The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

8.7
2019
0h 50m
Released
DocumentaryHistory

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.

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Director: Jonathan Bellés

Cast: Akira Takarada, Haruo Nakajima, Kenpachirō Satsuma, Shusuke Kaneko, Akira Kubo, Hiroshi Koizumi, Kazuki Ōmori, Koichi Kawakita

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