Godzilla (1954 movie)

is a 1954 Japanese science fiction kaiju movie. It was produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka and was directed by Ishirō Honda. The movie was distributed by Toho. It was the first of many kaiju movies that would be released in Japan. The movie is about Godzilla, a giant mutated monster, terrorizing Japan.

The opening scene of the Eiko Maru being obliterated by Godzilla's first attack and later scenes of survivors of other attacks being found with radiation burns, were inspired by the 1954 U.S. testing of a hydrogen bomb on Bikini Atoll.

It gained positive reviews from critics and holds a 94% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

 Cast 
Akira Takarada as Hideto Ogata
Momoko Kōchi as Emiko Yamane
Akihiko Hirata as Daisuke Serizawa
Takashi Shimura as Dr. Kyohei Yamane
Fuyuki Murakami as Dr. Tanabe
Sachio Sakai as Hagiwara
Ren Yamamoto as Masaji
Toyoaki Suzuki as Shinkichi (Masaji's younger brother)
Tsuruko Umano as Shinkichi's mother
Tadashi Okabe as Assistant of Dr. Tanabe
Jiro Mitsuaki as Employee of Nankai Salvage Company
Ren Imaizumi as Radio Officer Nankai Salvage Company
Kenji Sahara as Partygoer
Sokichi Maki as Chief at Maritime Safety Agency
Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla, the King of the Monsters who was mutated by the radiation of the H-Bomb & a reporter
Katsumi Tezuka as Godzilla (as Nakajima's Stunt Double) & Editor Yamada

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Category:1954 movies
Category:Godzilla
Category:Japanese-language movies
Category:Japanese science fiction movies
Category:Monster movies
Category:1950s science fiction movies
Category:Apocalyptic movies
Category:Movies directed by Ishirō Honda