Godzilla (Criterion Collection) (1954) On Blu-Ray

Actor :       Momoko Kochi, Fuyuki Murakami, Akihiko Hirata, Akira Takarada, Takashi Shimura
Director:   Ishiro Honda
Genre:       Foreign Video - Japanese
Year:         1954
Studio:      Criterion Collection
Length:     96
Released: January 24, 2012
Rating:       Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:     Blu-Ray
Misc:          Black & White
Language:Japanese
Subtitles : English

DESCRIPTION:

Ishiro Honda’s Godzilla 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 still reeling from nuclear attack and H-bomb testing. Its rampaging radioactive beast, the poignant embodiment of an entire population’s fears, became a beloved international icon of destruction, spawning more than twenty sequels and spinoffs. This first thrilling, tactile spectacle continues to be a cult phenomenon; here, we present the original, 1954 Japanese version, along withGodzilla: King of the Monsters!, the 1956 American reworking starring Raymond Burr (Rear Window).