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"Godzilla and Biollante aren't monsters. It's the unscrupulous scientists who create them "Godzilla is the son of the atomic bomb. He is a nightmare created out of the darkness of the
Godzilla or Gojira was a monster created by Japanese filmmakers as a response to
and exploitation of societal fears of atomic power and nuclear weapons.
who are monsters." — Dr. Genichiro Shiragami
human soul. He is the sacred beast of the apocalypse." — Tomoyuki Tanaka
h i s t o r y
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The Gojira/Godzilla monster movie series began in 1954, and so far includes over 30 films.
Godzilla has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame -- Godzilla's 50th birthday in November 2004 was marked by the much-loved monster receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
Godzilla entry at Wikipedia
Godzilla disambiguation page at Wikipedia
Movies of Godzilla
The Gojira/Godzilla monster movie series began in 1954, and so far includes over 30 films.
list of films featuring Godzilla at Wikipedia
credits for character 'Godzilla' at Internet Movie Database
search DVDs on keywords 'godzilla gojira' at Amazon
watch MovieMojo's 2/2014 'Top Ten Godzilla Movies' trailers video [10:55] at YouTube
watch 9/2014 'Godzilla All Movies, 1954 to 2014' compilation video [15:08] at YouTube
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 | "Monsters Are Attacking Tokyo!: The Incredible World of Japanese Fantasy Films" [1998] by Stuart Galbraith IV Feral House 8¼x10 pb [5/98] out of print/used |
 | "A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series" [2007] by David Kalat McFarland & Co. 10x7 pb [4/2007] out of print/used McFarland & Co. 2nd edition 10x7¼ hardcover [7/2010] for $51.76 |
 | "Godzilla: 5 Rampaging Movies" DVD Box Set [1999]
Simitar Ent. widescreen DVD [2/99] 5 disks - out of prodn/used contains five feature films: "Godzilla: King of The Monsters" [1956], "Godzilla vs. Mothra" [1964], "Godzilla vs. Monster Zero" [1965], "Godzilla's Revenge" [1969], and "Terror of Mechagodzilla" [1975]; extras include trivia games & film facts, theatrical trailers, video art gallery, photo art gallery, sci-fi monsters documentary featurette |
 | "Godzilla Collection" 6-disk DVD Box Set [1999]
Simitar Ent. DVD set [8/99] 6 disks - out of prodn/used contains six feature films: "Godzilla, King of The Monsters" [1956], "Godzilla vs. Mothra" [1964], "Godzilla vs. Monster Zero" [1965], "Godzilla's Revenge" [1969], "Terror of Mechagodzilla" [1975], and "The Art of Illusion" [1990] documentary narrated by Adrienne Barbeau |
 | "Godzilla: The Ultimate Collection" DVD Box Set [2002]
Classic Media / Sony Wonder DVD set [9/2002] 5 disks - out of prodn/used contains five feature films: "Rodan" [1956], "Godzilla, King of The Monsters" [1956], "Godzilla vs. Mothra" [1964], "Godzilla's Revenge" [1969], and "Terror of Mechagodzilla" [1975] |
 | "Godzilla 50th Anniversary Collection" DVD Box Set [2004]
Sony Pictures Home Ent. DVD set [10/2004] 7 disks - out of prodn/used contains nine feature films: "Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla" [1974], "Godzilla vs. King Ghidora" [1991], "Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle For Earth" [1992], "Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla" [1994], "Godzilla vs. Destroyer" [1995], "Godzilla" [1998 remake] directed by Roland Emmerich, "Godzilla 2000" [1999], "Godzilla vs. Megaguirus" [2000], and "Giant Monsters All Out Attack" [2001] |
 | "Godzilla 50th Anniversary DVD Collection 5-Pack" DVD Box Set [2004]
Sony Pictures Home Ent. widescreen color DVD set [10/2004] 5 disks - out of prodn/used contains five feature films: "Godzilla vs. Hedorah" [1971], "Godzilla vs. Gigan" [1972], "Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla" [1974], Roland Emmerich's "Godzilla" [1998], and "Godzilla 2000: Millennium" [1999] |
