Godzilla (1954)

Gojira

Godzilla, a weapon of science, a great battle of wonder and terror!

96 min★ 7.6 · 46,571 votes

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.

Release date: November 3, 1954
Country of origin: Japan
Budget: $60,000
Box office: $2,250,000

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Cast

Akira Takarada as Hideto Ogata
Momoko Kôchi as Emiko Yamane
Akihiko Hirata as Dr. Daisuke Serizawa
Takashi Shimura as Dr. Kyohei Yamane
Fuyuki Murakami as Professor Tanabe
Sachio Sakai as Newspaper Reporter Hagiwara
Toranosuke Ogawa as Nankai Ferry President
Ren Yamamoto as Masaji Yamada
Hiroshi Hayashi as Chairman of Diet Committee
Seijirō Onda as Parliamentarian Oyama
Takeo Oikawa as Chief of Emergency Headquarters
Keiji Sakakida as Mayor Inada
Toyoaki Suzuki as Shinkichi Yamada
Kokuten Kōdō as Elder of Odo Island
Kin Sugai as Mrs. Ozawa
Shizuko Azuma as Woman on Pleasure Boat / Woman on Train
Tsuruko Mano as Kuni Yamada
Tadashi Okabe as Professor Tanabe's Assistant
Ren Imaizumi as Coast Guard Officer
Katsumi Tezuka as Godzilla / Newspaper Desk Worker
Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla / News Reporter / Substation Worker
Kenzô Echigo as Sailor Playing Harmonica on Eiko Maru (uncredited)

Crew

Ishirō Honda · Director
Shigeru Kayama · Writer
Takeo Murata · Writer
Ishirō Honda · Writer
Tomoyuki Tanaka · Writer
Tomoyuki Tanaka · Producer
Akira Ifukube · Composer
Masao Tamai · Cinematographer
Kazuji Taira · Editor
Satoru Chûko · Production designer
Takeo Kita · Production designer