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„ — International tagline “ Incredible, unstoppable titan of terror! It's Alive! An enraged monster wipes out an entire city! CIVILIZATION CRUMBLES as its death rays blast a city of 6 million from the face of the earth! Raging through the world on a rampage of destruction! MIGHTIEST MONSTER! MIGHTIEST MELODRAMA of them all! „ — American taglines Godzilla (ゴジラ Gojira) is a 1954 tokusatsu kaiju film directed and co-written (with Takeo Murata) by Ishiro Honda from a story by Shigeru Kayama, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced by Toho, it is the first installment in the Godzilla series as well as its Showa era. It stars Akira Takarada, Momoko Kochi, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura, and Fuyuki Murakami. The film was released to Japanese theaters by Toho on November 3, 1954. Jewell Enterprises produced a heavily-edited English-language version of the film directed by Terry Morse titled Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, starring Raymond Burr as a new character named Steve Martin. Trans World Releasing brought this version of the film to American theaters on April 27, 1956. Responsible for launching the long-running Godzilla series as well as the genres of both kaiju eiga and tokusatsu in general, Godzilla was an incredibly successful and influential film both in Japan and internationally. The film tells the story of Godzilla, a huge prehistoric beast roused from his ancient slumber by H-bomb testing in the South Pacific, who proceeds to lay waste to Tokyo. Only the young scientist Daisuke Serizawa holds the key to possibly defeating the invincible monster, a deadly chemical weapon called the Oxygen Destroyer. However, even as the destruction mounts, Serizawa resists revealing his invention to the world out of fear it will become a far worse threat to humanity than even nuclear weapons. Godzilla was followed by a direct sequel, Godzilla Raids Again, in 1955. PlotThe Japanese freighter Eiko Maru is suddenly consumed by a flash of light from the water near Odo Island and sinks. With the involvement of the Coast Guard, Southern Seas Shipping sends a rescue boat, the Bingo Maru, to investigate the accident, but it meets the same fate. A fishing boat from Odo Island discovers survivors in the area, but it too is shipwrecked before it can return to the island. Meanwhile, on Odo Island, the citizens of the local fishing community are unable to catch anything. Masaji Yamada, a local fisherman and the only survivor from the most recent shipwreck, washes ashore on a raft and tells the islanders that something sank his boat. An elder says that Godzilla must be the cause, though many of the younger islanders are hesitant to believe the superstition. According to local folklore, Godzilla is a kaiju who lives in the sea that comes from the ocean to feed on mankind. Whenever fishing was poor, the islanders once sent young women adrift on rafts as a sacrifice to prevent Godzilla from coming ashore. A helicopter carrying investigative reporters arrives on Odo Island. The residents increasingly begin to believe that the recent disasters in the ocean were caused by a living creature, but the reporters remain skeptical. That night the islanders perform an exorcism ceremony in the hope of warding off Godzilla. A violent storm hits the island, and much of the village is destroyed, as though it was crushed from above. Masaji's younger brother Shinkichi ventures outside during the storm and watches in horror as his family home is crushed by a gigantic creature with his brother and mother still inside. The next day, the witnesses are brought to the National Diet Building in Tokyo. Paleontologist Dr. Kyohei Yamane requests that an investigative party be sent to Odo Island. Accompanying the expedition are Yamane's daughter Emiko and her boyfriend Hideto Ogata, a salvage worker for Southern Seas Shipping. As the expedition's ship prepares to depart, reclusive scientist and Emiko's childhood friend Dr. Daisuke Serizawa sees them off. The expedition arrives safely on the island, where Yamane discovers a huge footprint contaminated with radioactivity, along with a trilobite. Suddenly, the village alarm is set off and the villagers run towards the hills. A huge monster raises its head over a hill, terrifying the villagers who flee after witnessing its sheer size. Afterwards, Yamane presents his findings at an emergency meeting at the Diet Building. He presents a photograph