 | "Godzilla 50th Anniversary DVD Collection 3-Pack" Boxed Set [2004]
Sony Pictures Home Ent. widescreen color DVD set [12/2004] 3 disks - out of prodn/used contains three movies directed by Masaaki Tezuka: "Son of Godzilla" [1967], "Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla" [2002], and "Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S." [2003] |
 | "Godzilla 50th Anniversary DVD Collection 3-Pack" DVD Box Set [2005]
Sony Pictures Home Ent. DVD set [12/2005] 3 disks - out of prodn/used contains three feature films: "Godzilla vs. Hedorah" [1971], "Godzilla vs. Gigan" [1972], and Roland Emmerich's "Godzilla" [1998] |
 | "The Godzilla Collection" DVD box set [2007]
Classic Media DVD set [11/2007] 8 disks for $25.99 contains eight Gojira/Godzilla films: original "Gojira" [1954]; "Gojira Strikes Again" [1955] co-starring Anguirus; "Godzilla, King of The Monsters!" [1956] (English-language version of the 1954 original, with added footage); "Mothra vs. Godzilla" [1964]; "Ghidora, The Three-Headed Monster" [1964]; "Invasion of Astro-Monster" [1965] co-starring Monster Zero; "All Monsters Attack" [1968] featuring Rodan, Mothra, Anguilas, Minya & King Ghidrah; and "The Terror of Mechagodzilla" [1975]; PLUS bonus items including featurettes about Ishiro Honda, Akira Ifukube, Tonoyuki Tanaka, and others |
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 | "The Arctic Giant" [Fleischer Studios Feb 1942] Superman battles a giant lizard monster that pre-dates "Gojira/Godzilla" by a decade ! Produced by Max Fleischer; directed by Dave Fleischer & animation director Willard Bowsky; written by Bill Turner & Tedd Pierce; music by Winston Sharples & Sammy Timberg; animation by Willard Bowsky & Reuben Grossman; featuring voices of Bud Collyer, Joan Alexander, narrator Jackson Beck, Julian Noa available on DVD as below • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch color short [10/2009 upload; 8:34] online at YouTube |
original "Gojira"
[Toho Japan Nov 1954, Rialto USA May 2004]
 | An atomic test revives a 164-foot {50 meters) -tall reptile with radioactive breath that soon attacks Tokyo Co-written & directed by Ishirô Honda; co-written by Shigeru Kayama & Takeo Murata; starring Akira Takarada, Momoko Kôchi, Takashi Shimura, Akihiko Hirata, Fuyuki Murakami, Sachio Sakai, Toranosuke Ogawa, Ren Yamamoto, with Katsumi Tezuka & Haruo Nakajima as Gojira full credits at IMDb • Rialto Pictures official movie page the Criterion releases include high-def digitally-restored original 1954 feature film and the 1956 American version, commentary, trailers, featurette, booklet Criterion Collection Blu-ray [1/2012] for $27.99 Criterion Collection DVD [1/2012] 2 disks for $21.59 watch 1/2012 Criterion's 'Three Reasons' trailer/ad [1:37] online at YouTube the Classic Media releases here include the original 1954 feature film, the 1956 American version, original trailers, commentaries, "Making of The Godzilla Suit" featurette, "Godzilla: Story Development" featurette Classic Media 70th Anniversary b&w Blu-ray [9/2009] for $16.16 Classic Media 70th Anniversary b&w DVD [9/2006] 2 disks for $7.99 |
watch 1954 trailer with English subtitles [1/2011 upload; 2:54] online at YouTube
"Gojira Strikes/Raids Again" [1955] co-starring Anguirus /tt0048127/
"Godzilla, King of The Monsters!" [1956] /tt0197521/
English-language version of the 1954 original, with added footage
http://www.archive.org/details/GodzillaKingOfTheMonstersTrailer
"King Kong vs. Godzilla" [1962] /tt0056142/
"Mothra vs. Godzilla" [1964] /tt0058379/
"Ghidora, The Three-Headed Monster" [1964] /tt0058544/
"Invasion of Astro-Monster" [1965] co-starring Monster Zero /tt0059346/
"Ebirah, Horror of The Deep" [1966]
"Son of Godzilla" [1967]
http://www.amazon.com/Son-Godzilla-Tadao-Takashima/dp/B00066KWCO/
"Destroy All Monsters" [1968]
http://www.archive.org/details/IshirHondasDestroyAllMonsters1968UsMovieTrailer
"All Monsters Attack" [1968] /tt0063172/
