The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga (2019)

8.7/10 • 50 min • Documentary History

Overview

Japan, 1954. A legend emerges from the ashes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, devastated by atomic bombs in 1945. The creature's name is Godzilla. The film that tells its story is the first of kaiju eiga, the giant monster movies.

Cast

Akira Takarada

Self - Actor

Haruo Nakajima

Self - Suit Actor

Kenpachirō Satsuma

Self - Suit Actor

Shusuke Kaneko

Self - Filmmaker

Akira Kubo

Self - Actor

Hiroshi Koizumi

Self - Actor

Kazuki Ōmori

Self - Filmmaker

Koichi Kawakita

Self - Filmmaker

Masaaki Tezuka

Self - Filmmaker

Eiichi Asada

Self - SFX Director

Teruyoshi Nakano

Self - SFX Director

Shinji Higuchi

Self - SFX Director

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