of the creature, proposing to call it "Godzilla" after the monster from Odo Island's folklore. He states that Godzilla must stand at least 50 meters tall and posits that he is actually a prehistoric semi-aquatic reptile, intermediary between land and marine reptiles. Yamane says that the sediment from Godzilla's footprint contained a massive amount of Strontium-90, which could have only have come from a hydrogen bomb. Thus, Yamane proposes that repeated recent hydrogen bomb testing in the South Pacific completely destroyed Godzilla's underwater habitat, irradiating him and driving him from his sanctuary. After Yamane's presentation, a man from the crowd, Oyama, suggests that the information should not be publicly known. Since Godzilla is the product of nuclear weapons, Oyama says, the truth may strain Japan's already fragile international relations. However, a woman in the crowd angrily objects to Oyama's suggestion and demands that the truth be revealed. After she insults Oyama, chaos breaks loose in the Diet Building. Godzilla's existence and origins are officially revealed to the public, and a JMSDF fleet is immediately sent out to use depth charges in an attempt to kill the monster. In his home, Yamane sits alone forlorn in his study with the lights out. Being a zoologist, Yamane does not want Godzilla to be killed, but rather studied. That night, Godzilla suddenly rises in Tokyo Bay in front of a pleasure boat, unharmed by the depth charge assault. Within a minute, the monster descends back into the ocean, but his brief appearance causes nationwide panic. The next morning, government officials ask Yamane if there is a way to kill Godzilla. A frustrated Yamane explains that Godzilla has already survived a massive amount of radiation, and believes that he should be studied to see what keeps him alive. Emiko is expected to marry Serizawa, who is also a colleague of her father. Emiko, however, is in love with Ogata and plans to marry him, having always seen Serizawa as a brother. A reporter named Hagiwara asks Emiko to introduce him to Serizawa so that he can interview him about a supposed invention that may prove to be a breakthrough against Godzilla. Emiko agrees, intending to use the opportinity to finally tell Serizawa she plans to marry Ogata. Serizawa insists that he has no idea what invention Hagiwara is talking about, and the reporter leaves. Serizawa agrees to show Emiko his current experiment, on the condition that she not tell another soul about its existence. He brings Emiko into his laboratory, where he demonstrates his invention by dropping a pellet into a fish tank, which causes the water to bubble before asphyxiating and then disintegrating all of the fish inside. Serizawa explains that while researching the element oxygen, he stumbled upon an incredibly powerful chemical reaction that horrified him. He calls his invention the Oxygen Destroyer, and says that until he finds a beneficial use for it, he will never reveal its existence to the world as it is a far more powerful weapon than any nuclear bomb. Emiko is shocked by the demonstration, but agrees to keep Serizawa's secret. However, she is unable to tell him about her engagement to Ogata. That night, Godzilla appears again out of Tokyo Bay and attacks Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward. While the monster's attack is relatively short, it causes much destruction and death. The next morning, the JSDF hastily construct a line of 40-meter electric towers along the coast of Tokyo that will send 50,000 volts of electricity through Godzilla, should he arrive again. Civilians are then evacuated from the city and put into bomb shelters. The JSDF then prepares a blockade along the fence line. When night falls, Godzilla surfaces from Tokyo Bay again. The monster easily breaks through the giant electric fence, with no pain inflicted. The bombardment of artillery shells from the JSDF also has no effect. As Godzilla breaks through the high-tension wires, he spits a stream of superheated radioactive vapor from his mouth to melt the electric fence. Godzilla continues to move inland, reaching the heart of Tokyo and setting it ablaze with his atomic breath. The JSDF's tanks and artillery are also useless against Godzilla, who continues his raid well into the night. By the end, the entire city is destroyed and thousands of innocent civilians are dead, dying, or wounded. As Godzilla wades back into Tokyo Bay, a squadron of jets fire rockets at the monster, which while they