featuring Rodan, Mothra, Anguilas, Minya & King Ghidrah
"Godzilla's Revenge" [1969]
"Bambi Meets Godzilla" student cartoon short [1969]
Black & white 1 minute & 30 second cartoon short by Marv Newland, who is still directing short films; was released
theatrically in 1985 as the lead-in short to the feature film "Godzilla 1985: The Legend Is Reborn"; available on several
Region 1 compilation DVDs, but the quality is little better than the half-dozen versions on YouTube for free
full credits at IMDb •
watch [1:30] online at YouTube
"Son of Bambi Meets Godzilla" student film [1999] by Eric Fernandes
full credits at IMDb •
watch [1:47] online at YouTube
"Bambi Meets Godzilla Part 2" student film [2006] by James Zarbough
watch [0:52] online at YouTube
"Godzilla vs. Hedorah" [1971]
"Godzilla vs. Gigan" [1972]
"Godzilla vs. Megalon" [1973]
http://www.archive.org/details/GodzillaVs.Megalon1973ExtendedTrailer
"Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla" [1974] /tt0071565/
"The Terror of Mechagodzilla" [1975] /tt0073373/
"Godzilla" animated TV series [Toho/NBC-TV 1978-80]
 | 26 half-hour episodes from Hanna-Barbera; the crew of the research vessel Calico rescue baby Godzooky, offspring of Godzilla, and so can call for Godzilla's help when they encounter another evil monster starring Jeff David, Al Eisenmann, Hilly Hicks & Brenda Thompson Season 1, Volume 1: Classic Media color DVD [6/2006] 4 episodes for $7.95 Season 1, Volume 2: Classic Media color DVD [6/2006] 4 episodes for $7.95 Season 1, Volume 3: Classic Media color DVD [8/2007] 5 episodes for $7.95 series credits from IMDb |
unproduced "Godzilla: King of The Monsters in 3D" [1983; project shelved]
An unproduced American film project that was developed in 1983 by Steve Miner, with Miner attached to direct the film; he shopped the project around Hollywood and was
able to generate some interest, but did not find committed producers and funding; he let the rights revert to Toho in the mid-1980s • not listed at IMDb
"The Return of Godzilla" [1984] aka "Godzilla 1985"
http://www.amazon.com/Making-Godzilla-1985-Shogakukan/dp/409103151X/
"Godzilla vs. Biollante" [1989]
"Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah" [1991]
"Godzilla vs. Mothra: The Battle For Earth" [1992]
"Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II" [1993] /tt0107027/
"Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla" [1994]
"Godzilla vs. Destroyer" [1995]
color "Godzilla" remake [1998] directed by Roland Emmerich
http://www.amazon.com/Making-Godzilla-Volker-Engel/dp/0061073172/
http://www.amazon.com/GODZILLA-FREDERIC-VANDOME-MCBREWSTER-MILLER/dp/6130757077/
http://www.amazon.com/Godzilla-Novelization-H-B-Gilmour/dp/0590047310/
http://www.amazon.com/Godzilla-Theme-TriStar-Picture-Godzilla/dp/B0037B32BI/
http://www.amazon.com/Godzilla-Album-1998-Various-Artists/dp/B000006O86/
"Godzilla Island" [1997-1998]
animated toy show that ran in Japan
"Godzilla: The Series" [Toho/TriStar 1998-2000]
 | 39 episodes starring Ian Ziering, Malcolm Danare, Rino Romano, Charity James, Brigitte Bako, David Newsom & Tom Kenny
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000E5KUL0/ http://www.amazon.com/Godzilla-Monster-Trilogy-Ian-Ziering/dp/B0002GTWQK/ http://www.amazon.com/Godzilla-Monster-Mayhem-Ian-Ziering/dp/B000E5KUKQ/ series credits from IMDb |
"Godzilla 2000: Millennium" [1999]
"Godzilla vs. Megaguirus" [2000]
"Giant Monsters All-Out Attack" [2001]
featuring Godzilla, Mothra & King Ghidorah
"Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla" [2002] /tt0314111/
"Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S." [2003]
basically an engaging three-way battle between Godzilla, Mechagodzilla, and Mothra
"Godzilla: Final Wars" [2004]
Toho announced in 2004 that they would not make/approve/license any 'Gojira' films for ten years; Warner Brothers
talked Toho into allowing a 3-D short in 2010, which then grew into the 3-D feature released in mid-2014.
