The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

2019-04-02| 50 min

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.

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DocumentaryHistory

Cast

Akira Takarada

Akira Takarada

Haruo Nakajima

Haruo Nakajima

Kenpachirō Satsuma

Kenpachirō Satsuma

Shusuke Kaneko

Shusuke Kaneko

Akira Kubo

Akira Kubo

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