Godzilla - Das Original

Originaltitel: Gojira

1954
Not Rated
1 Std. 23 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,6/10

42.276

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Ishirô Honda and Takashi Shimura in Godzilla - Das Original (1954)

Three Reasons Criterion Trailer for Godzilla

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Action Epic Adventure Epic Dinosaur Adventure Disaster Epic Kaiju Monster Horror Political Drama Sci-Fi Epic Supernatural Horror

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,6/10

42.276

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 4 Gewinne & 2 Nominierungen insgesamt

Wissenswertes
An often-repeated myth is that the productions of both this film and Die sieben Samurai (1954) nearly drove Toho into bankruptcy. This neglects to mention a third Toho film made that year, Samurai (1954). All three of them were the most expensive Japanese films made up to that point and big financial risks for Toho. However, there is little evidence to suggest that Toho was ever at risk for bankruptcy. Toho released a total of 68 feature films that year, the most successful of which were "Seven Samurai", "Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto", and "Godzilla", in that order.

Patzer
Several characters in the film, including Dr. Yamane, Japan's leading paleontologist, insist that the Jurassic Period was 2 million years ago. This is off by 143.5 million years.

Zitate
[last lines]
Dr. Kyohei Yamane: I can't believe that Godzilla was the last of his species. If nuclear testing continues, then someday, somewhere in the world, another Godzilla may appear.

Alternative Versionen
In the scene where Godzilla destroys the train, shots of terrified people watching were cut from the U.S. version of the film.

Verbindungen
Edited into Godzilla kehrt zurück (1955)

Soundtracks
Prayer for Peace
(uncredited)
Performed by students of the Toho High School of Music
Lyrics by Shigeru Kayama
Composed by Akira Ifukube

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Rezension

Ausgewählte Rezension

8/10

Sets the Standard

For those who are mildly interested in this movie, you must understand the seriousness of this movie. More than a movie about a guy in a rubber suit breaking toy buildings, Gojira is a very serious consideration about the horrors of nuclear war.

A few items to watch for include:

The first scenes of Tokyo after having been leveled by Gojira (Godzilla) almost mirror the photographs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the bombings.

The images of the injured people in the hospitals again, mirror the photographs of "survivors" of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.

Look for references to the American nuclear tests on the Bikini atolls (they are abundant).

Finally, keep in mind that Gojira is a symbol of nuclear war. The reason that tanks, planes and heavy artillery don't stop it is because once a nuclear bomb is dropped, nothing can stop the devastation. The only way to avoid it is to not be there in the first place.

Gojira (Godzilla, King of the Monsters) is a definite must-see for anyone interested in film-making at its best.