official Monarch Sciences website {fussy about browsers}
"Godzilla" in 3-D [Warner Bros./Legendary May 2014]
 | Announced 1/2011: Director Gareth Edwards is attached, with Thomas Tull & Jon Jashni producing for Legendary Pictures; David S. Goyer was added in July to re-write the script, then replaced by Max Borenstein in November; added 10/2012: script being polished by "Iron Man 3" co-writer Drew Pearce; news 1/2013: producers Dan Lin & Roy Lee are out, new writer Frank Darabont hired, still set for March start date; added 2/2013: filming was started in Vancouver, BC, Canada • Directed by Gareth Edwards; written by Max Borenstein & Dave Callaham; starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, CJ Adams, Ken Watanabe, Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Olsen, Carson Bolde, Sally Hawkins, Juliette Binoche, David Strathairn, Richard T. Jones, Jake Cunanan, Yuki Morita & Warren Takeuchi
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia |
watch 7/2012 ComicCon fan-made trailer [1:00] at YouTube
watch official 2/2014 trailer [2:32] at YouTube
"Godzilla Resurgence" aka "Shin Gojira"
[Toho Japan July 2016, FUNimation USA limited Oct 2016]
 | An accident in Tokyo Bay's Aqua Line causes an emergency cabinet to assemble; then a giant creature appears, destroying town after town on its way toward the capital • Written & directed by Hideaki Anno; co-directed by Shinji Higuchi; starring Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi & Satomi Ishihara, with Mansai Nomura as Godzilla
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia watch official trailers at YouTube: 4/2016 Japanese trailer [1:31] • 9/2016 USA trailer [1:42] |
"Godzilla: Planet of The Monsters" [Toho/Netflix Nov 2017]
aka "Godzilla: Monster Planet (Gojira: Keiju Wakusei)"
 | animated TV movie, first of trilogy; 20,000 years in the future, humans battle for survival on two planets . . . Directed by Hiroyuki Seshita & Kôbun Shizuno; written by Gen Urobuchi DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • official website • movie entry at Wikipedia watch 1/2018 Japanese-language official trailer [1:22] online at YouTube |
"Godzilla: City On The Edge of Battle" [Toho/Netflix May 2018]
"Gojira: Kessen Kidô Zôshoku Toshi"
 | animated TV movie, second of trilogy; featuring Mechagodzilla
Directed by Hiroyuki Seshita & Kôbun Shizuno; written by Gen Urobuchi all regions color DVD [8/00] for $24.99 credits at IMDb • official website • movie entry at Wikipedia |
prequel novel "Gojira Kaiju Mokushiroku" ("Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse") [10/2017] not found on Amazon USA (4/2018)
novel for "City On The Edge of Battle" [5/2018] not found on Amazon USA (4/2018)
both written by Renji Oki, supervised by Gen Urobuchi
"Godzilla: The Planet Eater" [Toho/Polygon Nov 2018, streaming Jan 2019] 
"Gojira: Hoshi Wo Kű Mono"
 | animated TV movie, third of trilogy; humankind's survivors, their alien allies, and Godzilla unite to fend off the powerful destructive entity known as Ghidorah • Co-directed by Hiroyuki Seshita & Kôbun Shizuno; written by Gen Urobuchi; Japanese voice actors include: Mamoru Miyano, Takahiro Sakurai, Kana Hanazawa, Tomokazu Sugita, Yuki Kaji, Reina Ueda, Ari Ozawa, Daisuke Ono, Kenyu Horiuchi, Kazuya Nakai, Kazuhiro Yamaji, Saori Hayami, Kenichi Suzumura; English voice actors include: Chris Niosi, Lucien Dodge, Cristina Vee, Edward Bosco, Robbie Daymond, Kendall Gimbi, Rachelle Heger, Danny Boston, Keith Silverstein, Doug Stone, Joe Ochman, Laura Post
Netflix Video all-regions color DVD [1/2019] for $24.99 full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia watch official trailers in Japanese online at YouTube: 10/2018 trailer #1 [1:57] • 11/2018 trailer #2 [1:40] |
"Godzilla: King of The Monsters" [Legendary Ent./Warner Bros. May 2019?]
