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The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

2019

50 minutes

DocumentaryHistory

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.

Top Cast

Akira Takarada headshot

Akira Takarada

Self - Actor

Haruo Nakajima headshot

Haruo Nakajima

Self - Suit Actor

Kenpachirō Satsuma headshot

Kenpachirō Satsuma

Self - Suit Actor

Shusuke Kaneko headshot

Shusuke Kaneko

Self - Filmmaker

Akira Kubo headshot

Akira Kubo

Self - Actor

Hiroshi Koizumi headshot

Hiroshi Koizumi

Self - Actor

Kazuki Ōmori headshot

Kazuki Ōmori

Self - Filmmaker

Koichi Kawakita headshot

Koichi Kawakita

Self - Filmmaker

Masaaki Tezuka headshot

Masaaki Tezuka

Self - Filmmaker

Yoshikazu Ishii headshot

Yoshikazu Ishii

Self - Filmmaker

Alain Vézina headshot

Alain Vézina

Self - Filmmaker

Daniel Aguilar headshot

Daniel Aguilar

Self - Filmmaker

Eiichi Asada headshot

Eiichi Asada

Self - SFX Director

Teruyoshi Nakano headshot

Teruyoshi Nakano

Self - SFX Director

Makoto Inoue headshot

Makoto Inoue

Self - Musician

Norihiro Katō headshot

Norihiro Katō

Self - Book Critic

Toshio Takahashi headshot

Toshio Takahashi

Self - Set Designer

Tomoo Haraguchi headshot

Tomoo Haraguchi

Self - Filmmaker

Shinji Higuchi headshot

Shinji Higuchi

Self - SFX Director

José Luis Sanz headshot

José Luis Sanz

Self - Paleontologist

Carlos Aguilar headshot

Carlos Aguilar

Self - Film Critic

Ángel Sala headshot

Ángel Sala

Self - SIFF Director