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The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

The origins of Godzilla!

2019·50m·★ 8.7

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.

Cast

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Akira Takarada

Self - Actor

Haruo Nakajima

Self - Suit Actor

Kenpachirō Satsuma

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Shusuke Kaneko

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Akira Kubo

Self - Actor

Hiroshi Koizumi

Self - Actor

Kazuki Ōmori

Self - Filmmaker

Koichi Kawakita

Self - Filmmaker

Masaaki Tezuka

Self - Filmmaker

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Yoshikazu Ishii

Self - Filmmaker

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