  | Sequel to "Godzilla" [2014]; crypto-zoological agency Monarch faces off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who in turn battles with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis the three-headed King Ghidorah • Co-produced & co-written by Zach Shields; co-written & directed by Michael Dougherty; co-written by Max Borenstein; music by Bear McCreary; starring Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Sally Hawkins, Bradley Whitford, Charles Dance, Kyle Chandler, David Strathairn, Anthony Ramos, Ziyi Zhang, Thomas Middleditch, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Ken Watanabe, CCH Pounder, Aisha Hinds, Elizabeth Ludlow, Jonathan Howard, Richard Dorton {as King Ghidorah left head}, Jason Liles {as King Ghidorah center head & Rodan}, Alan Maxson {as King Ghidorah right head}, Lyle Brocato, Randy Havens, John Bubniak, Sasha Rionda, Shauna Rappold, Vince Foster, James William Ballard, T.C. Matherne, Andrea Maiuro, Justice Leak, Lucie Carroll, Hope Marie Jordan, Jimmy Gonzales, Joshua Leary, Madeline Brumby, Rose Bianco, Natalie Shaheen, Fiona Hardingham, Kenneth Israel, Al Vicente, Robin Dyke, Abby Hilden, Hans Bush, Fred Galle, Maxwell Highsmith, Tamica Wiley, James Sterling, Jeremy Miller, Deedra Jordan, Roger K. Moore, Daejahnna Downer, Mitch Craft, Alison Linkov, Tahseen Ghauri, Joey Beni, Paul Ryden, Jesse O'Neill, Tracie Garrison, Beverley Simmons, Shaun McLane, Tony Morgan, Christopher Bryan Gomez
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia watch official trailers online at YouTube: 7/2018 trailer #1 [2:25] • 12/2018 trailer #2 [2:25] |
"Godzilla vs. Kong" [Legendary Ent./Warner Bros. May 2020?]
 | Details announced 2/2019: confusing reports say being released in February or May of 2020; principal photo-graphy in Queensland, Australia •
Directed by Adam Wingard; starring Alexander Skarsgĺrd, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Shun Oguri, Eiza González, Jessica Henwick, Julian Dennison, Kyle Chandler, Zhang Ziyi, Demián Bichir
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • latest info at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
Godzilla In Other Media
browse Action Figures / Godzilla category at Amazon
 | "Monster Mania: Music From The Classic Godzilla Films, 1954-1995" [1998]
Varese Sarabande soundtrack CD [8/98] 22 tracks for $39.37 includes main title music and love themes from "Destroy All Monsters", "Godzilla" [1984], "Godzilla, King of The Monsters", "Godzilla vs. Biollante", "Godzilla vs. Destroyer", "Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah", "Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla", "Godzilla vs. Mothra", "Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster", "Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla", "King Kong vs. Godzilla", and "Son of Godzilla" |
 | "Godzilla: 50th Anniversary Edition Soundtrack Album" [2004] Composed by Akira Ifukube The complete original motion picture soundtrack of the classic 1954 film "Godzilla" La-La Land Records soundtrack CD [8/2004] 26 tracks for $16.44 |
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Godzilla-1954-1975-Original-Soundtracks/dp/B0000061GJ/
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Godzilla-1984-1995-Original-Soundtracks/dp/B000007OF8/
Bear McCreary's popular Godzilla theme for "Godzilla: King of The Monsters" [2019]
listen to 12/2018 audio recording with slide show [2:16] online at YouTube
Random House published four books by Marc Cerasini featuring Godzilla and other kaiju of the Toho franchise
between 1996 and 1998: "Godzilla Returns", "Godzilla 2000", "Godzilla At World's End", and "Godzilla vs.
