| Description |
2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet. |
| Series |
Criterion collection |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 594.
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| System Details |
DVD; Dolby digital mono., full screen, high-definition digital restoration. |
| Language |
Japanese dialogue; English subtitles. |
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English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Essay by film critic J. Hoberman in booklet. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1954. |
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Special features: audio commentary for both movies by film historian David Kalat; new interviews with actors Akira Takarada and Haruo Nakajima and special effects technicians Yoshio Irie and Eizo Kaimai; interview with legendary Godzilla score composer Akira Ifukube; featurette detailing Godzilla's photographic effects, introduced by special effects director Koichi Kawakita and special effects photographer Motoyoshi Tomioka; New interview with Japanese-film critic Tadao Sato; The Unluckiest Dragon, an illustrated audio essay; Trailers for Godzilla and Godzilla, King of the Monsters; booklet featuring an essay by critic J. Hoberman. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Cast |
Akira Takarada, Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura. |
| Summary |
This is a remarkably humane and melancholy drama made in Japan at a time when the country was still reeling from nuclear attack and H-bomb testing. Its rampaging radioactive beast, the poignant embodiment of an entire population's fears, became a beloved international icon of destruction, spawning more than twenty sequels and spinoffs. Here, we present the original, 1954 Japanese version, along with Godzilla: King of the Monsters!, the 1956 American reworking. |
| Subject |
Monsters -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Godzilla (Fictitious character) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (JAPANESE), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Feature films Japan.
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Motion pictures, Japanese.
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Foreign films.
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Godzilla films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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DVD-Video discs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Honda, Ishirō, 1911-1993.
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Takarada, Akira, 1934-
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Burr, Raymond, 1917-1993.
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Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982.
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Image Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Gojira (Motion picture)
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Godzilla, king of the monsters.
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| ISBN |
9781604655117 |
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1604655119 |
| Standard No. |
715515089517 |
| Music No. |
CC2099D Image Entertainment |
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