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The first film composed by Akira Ifukube who would later compose many of the Godzilla films and other Toho kaiju films years later; also featured Toshirō Mifune's first movie role. Drunken Angel: 1948 starring Toshiro Mifune Lady from Hell: 1949 Stray Dog: AKA Nora Inu; directed by Akira Kurosawa; starring Toshiro Mifune
The Godzilla film series is broken into several different eras reflecting a characteristic style and corresponding to the same eras used to classify all kaiju eiga (monster movies) in Japan. The first, second, and fourth eras refer to the Japanese emperor during production: the Shōwa era, the Heisei era, and the Reiwa era.
[5] [6] [7] Pacific Rim, a film featuring giant mecha battling with kaiju, was released in 2013, and the following year Legendary reinterpreted Godzilla for a new generation of audiences in the series' 30th film. The first Japanese film in the Godzilla series after a ten year long hiatus, Shin Godzilla, premiered in Japan in July 2016.
Gamera (Japanese: ガメラ, Hepburn: Gamera) is a fictional monster, or kaiju, originating from a series of Japanese films.Debuting in the 1965 film Gamera, the Giant Monster, the character and the first film were intended to compete with the success of Toho's Godzilla film series.
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack; Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle; Godzilla: Final Wars; Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film) Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters; Godzilla: The Planet Eater; Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. Gogola (film) Gorath; Gorgo (film) The Great Buddha Arrival (1934 film) The Great Buddha ...
The Abe Clan (1938 film) Ace Attorney (film) Admiral Yamamoto (film) Adolescence Part II; The Adventures of Milo and Otis; After the Rain (film) The Age of Assassins; Ahen senso; Aitsu ni Koishite; Akatsuki no Dassō; All Monsters Attack; Always: Sunset on Third Street; Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess; Ancient City (film) Andalucia: Revenge of ...
As two MUTOs ravage the countryside in order to reproduce, they awaken an even larger ancient alpha predator, known as "Godzilla", whose existence has been kept secret by the U.S. government since 1954. The film introduces Godzilla, the MUTOs, and the Monarch organization to the Monsterverse.
From the 1998 release of Godzilla, American-produced kaiju films strayed from suitmation to computer-generated imagery (CGI). In Japan, CGI and stop-motion have been increasingly used for certain special sequences and monsters, but suitmation has been used for an overwhelming majority of kaiju films produced in Japan of all eras. [20] [21]