The Robot Monsters". The fifth book, "Godzilla and The Lost Continent" was planned but canceled when
Random House's license for Godzilla expired.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla_(Marc_Cerasini_series)
Works About Godzilla
 | "G-Fan Magazine" [est. 1992] published by Daikaiju Enterprises Ltd. in Canada not available via Amazon subscription magazine official website direct subscription: $20 for 4 issues/year (using PayPal) |
 | "Godzilla and Other Movie Monsters" documentary [1998]
Passport Intl. color/b&w DVD [5/2000] for $9.77 88-minute documentary compilation from mostly public domain sources about Gammera, Ghidrah, Godzilla/Gojira, Hedor, King Kong, Mothra & Rodan; extras include the "Godzilla Rap" music video, highlights from 1920s silent animated "The Lost World" feature film, and the wonderful "Bambi Meets Godzilla" short cartoon • Written & directed by Robert Weaver • credits at IMDb |
 | "Godzilla On My Mind: Fifty Years of The King of Monsters" [2004] by William M. Tsutsui Palgrave Macmillan 7¾x5½ pb [9/2004] for $9.58 |
http://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Godzilla-Movie-Monsters-Step-/dp/1615330178/
http://www.amazon.com/Eiji-Tsuburaya-Monsters-Defending-Ultraman/dp/0811860787/
http://www.amazon.com/Godzilla-Book-Jim-Harmon/dp/0809580802/
http://www.amazon.com/Godzilla-Collection-1954-1955-Japanse-Language/dp/B0014M3KJ6/
http://www.amazon.com/Godzilla-Monsters-Illustrated-Japanese-Monster/dp/1888214015/
http://www.amazon.com/GODZILLA-UNAUTHORIZED-AUTOBIOGRAPHY-Steve-Ryfle/dp/0440507391/
http://www.amazon.com/Godzillas-Footsteps-Japanese-Culture-Global/dp/1403964610/
http://www.amazon.com/Japans-Favorite-Mon-Star-Unauthorized-Biography/dp/1550223488/
http://www.amazon.com/Meet-Godzilla-Famous-Movie-Monsters/dp/1404202692/
http://www.amazon.com/Monsters-Are-Attacking-Tokyo-Incredible/dp/0922915474/
http://www.amazon.com/Official-Godzilla-Compendium-Year-Retrospective/dp/0679888225/
http://www.amazon.com/official-Godzilla-Movie-Fact-Book/dp/B0016FYIB0/
http://www.amazon.com/Pictorial-Book-Godzilla-Years-Fantastic/dp/4894250594/
 | "The Sons of Godzilla: From Destroyer To Defender - From Ridicule To Respect (1955-1995)" [2018] by Peter H. Brothers Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [11/2018] for $5.59 CreateSpace 10x7 pb [11/2018] for $19.95 |
Other Kaiju (Monsters, Titans)
kaiju entry at Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beast_from_20,000_Fathoms [June 1953]
from a story by Ray Bradbury [1920-2012], SFX by Ray Harryhausen [1920-2013]
"Gojira / Godzilla" [Japan Nov 1954] is regarded as the first kaiju film
Ghidorah the Three-Headed Monster
aka Monster Zero, which was the name given to him by the Xiliens in "Invasion of Astro-Monster" [Japan Dec 1965]
Godzilla Gallery
Godzilla Links
Godzilla entry at Wikipedia
credits for character 'Godzilla' at Internet Movie Database
search DVDs on keywords 'godzilla gojira' at Amazon
The Godzilla Society of North America
here on the 'Godzilla/Gojira' Movies Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
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