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In 1984, Kinema Junpo magazine listed Godzilla as one of the top 20 Japanese films of all time, and a survey of 370 Japanese film critics published in Nihon Eiga Besuto 150 (Best 150 Japanese Films), had Godzilla ranked as the 27th best Japanese film ever made. [115] The film was nominated for two Japanese Movie Association awards.
Despite being released within Japan's political Shōwa era five years before the new Emperor's reign, The Return of Godzilla is considered part of the Heisei series because it is a direct predecessor to Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989), which came out in the first year of the new Emperor's reign.
Godzilla (/ ɡ ɒ d ˈ z ɪ l ə / ɡod-ZIL-ə) [c] is a fictional monster, or kaiju, that debuted in the eponymous 1954 film, directed and co-written by Ishirō Honda. [2] The character has since become an international pop culture icon, appearing in various media: 33 Japanese films produced by Toho Co., Ltd., five American films, and numerous video games, novels, comic books, and television ...
The name is not the only thing that was lost in translation, when the first of a long line of Godzilla movies was released in Japan 70 years ago this Nov. 3. You can stream it now on YouTube ...
AKA Gojira no gyakushu (Godzilla's Counterattack); [3] shot in black and white/full screen; the first appearance of the monster Anguirus; a rushed sequel to the previous film, Godzilla; released in the U.S. as Gigantis the Fire Monster; [4] the series was put on hiatus after this film for seven years until 1962's King Kong vs. Godzilla. Half ...
Japan Godzilla [141] Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack: 2001 Japan Godzilla / daikaiju [8] [11] Godzilla: The Planet Eater: 2018 Japan Godzilla / daikaiju / mecha [142] Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters: 2017 Japan Godzilla / daikaiju / mecha [143] Godzilla Raids Again: 1955 Japan Godzilla / daikaiju [8] [144 ...
One year after the defeat of SpaceGodzilla by the hands of Godzilla and JSDF's mecha M.O.G.U.E.R.A., [b] Miki Saegusa of the United Nations Godzilla Countermeasures Center (UNGCC) travels to Baas Island to monitor Godzilla and his son Little, only to find the entire island destroyed and both monsters missing as the island was ingulfed in an explosion of nuclear fission.
Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters follows a group of human refugees who attempt to recolonize Earth 20,000 years after the planet was taken over by Godzilla. The film was released theatrically in Japan on November 17, 2017, and was released worldwide on Netflix on January 17, 2018.