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Release Date:
Friday, April 27, 1956 New York
Friday, April 18, 2014 New York
Godzilla: The Japanese Original Plot: What's it about?
A 400-foot monster reptile with radioactive breath is revived, thanks to nuclear testing. It goes on a mad rampage, destroying Tokyo - how will they kill it?
Godzilla: The Japanese Original Cast List & Characters
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Godzilla: The Japanese Original Crew and Production Team
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Godzilla: The Japanese Original Production and Filming
Key Facts
- Godzilla was originally released here in 1956 as Godzilla: King of the Monsters, an atrociously cut, dubbed and re-edited version that inserted American actor Raymond Burr into the action; only an hour was used of the original's 98 minute running time. Burr does not appear in the original, uncut version, which has an all-Japanese cast including Kurosawa regular Takashi Shimura, who the very same year appeared as leader of the Seven Samurai.
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As directed by Ishirô Honda, with special effects by the legendary Eiji Tsuburaya, Godzilla: The Japanese Original is much darker in tone than the dumbed-down U.S. release version, which entirely eliminated the original's underlying theme: in the Japanese version, the monster is clearly a metaphor for the nuclear menace and the film itself a cry for world peace and disarmament. The American version also cut out all of the original's astonishing Strangelove-like black humor.
- A new restoration of Godzilla: The Japanese Original, the monster classic that has spawned six decades of sequels, imitations, and remakes, will debut April 12 at the fifth TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, followed by a national release beginning at New York's Film Forum, April 18-24.
Godzilla: The Japanese Original Filming Timeline
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— Godzilla: The Japanese Original entered Completed status.
Awaiting release by the distributor; a release date may or may not be available.
Godzilla: The Japanese Original Release Date: When was the film released?
The Godzilla: The Japanese Original release date was (New York). The film opened in approximately 1 theater.
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- — New York
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