do not phase Godzilla though do manage to lead him out to sea, where he disappears beneath the waves. The next morning, the city is in absolute ruins. Hospitals are overrun with victims, many exposed to heavy doses of radiation. As Emiko sees the many victims of Godzilla's attack while volunteering at an emergency shelter, she takes Ogata aside and tells him Serizawa's dark secret, in the hope that together, they can convince Serizawa do something against Godzilla. Ogata and Emiko visit Serizawa to ask for permission use the Oxygen Destroyer against Godzilla. Serizawa refuses and storms down to his basement to destroy the weapon. Ogata and Emiko follow him down in order to prevent him from doing so. However, this only results in a short scuffle between Ogata and Serizawa, with Ogata receiving a minor head wound. As Emiko treats the wound, Serizawa apologizes. Ogata tries to convince Serizawa that he is the only one who can save the world. Serizawa responds that if he found a use for the Oxygen Destroyer that could benefit mankind, he would be the first to reveal it to the world. In his current form, he says, it is only a chemical weapon of mass destruction. Ogata insists that it may be the only way to stop Godzilla's reign of terror, but Serizawa fears that revealing it now would be like opening Pandora's box. The politicians of the world will not stand idly by after seeing the weapon in action, Serizawa warns, and will want to use it as a weapon. So long as he lives, Serizawa fears that he could be coerced into revealing his secret so that the Oxygen Destroyer would fall into the wrong hands. As a scientist and human being, Serizawa says he cannot in good conscience introduce a weapon even more dangerous than nuclear weapons. Just as Ogata begins to accept Serizawa's refusal, a grim television program appears on the air, showing the devastation and deaths caused by Godzilla, along with prayers for hope and peace. Shaken by what he is witnessing, Serizawa ultimately decides to use his last Oxygen Destroyer, but only one time. Serizawa then proceeds to destroy his research, knowing that this weapon was almost as dangerous and destructive as Godzilla himself, and that destroying this weapon and all evidence of its existence will be for the betterment of society. The next day, the ship Shikine takes Ogata and Serizawa to detonate the Oxygen Destroyer in Tokyo Bay, accompanied by a host of scientists and reporters. Serizawa requests that he be put in a diving suit to make sure the device is used correctly. Ogata at first refuses to allow Serizawa to dive with no prior experience, but soon gives in on the condition he accompany him. Once a Geiger counter locates Godzilla resting on the sea floor, Ogata and Serizawa then descend into the water, with the latter wielding the Oxygen Destroyer. Seemingly unaware of the divers, the monster slowly walks around the ocean floor. Ogata then is pulled back to the surface while Serizawa activates the Oxygen Destroyer. As Serizawa witnesses Godzilla dying from the effects of the destructive weapon, he wishes Emiko and Ogata happiness together before cutting his line and oxygen cord to ensure that he will die with Godzilla, sacrificing himself so that his knowledge of the horrible weapon dies with him. A dying Godzilla surfaces before the onlookers on the ship, lets out a final defiant roar, and sinks lifelessly to the bottom of the bay, disintegrating first into a skeleton and then into nothingness. Although Godzilla is destroyed and many of those onboard celebrate, Emiko, Ogata, and Yamane sit solemnly and grieve for Serizawa. Yamane suggests that it is unlikely Godzilla was the last of his species. He says that if nuclear testing continues, another Godzilla will probably appear somewhere in the world again. Everyone aboard then collectively salutes Serizawa's sacrifice. StaffMain article: Godzilla (1954 film)/Credits. Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
