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Godzilla (ゴジラ, Gojira?) ( /ɡɒdˈzɪlə/; [ɡodʑiɽa] ( listen)) is a daikaijū, a Japanese movie monster, first appearing in Ishirō Honda's 1954 film Godzilla. Since then, Godzilla has gone on to become a worldwide pop culture icon starring in 28 films produced by Toho Co., Ltd. The monster has appeared in numerous other media incarnations including video games, novels, comic books, television series, a 1998 American remake and a second American version is in development.
With the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Daigo Fukuryū Maru incident still fresh in the Japanese consciousness, Godzilla was conceived as a monster created by nuclear detonations and a metaphor for nuclear weapons in general. As the film series expanded, some stories took on less serious undertones portraying Godzilla as a hero while other plots still portrayed him as a destructive monster; sometimes the lesser of two threats who plays the defender by default but is still a danger to humanity.
Gojira (ゴジラ?) is a portmanteau of the Japanese words: gorira (ゴリラ?, "gorilla"), and kujira (鯨(クジラ)?, "whale"), which is fitting because in one planning stage, Godzilla was described as "a cross between a gorilla and a whale", alluding to his size, power and aquatic origin. A popular story is that "Gojira" was actually the nickname of a corpulent stagehand at Toho Studio. The story has not been verified, however, and in the fifty years since the film's original release, no one claiming to be the rumored employee has ever stepped forward and no photographs have ever surfaced. Kimi Honda (the widow of Ishiro Honda) always suspected that the man never existed as she mentioned in a 1998 interview that "the backstage boys at Toho loved to joke around with tall stories".
Actors: Catherine Deneuve (actress), Elie Semoun (actor), Harmel Sbraire (miscellaneous crew), Elie Semoun (actor), Elie Semoun (writer), Léa Drucker (actress), Serge Larivière (actor), Gianni Manno (miscellaneous crew), Fabienne Katany (costume designer), Jean-Michel Lahmi (actor), Sophie Reine (editor), Marianne Borgo (actress), Vincent Desagnat (actor), François Pujol (miscellaneous crew), Laurent Stocker (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Trav Elling (actor), Markus Laubach (actor), Susan Levenig (actress), Uta Müntefering (actress), Sven Holly Nullmeyer (director),
Genres: Sci-Fi, Short,Actors: Lawrence Tierney (actor), Michael Tierney (actor), Shannon Elizabeth (actress), Michael Tierney (director), Michael Tierney (writer), Michael Tierney (producer), Terry Camilleri (actor), Danny Saphire (editor), Danny Saphire (producer), Juan Gabriel (actor), David Neff (actor), Larry Sands (actor), Erick Carrillo (actor), Magnús Jónsson (actor), C.J. Morrow (actor),
Plot: An out of work trash man and his crippled drunkie cousin are being evicted from their Hollywood apartment. When they meet up with a teenage homeless speed freak, they decide to throw a party and all hell breaks loose.
Keywords: alcohol, apartment, debauchery, drugs, eviction, gang, hollywood, homelessness, independent-film, lsdActors: Michael Gregory (actor), Greg Melvill-Smith (actor), Johan Kruger (miscellaneous crew), Charles Comyn (actor), John Lesley (actor), Paul Eilers (actor), Liam Cundill (actor), Annabel Linder (actress), Lionel A. Ephraim (producer), Beryl Gresak (actress), Val Donald-Bell (actress), George Korelin (actor), Alain D. Woolf (actor), Robert Schroeder (composer), Irene Stephanou (actress),
Genres: Adventure, Comedy,Actors: Straw Weisman (writer), Bobby Astyr (actor), Straw Weisman (writer), Straw Weisman (producer), Jenny Baxter (actress), Mike De Marco (actor), Beth Anna (actress), Robert T. Megginson (director), Robert T. Megginson (producer), Robert T. Megginson (editor), Victor Zimet (actor), Robert T. Megginson (writer), Hal Borske (actor), Carol Baxter (actress), Richard Endelson (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Music,Actors: Joe Dante (editor), Allan Arkush (director), Joe Dante (director), Roger Corman (producer), Paul Bartel (actor), Allan Arkush (editor), Mary Woronov (actress), Dick Miller (actor), Forrest J Ackerman (actor), Allan Arkush (actor), Charles B. Griffith (actor), Joe Dante (actor), Jonathan Demme (actor), Mark Goldblatt (miscellaneous crew), Jeff Freilich (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Joe Dante directs this story of the glamour, the glitter, the magical allure of Hollywood... and not a speck of it rubs off on Miracle Pictures, where "If it's a good picture, it's a Miracle." This is a hilarious tribute to the unsung heroes who grind out the B movies massacred by critics, but nursed fondly in the hearts of film fans everywhere.
