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Godzilla (Blu-ray)

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THE CRITERION COLLECTION

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Godzilla (a.k.a. Gojira) is the roaring granddaddy of all monster movies. It’s also a remarkably humane and melancholy drama, made in Japan at a time when the country was reeling from nuclear attack and H-bomb testing in the Pacific. Its rampaging radioactive beast, the poignant embodiment of an entire population’s fears, became a beloved international icon of destruction, spawning more than thirty sequels.

A thrilling, tactile spectacle that continues to be a cult phenomenon, the original 1954 Japanese version is presented here, along with Godzilla, King of the Monsters, the 1956 “Americanized” version.

Extras
  • High-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
  • High-definition digital restoration of Godzilla, King of the Monsters, Terry Morse’s 1956 reworking of the original, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
  • Audio commentary for both movies by film historian David Kalat
  • Interviews with actors Akira Takarada and Haruo Nakajima and special effects technicians Yoshio Irie and Eizo Kaimai
  • Interview with legendary Godzilla score composer Akira Ifukube
  • Featurette detailing Godzilla’s photographic effects, introduced by special effects director Koichi Kawakita and special effects photographer Motoyoshi Tomioka
  • Interview with Japanese-film critic Tadao Sato
  • The Unluckiest Dragon, an illustrated audio essay featuring historian Greg Pflugfelder describing the tragic fate of the fishing vessel Daigo Fukuryu Maru, a real-life event that inspired Godzilla
  • Trailers
  • PLUS: An essay by critic J. Hoberman
  • Cover by Bill Sienkiewicz
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SKU 5060952893841
Catalogue Number CC2098BDUK
Product contents 1 disc
Year 1954
Director Ishirô Honda
Format Blu-Ray
Publisher(s) The Criterion Collection
Countries Japan
Colour Black & White
Subtitles English
Language(s) Japanese
Running time 96 mins
Blu-ray region B
Certificate 12
BFICID_ID 150030304
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