The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

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.

Release date

Apr 2, 2019

Rating

8.6 / 10

Runtime

0 hours 50 minutes

Genres

Documentary
History

Cast

Akira Takarada
As Self - Actor
Haruo Nakajima
As Self - Suit Actor
Kenpachirō Satsuma
As Self - Suit Actor
Shusuke Kaneko
As Self - Filmmaker
Akira Kubo
As Self - Actor
Hiroshi Koizumi
As Self - Actor
Kazuki Ōmori
As Self - Filmmaker
Koichi Kawakita
As Self - Filmmaker
Masaaki Tezuka
As Self - Filmmaker
Yoshikazu Ishii
No picture available
As Self - Filmmaker
Alain Vézina
No picture available
As Self - Filmmaker
Daniel Aguilar
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As Self - Filmmaker
Eiichi Asada
No picture available
As Self - SFX Director
Teruyoshi Nakano
As Self - SFX Director
Makoto Inoue
No picture available
As Self - Musician
Norihiro Katō
No picture available
As Self - Book Critic
Toshio Takahashi
No picture available
As Self - Set Designer
Tomoo Haraguchi
No picture available
As Self - Filmmaker
Shinji Higuchi
As Self - SFX Director
José Luis Sanz
No picture available
As Self - Paleontologist
Carlos Aguilar
As Self - Film Critic
Ángel Sala
No picture available
As Self - SIFF Director

Crew

Jonathan Bellés
No picture available
Role: Director
Jonathan Bellés
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Role: Writer
Ségolène Lacourte
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Role: Associate Producer
Damián Sánchez
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Role: Original Music Composer
Irene Rausell
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Role: Sound Designer
Joaquín Gimeno
No picture available
Role: Sound Designer
Jonathan Bellés
No picture available
Role: Producer
Jonathan Bellés
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Role: Editor
José Luis Romeu
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Role: Supervising Editor

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