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Gojira [videorecording] = Godzilla

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmLanguage: Japanese, English Original language: Japanese Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 594.Publication details: [New York] : Criterion Collection, [2012]Edition: Blu-ray edDescription: 1 videodisc (176 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (14 pages)ISBN:
  • 9781604655100
  • 1604655100
Other title:
  • Godzilla
Uniform titles:
  • Gojira (Motion picture)
  • Gojira (Motion picture : American version)
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Godzilla (96 min., 1954) -- Godzilla, king of the monsters (ca. 80 min., 1956).
Production credits:
  • Godzilla: director, Ishiro Honda ; producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka ; original story, Shigeru Kayama ; screenplay, Takeo Murata, Ishiro Honda ; music, Akira Ifukube.
  • Godzilla, king of the monsters: directors, Terry Morse, Ishiro Honda ; producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka ; screenplay, Takeo Murata, Ishiro Honda ; original screenplay, Kayama Shigeru ; music, Akira Ifukube.
Cast: Godzilla: Akira Takarada, Momoko Kochi, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura.Cast: Godzilla, king of the monsters: Raymond Burr, Akira Takarada, Takashi Shimura, Momoko Kochi.Summary: Godzilla: A prehistoric monster ravages metropolitan Tokyo. Scientists suspect that H-bomb tests awakened it from a two-million year sleep. They try to develop techniques to stop the monster.Summary: Godzilla, king of the monsters: An American reporter investigating a series of mysterious disasters off the coast of Japan comes face to face with Godzilla, an ancient powerful creature capable of reducing Tokyo to smoldering rubble.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC BLU-00579 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050315981

Remastered versions of the granddaddy of all monster movies, Godzilla, along with the "Americanized" version, Godzilla, king of the monsters.

Special features include: New high-definition digital restoration with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; Audio commentrary by film historian David Kalat; New interviews with actors Akira Takarada and Haruo Nakajima and special effects technicians Yoshio Irie and Eizo Kaimai; Interview with score composer Akira Ifukube; Godzilla photographic featurette; New interview with Japanese-film critic Tadao Sato; Audio essay describing the tragic fate of the fishing vessel Daigo Fukuryu Maru, the real-life event that inspired the movie; Movie trailers; New English subtitle translation.

Godzilla (96 min., 1954) -- Godzilla, king of the monsters (ca. 80 min., 1956).

Blu-ray Disc, high-definition digital restoration, uncompressed monaural soundtrack, 1.37:1 aspect, region A.

Requires Blu-ray Disc player.

Godzilla: Audio in Japanese, with English subtitles; optional commentary in English.

Godzilla, king of the monsters: English.

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