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AppearancesGalleryMain article: Godzilla (1954 film)/Gallery. SoundtrackMain article: Godzilla (1954 film)/Soundtrack. DevelopmentIn February 1954, Toho began preproduction on In the Shadow of Glory, a film which would be shot in the Dutch East Indies (presently Indonesia) under the direction of Senkichi Taniguchi and co-produced with Indonesian company Perfini. However, on March 20, shortly before shooting was scheduled to begin, Toho received a letter declaring that the Indonesian studio had backed out of the production; this is documented to have been due to rising tensions between the two nations after Japan had taken control of the Dutch East Indies during World War II. In an effort to renegotiate, Japanese producer Tomoyuki Tanaka went to Jakarta, but was unsuccessful. On his flight back to Tokyo, feeling anxious about losing esteem with Toho executive Iwao Mori, he began to ideate a film starring a giant monster. Tanaka ultimately penned an outline entitled The Giant Monster from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, taking inspiration from the accident of the Lucky Dragon No. 5 fishing boat (which in March of that year had been caught in the fallout of a hydrogen bomb test while unknowingly fishing too close to the test site at the Bikini Atoll), as well as the American film The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) which he had read about in a trade journal. In April, Mori accepted Tanaka's proposal and brought Toho's special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya, who had worked on several box office hits for the company, onto the project. Tsuburaya had been considering making a giant monster film ever since seeing King Kong (1933) two decades prior. In 1951, he had submitted an outline for a film involving a giant octopus destroying fishing vessels in the Indian Ocean, and just a year before Godzilla, he and screenwriter Takeo Murata turned in a proposal about a giant whale attacking Tokyo. Concepts from both would end up being incorporated into the early drafts of Godzilla. ProductionChosen to direct was war veteran and pacifist Ishiro Honda, who would later on direct a good half of the Godzilla series during the Showa era, along with several other science fiction films. The man in charge of effects, Eiji Tsuburaya, originally wanted to film Godzilla in stop-motion animation like his personal favorite film, King Kong. However, Haruo Nakajima quoted Tsuburaya in saying that "...it would take seven years to make...", so it was decided to portray the titular monster through an actor in a suit, a style of special effects that would be popularized by this film and later known as "suitmation." The Godzilla suit was originally brown and weighed over 200 pounds. When suit actor Haruo Nakajima tried to move in it, it took several minutes. A lighter suit was made along with a pair of suspended legs. The filming took approximately three months. Alternate titles
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Foreign releasesU.S. releaseU.S. Godzilla, King of the Monsters! poster In 1956, TransWorld Releasing Corporation and Embassy Pictures Corporation distributed Godzilla in the U.S. as Godzilla, King of the Monsters!. Extensively re-edited, it now featured 21 minutes of new footage, starring Raymond Burr as American journalist Steve Martin. Unlike all future Godzilla films, most of the Japanese dialogue was not dubbed, with other characters often translating conversations for Steve. Although key elements were removed from the original cut of the film, Raymond Burr added legitimacy through an American perspective to an otherwise foreign film. Godzilla, King of the Monsters! was later released in Japan under the title Monster King Godzilla (怪獣王ゴジラ Kaijū ō Gojira). This re-release was a considerable success and became popular among Japanese audiences.[citation needed] This style of "Americanization" through the inserting of a Western actor became commonplace in the localization of subsequent kaiju films, most notably Half Human, Varan (as Varan the Unbelievable), King Kong vs. Godzilla, and Daiei's film Gamera the Giant Monster (as Gammera the Invincible). In 1985, when New World Pictures released The Return of Godzilla in the U.S. as , they chose to emulate Godzilla, King of the Monsters! and include new footage featuring American actors, including Burr, who reprised his role as Steve Martin. After years as a TV staple, Vestron Video released Godzilla, King of the Monsters! on VHS in 1983, with several other companies following suit over the next 15 years. It was first released on DVD by Simitar Entertainment in 1998. For years, it was difficult to view the original Japanese version of the film in the U.S. It played in Japanese-American theaters in 1955 and at New York City's Public Theater in 1982 as part of a series on Japanese film. In 2004, Rialto Pictures released the unedited Japanese version to theaters across the country, where it earned rave reviews. Classic Media released the Japanese version as Gojira on DVD in 2006, with Godzilla, King of the Monsters! included on a second disc. In 2012, Godzilla joined the prestigious Criterion Collection on DVD and Blu-ray, with both versions thoroughly restored. In 2014, Rialto brought it back to theaters. North American distribution rights to Godzilla are currently held by Janus Films, along with several other Showa Toho kaiju films. Differences between Godzilla, King of the Monsters! and the original Japanese version of the film include:
