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Godzilla vs. The Thing (1964) Apr 24, 2016

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Directed by Ishirō Honda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by Shinichi Sekizawa Starring Akira Takarada Yuriko Hoshi Hiroshi Koizumi Yu Fujiki Emi Itō Yumi Itō Kenji Sahara Jun Tazaki Yoshifumi Tajima Music by Akira Ifukube Cinematography Hajime Koizumi Productioncompany Toho Distributed by Toho (Japan)American International Pictures (USA) Release dates

November 25, 1964

Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) Apr 12, 2016

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*Correction: 1964, NOT 1963 as was stated in the episode.

April 29, 1964

Running time 88 minutes Country Japan Language Japanese

Mothra (1962) Mar 12, 2016

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Directed by Ishirō Honda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by Shinichi Sekizawa Starring Frankie SakaiKyoko KagawaHiroshi Koizumi Music by Yuji Koseki Cinematography Hajime Koizumi Edited by Kazuji Taira Productioncompany Toho Studios Distributed by Toho (Japan)Columbia Pictures (US) Release dates

July 30, 1961 (JP)

May 10, 1962 (US)

Running time 100 min. Country Japan Language JapaneseEnglish

King Kong Escapes (1968) Feb 14, 2016

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Directed by Ishirō Honda Produced by Tomoyuki TanakaArthur Rankin Jr. Written by Takeshi Kimura(screenplay) (as Kaoru Mabuchi)Arthur Rankin Jr.(concept) Starring Akira TakaradaRhodes ReasonMie HamaLinda MillerEisei Amamoto Music by Akira Ifukube Cinematography Hajime Koizumi Edited by Ryohei Fujii Productioncompany Toho StudiosRankin/Bass Distributed by Toho (Japan)Universal Studios (USA) Release dates

July 22, 1967 (Japan)
June 19, 1968 (US)

Running time 104 minutes (Japan)96 minutes (USA) Country JapanUnited States Language JapaneseEnglish Box office $1,000,000 (US/ Canada)

King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963) Jan 27, 2016

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Directed by Ishirō HondaProduced by Tomoyuki TanakaWritten by Shinichi SekizawaStarring Tadao Takashima, Kenji Sahara, Yu Fujiki, Ichirō Arishima, Mie Hama, Shoichi Hirose, Haruo NakajimaMusic by Akira IfukubeCinematography Hajime KoizumiUniversal International (USA)Release date: June 26, 1963 (USA)Running time: 91 minutes (USA)Box office: $1.25 million

King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) Jan 13, 2016

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Directed by Ishirō HondaProduced by Tomoyuki TanakaWritten by Shinichi SekizawaStarring Tadao Takashima, Kenji Sahara, Yu Fujiki, Ichirō Arishima, Mie Hama, Shoichi Hirose, Haruo NakajimaMusic by Akira IfukubeCinematography Hajime KoizumiRelease date: August 11, 1962Running time: 97 minutesBudge: Japan ¥5 millionBox office: Japan ¥350 million

Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1959) Jan 05, 2016

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Directed by Motoyoshi OdaProduced by Tomoyuki TanakaWritten by Shigeaki Hidaka, Takeo MurataStarring Hiroshi Koizumi, Setsuko Wakayama, Minoru Chiaki, Takashi ShimuraMusic by Masaru SatōCinematography by Seiichi EndoEdited by Kazuji TairaReleased: May 21, 1959Running time: 78 minutes

Godzilla Raids Again (1955) Dec 20, 2015

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Join us as we descend into the soundtrack-less madness that is Godzilla raids again!

Directed by Motoyoshi OdaProduced by Tomoyuki TanakaWritten by Shigeaki Hidaka, Takeo MurataStarring Hiroshi Koizumi, Setsuko Wakayama, Minoru Chiaki, Takashi Shimura, Haruo Nakajima as GodzillaMusic by Masaru SatōCinematography Seiichi EndoEdited by Kazuji TairaReleased: April 24, 1955Running time: 82 minutesBudget $800,000

Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956) Dec 03, 2015

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Once upon a time, all of us thought that THIS was the first Godzilla film! Little did we know...

Directed by Terry O. Morse, Ishirō HondaProduced by Terry Turner, Joseph E. LevineWritten by Shigeru Kayama, Al C. WardScreenplay by Ishirō Honda, Takeo MurataStarring Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura, Akira Takarada, Momoko Kochi, Akihiko Hirata, Haruo Nakajima, Katsumi TezukaNarrated by Raymond BurrMusic by Akira IfukubeCinematography Guy RoeEdited by Terry MorseRelease dates: April 27, 1956 (US), May 29, 1957 (Japan)Running time: 80 min.Budget $650,000

Godzilla (1954) Nov 17, 2015

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Join us for our very first episode/commentary for the very first Godzilla film!

Directed by IshirÅ HondaProduced by Tomoyuki TanakaScreenplay by IshirÅ Honda, Takeo MurataStory by Shigeru KayamaStarring Akira Takarada, Momoko KÅchi, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi ShimuraMusic by Akira IfukubeCinematography Masao TamaiEdited by Kazuji TairaDistributed by TohoRelease date: November 3, 1954Running time: 96 minutesBudget ¥60 millionBox office $2.25 million

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