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Gojira: A prehistoric monster ravages metropolitan Tokyo. Scientists suspect that H-bomb tests awakened it from a two-million year sleep. They try to develop techniques to stop the monster.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ifukube, Akira, 1914-2006 (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, Transworld International, Inc, Jewell Enterprises, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors:	Tanaka, Tomoyuki, 1910-1997 (Producer), Honda, Ishirō, 1911-1993 (Director, Screenwriter), Kayama, Shigeru, 1909-1975 (Screenwriter), Murata, Takeo, 1910-1994 (Screenwriter), Takarada, Akira, 1934- (Actor), Kōchi, Momoko, 1932-1998 (Actor), Hirata, Akihiko, 1927-1984 (Actor), Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982 (Actor), Morse, Terry, 1906-1984 (Director), Burr, Raymond, 1917-1993 (Actor), Sakai, Sachio, 1929- (Actor), Tsuburaya, Eiji, 1901-1970
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Japanese English
Published:	[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2012]
Edition:	DVD edition.
Series:	Criterion collection ; 594.
Subjects:	Godzilla > (Fictitious character) > Drama. Godzilla > (Fictitious character) Monsters > Japan > Drama. Scientists > Japan > Drama. Legends > Japan > Drama. Journalists > Japan > Drama. Journalists. Legends. Monsters. Scientists. Japan. Science fiction films. Monster films. Horror films. Fiction films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Drama.

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Summary:	Gojira: A prehistoric monster ravages metropolitan Tokyo. Scientists suspect that H-bomb tests awakened it from a two-million year sleep. They try to develop techniques to stop the monster. Godzilla, king of the monsters: An American reporter investigating a series of mysterious disasters off the coast of Japan comes face to face with Godzilla, an ancient powerful creature capable of reducing Tokyo to smoldering rubble.
Item Description:	Collective title from container. Gojira (96 min.) originally released as motion picture in 1954; Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (80 min.) originally released in 1956. Includes the remastered version of Gojira and the re-edited "Americanized" version, Godzilla, king of the monsters. Special features include: High-definition digital restoration with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; Audio commentrary by film historian David Kalat (both films); interviews with actors Akira Takarada and Haruo Nakajima and special effects technicians Yoshio Irie and Eizo Kaimai; Interview with score composer Akira Ifukube; Godzilla photographic featurette; New interview with Japanese-film critic Tadao Sato; The unluckiest dragon, an audio essay describing the tragic fate of the fishing vessel Daigo Fukuryu Maru, the real-life event that inspired the movie; Movie trailers -- Booklet ([14] p.) featuring "Poetry after the A-bomb," an essay by critic J. Hoberman. Container features Godzilla pop-up.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (96 min. ; 81 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; NTSC; region 1; 1.37:1 aspect ratio; Dolby Digital mono.
Production Credits:	Gojira: Producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka ; story, Shigeru Kayama screenplay ; Takeo Murata and Ishiro Honda ; director, Ishiro Honda. Gojira: Photography, Tamai Masao ; production design, Chūko Satoshi ; special effects director, Tsuburaya Eiji ; music, Ifukube Akira. Godzilla, king of the monsters!: cinematography, Masao Tamai, Guy Roe ; editor, Terry Morse ; special effects director, Eiji Tsuburaya ; music, Akira Ifukube.
ISBN:	9781604655117 1604655119