nakano
Self - SFX Director
Makoto Inoue
Self - Musician
Norihiro Katō
Self - Book Critic
Toshio Takahashi
Self - Set Designer
Tomoo Haraguchi
Self - Filmmaker
Shinji Higuchi
Self - SFX Director
José Luis Sanz
Self - Paleontologist
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