The initial 16mm prints struck for television syndication removed the end credits, cutting from the film's last shot to the end title. An opening credit consisting of Burr's, Honda's and Terry Morse's names was inserted after the film's main title to compensate for this. Official versions since approximately 1983 have removed the 16mm version credit and the original end credits were reinstated with the 2006 Classic Media DVD release, although placed after the end title. In 2018, Godzilla, King of the Monsters! was broadcast on the Comet TV station with the title Godzilla. This alternate title had been the one on the fine grain print scanned for the 2012 Criterion release. In that video release, however, Criterion edited in the more familiar title from a scan of a 16mm print. It is unknown how widely the Godzilla version of the film was seen in the U.S., if at all. It was this title that was anamorphically reformatted and seen on Toho's Monster King Godzilla theatrical release. On November 3, 2021, Toho's 4K restoration of Godzilla played at Alamo Drafthouse theaters across the country. Alamo Drafthouse locations screened the film again on November 3, 2022.. Filipino releaseFilipino Tokyo 1960 poster People's Pictures released Godzilla in the Philippines in 1957, under the title Tokyo 1960. It appears to have been edited to a similar extent as Godzilla, King of the Monsters, with posters advertising actors Tessie Quintana, Eddie del Mar, and Zaldy Zshornack, director Teodorico C. Santos, composer Ariston Avelino, and executive producer Cirio H. Santiago. Footage of this version has yet to surface, however. French and Belgian releaseIn France and Belgium, a 92-minute French-language combination assembly of footage exclusive to the original Toho version and Godzilla, King of the Monsters! was released by Les Films du Verseau on March 14, 1957. Adapted by Bruno Guillaume and Michel Gast, the French dubbing was recorded at Studios "S.I.M.". It contains many adaptational liberties in both dialogue and editing. Differences from the Japanese and American versions inherent to the French version include:
West German and Austrian releaseIn West Germany and Austria, a shorter German language cut of the Toho version was released by Lehmacher Film on August 10, 1956. A version distributed by Atrium Film containing a different opening credits sequence also exists. In total, 13 minutes were removed from the film. Italian releaseThe first theatrical release of Godzilla, King of the Monsters! in Italy was distributed by Paramount Pictures in 1957. The film was simply titled Godzilla, and dubbed into Italian. In 1977, a colorized version of Godzilla, King of the Monsters! directed by Luigi Cozzi was released theatrically in Italy, in advertising as Godzilla, il re dei mostri. The Italian reissue runs longer than the original King of the Monsters, inserting several minutes of stock footage from World War II newsreels and other 1950s monster movies. "Cozzilla", as it is often called, combining the last name of the movie's director and Godzilla, was colorized using a process called "Spectorama 70" which consisted of applying various multi-colored gels to black-and-white footage. Fabio Frizzi composed a cover of "Prayer for Peace" for this version's soundtrack, which would later be the basis for the main titles of Lucio Fulci's horror films Zombi 2 and City of the Living Dead. United Kingdom releaseUK Godzilla, King of the Monsters! poster Eros Films brought Godzilla, King of the Monsters! to UK theaters in February 1957, as part of a double feature with House of Dracula. It became the first of several kaiju films to receive an X rating from the British Board of Film Censors (BBFC), preventing children under 16 from seeing it. In 2005, the British Film Institute became the first company to release an English-subtitled version of Godzilla on home video, with their DVD following a limited theatrical run. The film's re-release prompted the BBFC to reclassify it as