IMDBWhen American reporter Steve Martin investigates a series of mysterious disasters off the coast of Japan, he comes face to face with an ancient creature so powerful and so terrifying, it can reduce Tokyo to a smoldering graveyard. Nuclear weapon testing resurrected this relic from the Jurassic age, and now it's rampaging across Japan. At night, Godzilla wades through Tokyo leaving death and destruction in his wake, disappearing into Tokyo Bay when his rage subsides. Conventional weapons are useless against him; but renowned scientist Dr. Serizawa has discovered a weapon that could destroy all life in the bay -- including Godzilla. But which disaster is worse, Godzilla's fury, or the death of Tokyo Bay?
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Movie Trailer:
Crew:
Joseph E. Levine – executive producer
Terry Turner – executive producer
Ed Barison – executive producer
Ira Webb – assistant director
Art Smith – sound
George Rohrs – sets, sound effects
Guy Roe – cameraman
Cast:
Raymond Burr as Steve Martin
Takashi Shimura as Dr. Yamane
Momoko Kōchi as Emiko
Akira Takarada as Ogata
Akihiko Hirata as Dr. Serizawa
Sachio Sakai as Hagiwara
Fuyuki Murakami as Dr. Tabata
Ren Yamamoto as Seiji
Toyoaki Suzuki as Shinkichi
Tadashi Okabe as Dr. Tabata's Assistant
Toranosuke Ogawa as President of Company
Frank Iwanaga as Security Officer Tomo
Mikel Conrad as George Lawrence
James Hong as Ogata and Dr. Serizawa (English voices)
Sammee Tong as Dr. Yamane (English voice)
Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla
Katsumi Tezuka as Godzilla
Technical:
Distributed by: TransWorld Releasing Corporation (US, West)
Embassy Pictures (US, East)
Toho (Japan)
Release dates:
April 4, 1956 (New York City)
April 27, 1956 (United States)
May 29, 1957 (Japan)
Running time: 80 minutes
Embassy Pictures (US, East)
Toho (Japan)
Release dates:
April 4, 1956 (New York City)
April 27, 1956 (United States)
May 29, 1957 (Japan)
Running time: 80 minutes
Countries: Japan / United States
Languages:Japanese / English
Box office: $2 million (US rentals)
Blogs:
The mind is a curious thing. It takes so much for granted! Freedom, happiness, security....these are things we've lived with and accepted, but rarely appreciated. As I look across the crimson, still-smoking horizon, these ideals seem very far away, for what I see, and smell, and sense...is death. Perhaps I myself am dead, and this fiery, lifeless landscape is actually Hell! I don't know. I don't know anything anymore, except that I, as a man, as a member of the human race, have been dwarfed by a living nightmare. It has proven itself stronger, smarter...more powerful than the Earth itself! My world burns before me, and with it, my very soul.
My name was Steve Martin. I used to be a foreign correspondent for United World News. I was headed for a routine assignment in Cairo when I decided to stop off in Tokyo to see an old friend. But that was days ago...I was a man then.
Now I am part of the human wreckage, the rubble and blood and total destruction of last night. I am in a hospital, and all around me are the dead and the injured. Those who are alive are silent, thoughtless...they know it is only a matter of time before "It" strikes again.
Burr's scenes were filmed at tiny Visual Drama studios in Los Angeles on Vermont Avenue near First Street. The Frank del Olmo Elementary School now occupies the site and a commemorative plaque honoring Godzilla, King of the Monsters! is mounted at the school's entrance (above photo). The plaque was funded by fan contributions and co-sponsored by The Godzilla Society of North America and Platrix Chapter No. 2 of E Clampus Vitus. Terry Morse Jr. attended the plaque dedication.
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Comic Book Adaptations:
Marvel Comics
For 24 issues, running from 1977 to 1979, Marvel Comics published Godzilla: King of the Monsters, which saw the title character marauding across U.S. soil for the very first time — long before Roland Emmerich's 1998 film effort and Gareth Edwards's 2014 reboot. But more than just an American odyssey, the comic series was also a sojourn through the Marvel Universe. Written by Doug Moench and illustrated primarily by Herb Trimpe (with Tom Sutton filling in for two issues), Marvel's Godzilla presented Toho Co. Ltd.'s biggest star in a manner that had never been seen before — and would never be seen again.
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