

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.
Trailer

Actors

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
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