PG for "mild threat, scary scenes, injury detail."Sony released The Criterion Collection's Blu-ray edition of the film in 2019 as part of its Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975 box set. Box officeGodzilla had a budget of ¥60 million, with the cost of marketing and prints adding another ¥40 million. The film earned ¥152.14 million in distributor rentals, making it the eighth-highest grossing Japanese film of 1954. was given a $25,000 lease by Toho, which made its budget just about $25,000 more than the original Japanese film's. The film grossed $2,000,000, making it a box office hit. Both films grossed a combined total of roughly $4,250,000. Reception[citation(s) needed] — This article is missing references. Please improve this article by including relevant citations. As a reader, exercise caution when encountering unsourced statements.Godzilla opened in Japan in 1954 and sold approximately 9.6 million tickets, gaining a lot of money for the time. While successful, it was small in relation to other works of the same year, such as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai which, along with Godzilla, has become Japan's most famous film. A sequel was rushed into production. In the U.S., the film was re-edited with added footage of Canadian/American actor Raymond Burr playing reporter Steve Martin and retitled . In the U.S., it was also more successful than anticipated. The re-edited version of the film would be shown in many European and Latin American territories and gained Godzilla an unprecedented audience which has since made the monster an icon as recognizable as Superman. Its box office earnings were 152 million yen ($2.25 million). For the West German theatrical version 13 minutes of the film were cut, cutting out Dr. Kyohei Yamane's return to Japan, shortening his speech and presentation of what Godzilla is and shortening the final scene. This version was used for all home video releases of the film. The unedited director's cut was not released until 2004, when it appeared in a special 50th anniversary box set by Splendid Film, along with the West German version and for the first time ever the U.S. version, plus a two-disc edition of Godzilla Final Wars. Godzilla was then made available as an individual release. In the U.S. and Canada, Classic Media released Godzilla in 2006 as part of its Master Collection; this release was a two-disc set, with one disc being the original Japanese version and the other one being the U.S. version with Raymond Burr. In 1977, the film was re-released in Italy in a crudely colorized version with clips of Rodan, Godzilla Raids Again and World War II footage added. This version and its edits were not well-received and it was only shown on television a few times. This colorized version, nicknamed "", has since become very rare. PreservationThe original 35mm camera negative of Godzilla no longer exists. First generation 35mm master positives are not known to exist. In 2014, Tokyo Laboratory decided to carry out a 4K restoration of the film. 1973 and 1975 edge code 35mm internegatives residing at Tokyo Laboratory were found to be one generation older than the third generation, 1983 edge code 35mm master positive that had been the source for home video releases for years. All three materials were scanned in 4K DPX on an ARRISCAN film scanner. Restoration was conducted in 2K, with the second generation sources being prioritized. The restoration was then redone in 4K in 2021. Video releasesToho VHS (1980)
Toho VHS (1983)
Toho LaserDisc (1985)
Simitar DVD (1998)
Toho DVD (2001)
Classic Media DVD (2002)
Siren Visual Entertainment DVD (2003)
Madman DVD (2004)
Classic Media DVD (2006)
BFI DVD (2006)
Toho Blu-Ray (2009)
Classic Media Blu-ray (2009)
The Criterion Collection DVD / Blu-ray (2012)
Toho 4K Ultra HD / Blu-ray (October 25, 2023)
