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Godzilla, the Showa-era films, 1954-1975

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Godzilla

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the Showa-era films, 1954-1975

In 1954, an enormous beast clawed its way out of the sea, destroying everything in its path--and changing movies forever. The arresting original Godzilla soon gave rise to an entire monster-movie genre (kaiju eiga), but the King of the Monsters continued to reign supreme: in fourteen fiercely entertaining sequels over the next two decades, Godzilla defended its throne against a host of other formidable creatures, transforming from a terrifying symbol of nuclear annihilation into a benevolent (if still belligerent) Earth protector. Collected here for the first time are all fifteen Godzilla films of Japan's Showa era, in a landmark set showcasing the technical wizardry, fantastical storytelling, and indomitable international appeal that established the most iconic giant monster the cinema has ever seen. -- Criterion Collection title web page

Disc 1. Godzilla (1954) (96 min.) / director, Ishiro Honda ; producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka ; original story, Shigeru Kayama ; screenplay, Takeo Murata, Ishiro Honda. Disc 2. Godzilla raids again (1955) (81 min.) / director, Motoyoshi Oda ; producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka ; originaly story, Shigeru Kayama ; screenplay, Takeo Murata, Shigeaki Hidaka -- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963) (91 min.) / English director, Thomas Montgomery ; Japanese director, Ishiro Honda. Disc 3. Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) (89 min.) / director, Ishiro Honda ; producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka ; screenplay, Shinichi Sekizawa -- Ghidorah, the three-headed monster (1964) (93 min.) / director, Ishiro Honda ; producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka ; screenplay, Shinichi Sekizawa -- Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) (94 min.) / director, Ishiro Honda ; producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka ; screenplay, Shinichi Sekizawa . Disc 4. Ebirah, horror of the deep (1966) (86 min.) / director, Jun Fukuda ; producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka ; screenplay, Shinichi Sekizawa -- Son of Godzilla (1967) (85 min.) / director, Jun Fukuda ; producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka ; screenplay, Shinichi Sekizawa, Kazue Kiba -- Destroy all monsters (1968) (89 min.) / director, Ishiro Honda ; producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka ; screenplay, Ishiro Honda, Kaoru Mabuchi. Disc 5. All monsters attack (1969) (69 min.) / director, Ishiro Honda ; producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka ; screenplay, Shinichi Sekizawa -- Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) (85 min.) / director, Yoshimitsu Banno ; producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka ; screenplay, Kaoru Mabuchi, Yoshimitsu Banno. Disc 6. Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) (89 min.) / director, Jun Fukuda ; producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka ; screenplay, Shinichi Sekizawa -- Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) (81 min.) / director, Jun Fukuda ; producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka ; story, Shinichi Sekizawa ; screenplay, Jun Fukuda -- Disc 7. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) (84 min.) / director, Jun Fukuda ; producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka ; story, Shinichi Sekizawa, Masami Fukushima ; screenplay, Jun Fukuda, Hiroyasu Yamamura -- Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) (83 min) / director, Ishiro Honda ; producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka; screenplay, Yukiko Takayama. Disc 8. Supplements

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