Keywords: accidental-death, actress, agent, american-actress, attempted-rape, b-movie, bad-director, black-comedy, bra-less, bra-less-womanActors: Tomoyuki Tanaka (producer), Ishirô Honda (director), Kiyoshi Kobayashi (actor), Tomoyuki Tanaka (writer), Shôji Nakayama (actor), Jun Fukuda (writer), Jun Fukuda (director), Shozo Uehara (writer), Shirô Amakusa (actor), Goh Misawa (composer), Sachiko Kozuki (actress), Kazuya Aoyama (actor), Munemaru Kôda (actor), Kazuya Aoyama (actor), Haruhiko Hashimoto (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: ,Actors: Yoshio Yoshida (actor), Yoshitami Kuroiwa (editor), Riichirô Manabe (composer), Haruo Nakajima (actor), Tomoyuki Tanaka (producer), Samuel Z. Arkoff (producer), Wataru Ômae (actor), Akira Yamauchi (actor), Tadashi Okabe (actor), Toshio Shiba (actor), Shigeo Katô (actor), Yasuzô Ogawa (actor), Takeshi Kimura (writer), Yukihiko Gondô (actor), Kôji Uruki (actor),
Plot: From Earth's pollution a new monster is spawned. Hedrah, the smog monster, destroys Japan and fights Godzilla while spewing his poisonous gas to further the damage.
Keywords: 1970s, acid-burning, anti-pollution, avant-garde, band, battle, brother-brother-relationship, burnt-face, campfire, character-name-in-titleActors: Ikio Sawamura (actor), Haruo Nakajima (actor), Kenji Sahara (actor), Yutaka Sada (actor), Ted Rusoff (actor), Haruo Nakajima (actor), Yutaka Oka (actor), Nadao Kirino (actor), Akira Kubo (actor), Haruo Nakajima (actor), Susumu Kurobe (actor), Hisaya Itô (actor), Hal Linden (actor), Yoshifumi Tajima (actor), Kazuo Suzuki (actor),
Plot: In the year 1999, all the Earth's giant monsters (Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra, Angilas and Minya, among others) are incarcerated on a small island near Japan. The Kilaaks, a race of aliens from a small planet somewhere in the asteroid belt, release the beasts and send them to trample the cities of our world. An Earth spaceship must penetrate the aliens' moonbase and take control of the monster army before a final confrontation with the space dragon King Ghidrah.
Keywords: 1990s, alien, alien-invasion, baragon, creature, creature-feature, femme-fatale, flying-saucer, ghidora, giant-spiderActors: Akihiko Hirata (actor), Kin Sugai (actress), Akira Takarada (actor), Sachio Sakai (actor), James Hong (actor), Ren Yamamoto (actor), Raymond Burr (actor), Kokuten Kôdô (actor), James Hong (actor), Fuyuki Murakami (actor), Haruo Nakajima (actor), Toranosuke Ogawa (actor), Kenji Sahara (actor), Takashi Shimura (actor), Joseph E. Levine (producer),
Plot: When American reporter Steve Martin investigates a series of mysterious disasters off the coast of Japan, he comes face to face with an ancient creature so powerful and so terrifying, it can reduce Tokyo to a smoldering graveyard. Nuclear weapon testing resurrected this relic from the Jurassic age, and now it's rampaging across Japan. At night, Godzilla wades through Tokyo leaving death and destruction in his wake, disappearing into Tokyo Bay when his rage subsides. Coventional weapons are useless against him; but renowned scientist Dr. Serizawa has discovered a weapon that could destroy all life in the bay -- including Godzilla. But which disaster is worse, Godzilla's fury, or the death of Tokyo Bay?
Keywords: 1950s, airplane, aquarium, bird-cage, bridge-collapse, burning-building, character-name-in-title, clock-tower, creature, creature-featureWith a purposeful grimace
And a terrible scowl
He pulls the spitting
High-tension wires down
Helpless people on subway trains
Scream my god as he looks in on them
He picks up a bus
And he throws in back down
As he wades through the village
Towards the center of town
Oh no, they say he's gotta go
Go, Go, GODZILLA
Yoo ooh oo oo
Oh no, there goes Tokyo
Go, Go, GODZILLA
Yoo ooh oo oo
Oh no, they say he's gotta go
Go, Go, GODZILLA
Yoo ooh oo oo
Oh no, there goes Tokyo
Go, Go, GODZILLA
Yoo ooh oo oo
Oh no, they say he's gotta go
Go, Go, GODZILLA
Yoo ooh oo oo
Oh no, there goes Tokyo
Go, Go, GODZILLA
Yoo ooh oo oo
History shows again and again
How nature points out
The folly of men, GODZILLA!
History shows again and again
How nature points out
The folly of men, GODZILLA!
History shows again and again
How nature points out
The folly of men, GODZILLA!
History shows again and again
How nature points out