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Godzilla (Gallery) Monsters and Superweapons Godzilla (ShodaiGoji) • Trilobite • Oxygen Destroyer Characters Daisuke Serizawa • Kyohei Yamane • Emiko Yamane • Hideto Ogata • Shinkichi Yamane Takashi Shimura • Akihiko Hirata • Momoko Kochi • Akira Takarada • Haruo Nakajima • Katsumi Tezuka Ishiro Honda • Tomoyuki Tanaka • Eiji Tsuburaya • Akira Ifukube • Shigeru Kayama Music Soundtrack Adaptations Monster Godzilla (radio play) • Monster Godzilla (novelizaton) • Godzilla (1955 novelization) • Godzilla (1984 novelization) Films Godzilla films Showa era Godzilla (1954) • Godzilla Raids Again (1955) • King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) • Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) • Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) • Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) • Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) • Son of Godzilla (1967) • Destroy All Monsters (1968) • All Monsters Attack (1969) • Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) • Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) • Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) • Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) Heisei era The Return of Godzilla (1984) • Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) • Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) • Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) • Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) • Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) Millennium era Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) • Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) • Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) • Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) • Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003) • Godzilla Final Wars (2004) Reiwa era Live action Shin Godzilla (2016) • Godzilla Minus One (2023) Animated GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters (2017) • GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle (2018) • GODZILLA: The Planet Eater (2018) American films GODZILLA (1998) • Godzilla (2014) • Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) • Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) Short films "Godzilla vs. Charles Barkley" (1992) • Monster Planet of Godzilla (1994) • (2017) • Dream Challenge: Godzilla Appears in Sukagawa (2019) • "" (2019) • (2019) • (2020) • Godzilla Appears at Godzilla Fest (2020) • Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle (2021) • "" (2021) • Godzilla vs. Hedorah (2021) • Godzilla vs. the Tigers (2022) • Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex (2022) • Fest Godzilla 3: Gigan Attacks (2022) • Godzilla vs. Megalon (2023) • Fest Godzilla 4: Operation Jet Jaguar (2023) • "" (2023) Gamera films Shōwa period Gamera the Giant Monster (1965) • Gamera vs. Barugon (1966) • Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967) • Gamera vs. Viras (1968) • Gamera vs. Guiron (1969) • Gamera vs. Jiger (1970) • Gamera vs. Zigra (1971) • Gamera Super Monster (1980) Heisei period Gamera the Guardian of the Universe (1995) • Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996) • Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) • Gamera the Brave (2006) Short films Gamera vs. Garasharp (1991) • GAMERA (2015) King Kong films King Kong (1933) • Son of Kong (1933) • King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) • King Kong Escapes (1967) • King Kong (1976) • King Kong Lives (1986) • The Mighty Kong (1998) • Kong: King of Atlantis (2005) • King Kong (2005) • Kong: Return to the Jungle (2006) • Kong: Skull Island (2017) • Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) Other Toho films Shōwa period Ramayana (1940s) • Invisible Man (1954) • Half Human (1955) • Rodan (1956) • The Mysterians (1957) • The H-Man (1958) • Varan (1958) • The Three Treasures (1959) • Battle in Outer Space (1959) • The Secret of the Telegian (1960) • The Human Vapor (1960) • Mothra (1961) • The Last War (1961) • Gorath (1962) • Matango (1963) • Atragon (1963) • Dogora (1964) • Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) • The War of the Gargantuas (1966) • The Killing Bottle (1967) • Latitude Zero (1969) • Konto 55: The Great Outer Space Adventure (1969) • Space Amoeba (1970) • Daigoro vs. Goliath (1972) • Submersion of Japan (1973) • ESPY (1974) • Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) • The War in Space (1977) • Magnitude 7.9 (1980) • Bye-Bye Jupiter (1984) • Princess from the Moon (1987) Heisei period Cyber Cop (1989) • Gunhed (1989) • Mikadoroid (1991) • Reiko, Psyche Resurrected (1991) • Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994) • Rebirth of Mothra (1996) • Rebirth of Mothra 2 (1997) • Rebirth of Mothra 3 (1998) • Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie (2005) • Sinking of Japan (2006) • Go! Godman (2008) • Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1 (2015) • Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2 (2015) Reiwa period Monster Hunter (2020) • The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021) • Shin