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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 ...
Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd., it is the fifth film in the Godzilla franchise, and was the second Godzilla film produced that year, after Mothra vs. Godzilla. The film stars Yosuke Natsuki, Hiroshi Koizumi, Akiko Wakabayashi, with Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla, Masanori Shinohara as Rodan, and Shoichi Hirose as King Ghidorah.
Kaneko originally slated Godzilla to face off against a revamped version of Kamacuras but ultimately decided to place Godzilla against three monsters representing elements of the Earth. The initial three monsters he pitched were Varan , Baragon, and Anguirus , however, Toho later convinced him to replace Varan and Anguirus with King Ghidorah ...
If there’s a foe that Godzilla can’t seem to beat, though, it’s inertia. The latest movie, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire , is tremendously, though certainly not unenjoyably, stupid.
Son of Godzilla (怪獣島の決戦 ゴジラの息子, Kaijū-tō no Kessen: Gojira no Musuko, lit. Monster Island's Decisive Battle: Godzilla's Son) is a 1967 Japanese kaiju film directed by Jun Fukuda , with special effects by Sadamasa Arikawa, under the supervision of Eiji Tsuburaya .
Godzilla is referred to by Ishirō Serizawa, played by Ken Watanabe, as "Gojira" (ゴジラ) though later on he would be referred to by other characters as "Godzilla". ". Watanabe argued with the producer to have his character refer to Godzilla by his Japanese name, stating, "the important thing is where the icon come
Ignoring the continuity of all previous Godzilla films except the original 1954 film, it follows a group tracking Godzilla while an alien UFO appears and poses a new threat to Japan. Godzilla 2000: Millennium premiered at the Tokyo International Film Festival on November 6, 1999, and was released in Japan on December 11.
Megaguirus (Japanese: メガギラス, Hepburn: Megagirasu) is a fictional monster, or kaiju who first appeared in Toho's 2000 film Godzilla vs. Megaguirus.A mutated version of the fictional dragonfly-like insect known as Meganulon (メガヌロン, Meganuron), Megaguirus is regarded as the queen of the species; according to Toho, she is 50 meters (164 feet) long, has a wingspan of 80 meters ...