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Godzilla (1954)
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A gigantic dinosaur with radioactive breath is awakened by atomic testing and goes on a rampage to destroy Tokyo. The first, and best, of the long-running monster franchise from Toho Studios is sombre science fiction (rather than the children-friendly sequels) that incorporates award-winning special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya into its nuclear-age allegory. Additional footage, directed by Terry Morse, featuring reporter Raymond Burr commenting on the manic mayhem, was spliced into a cut-down dubbed version of the longer Japanese original, called Gojira for world markets. Director Ishiro Honda's original 98-minute masterpiece makes a plea for peace and no more A-bomb testing. The 80-minute Americanised version doesn't. AJ
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Running time
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92min
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Country of origin
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Jpn
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Genre
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Monster Horror
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Alternate title
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Gojira
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Original language
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Japanese
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Screenplay
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Takeo Murata, Inoshiro Honda, from the story Godzilla, King of the Monsters by Shigeru Kayama
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Theatrical distributor
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BFI
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UK cinema certificate
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PG
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UK cinema release date
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October 2005
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Subtitling information
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In Japanese with subtitles
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