Ultraman (2022) • yokaipedia (2022) Other Daiei films The Invisible Man Appears (1949) • Warning from Space (1956) • The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly (1957) • Killer Whale (1962) • Daimajin (1966) • Return of Daimajin (1966) • Wrath of Daimajin (1966) • Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969) Other Japanese films Shōwa period Japanese King Kong (1933) • The Great Buddha Arrival (1934) • The King Kong that Appeared in Edo (1938) • Magic Serpent (1966) • The X from Outer Space (1967) • Gappa (1967) • The Last Dinosaur (1977) • Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (1977) • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) Heisei period The Cat (1991) • Sakuya (2000) • Wanigon vs. Gamaron (2000) • The Great Yokai War (2005) • Negadon: The Monster from Mars (2005) • Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters (2008) • Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit (2008) • Geharha: The Dark and Long Haired Monster (2009) • Demeking, the Sea Monster (2009) • Raiga: God of the Monsters (2009) • Death Kappa (2010) • The God of Clay (2011) • Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo (2012) • Jellyfish Eyes (2013) • Day of the Kaiju (2014) • Love & Peace (2015) • Kaiju Mono (2016) • The Great Buddha Arrival (2018) • Kaiju Ward Gallas (2019) Reiwa period God Raiga vs. King Ohga: War of the Monsters (2019) • The Great Actress Reiko Inui (2019) • Howl from Beyond the Fog (2019) • Monster Seafood Wars (2020) • The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8 (2020) • Nezura 1964 (2021) • Yatsuashi (2021) • What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? (2022) • Yuzo the Biggest Battle in Tokyo (2022) • AKARI (2022) • Hoshi 35 (2023) • Brush of the God (2023) • Kaiju: Island of Fire (2023) Miscellaneous Films The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) • The Giant Behemoth (1959) • Gorgo (1961) • Bulgasari (1962) • Gogola (1966) • Space Monster Wangmagwi (1967) • Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967) • A*P*E (1976) • The Mighty Peking Man (1977) • Pulgasari (1985) • Reptilian (1999) • Cloverfield (2008) • 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) • Colossal (2016) • The Cloverfield Paradox (2018) • Rampage (2018) • Notzilla (2019) • untitled Cloverfield sequel (TBA) Documentaries Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection (1986) • Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1998) • GAMERA1999 (1999) • Bringing Godzilla Down to Size (2008) • The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga (2019) • Yonggary Chronicle Project (2019) • Godzilla's Leading Ladies (2020) Fan films Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969) • Gamera 4: Truth (2003) • Waiting for Gorgo (2009) • G vs. G (2019) • Godziban (2019) • Heritage (2020) • Coming Out (2020) • Wolfman vs. Godzilla (TBA) V • T • E Showing 174 comments. When commenting, please remain respectful of other users, stay on topic, and avoid role-playing and excessive punctuation. Comments which violate these guidelines may be removed by administrators. Is Godzilla King of the monsters a sequel?Their reign begins. Godzilla: King of the Monsters is a 2019 American science fiction monster film produced by Legendary Pictures. It's the third entry in the MonsterVerse, following the 2017 MonsterVerse film, Kong: Skull Island, and the sequel to the 2014 MonsterVerse film, Godzilla. It is the 35th entry in the Godzilla franchise. Will one fall in Godzilla vs Kong?One will fall. Godzilla vs. Kong, also known by the working title of " Apex " is a 2021 American science fiction monster film produced by Legendary Pictures, and the fourth entry in the MonsterVerse, following 2019 's Godzilla: King of the Monsters, acting as a sequel to both King of the Monsters and Kong: Skull Island. Is Godzilla a kaiju?I believe he is that power. Godzilla (ゴジラ Gojira?), also dubbed Titanus Gojira, is a giant reptilian daikaiju created by Legendary Pictures and (alongside Kong) the titular main kaiju protagonist of the MonsterVerse franchise, first appearing in the 2014 film, Godzilla . What are Godzilla monsters / unmade?Gaira (Godzilla: Heart-Pounding Monster Island!!) Dogora (Godzilla: Heart-Pounding Monster Island!!) Yoganzee (Godzilla: Heart-Pounding Monster Island!!) Main article: List of Godzilla monsters/Unmade. These are non-Godzilla/non-Toho monsters that have directly appeared in official Godzilla media as crossover appearances. |