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Godzilla (other)
Godzilla (ゴジラ) is a giant monster, or kaiju, originating from the series of Godzilla (franchise), Japanese films of the same name Godzilla may also refer to: Film * Godzilla (franchise), ''Godzilla'' (franchise), the franchise featuring the monster ** Godzilla (1954 film), ''Godzilla'' (1954 film), also known as ''Gojira'', the first film in the series ** "Godzilla (Main Theme)", a musical theme composed for the 1954 film ** Godzilla (Showa), the Godzilla (franchise)#Shōwa era (1954–1975), Showa version of the character. ** ''The Return of Godzilla'', 1984, released in Japan as ''Godzilla'', the sixteenth film in the series ** ''Godzilla 1985'', 1985 English-language adaptation of the 1984 Japanese film, ''The Return of Godzilla'' ** Godzilla (Heisei), the Godzilla (franchise)#Heisei era (1984–1995), Heisei version of the character. ** Godzilla (1998 film), ''Godzilla'' (1998 film), 1998 film produced by TriStar Pictures ** ''Godzilla 2000'', also known as ''Godzilla 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godzilla
is a fictional monster, or ''kaiju'', that debuted in the eponymous 1954 film, directed and co-written by Ishirō Honda. The character has since become an international pop culture icon, appearing in various media: 33 Japanese films produced by Toho Co., Ltd., five American films, and numerous video games, novels, comic books, and television shows. Godzilla has been dubbed the King of the Monsters, an epithet first used in '' Godzilla, King of the Monsters!'' (1956), the American localization of the 1954 film. Originally and in most iterations of the creature, Godzilla is a colossal prehistoric reptilian or dinosaurian monster that is amphibious or resides partially in the ocean, awakened and empowered after many years by exposure to nuclear radiation and nuclear testing. With the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the '' Lucky Dragon 5'' incident still fresh in the Japanese consciousness,Souder, William (2012); On a Farther Shore - The Life and Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
