Directed by Ishirô Honda Terry O. Morse Written by Shigeru Kayama   Takeo Murata   Ishirô Honda   Al C. Ward   Cast Raymond Burr ... Steve Martin Takashi Shimura ... Dr. Yamane Momoko Kôchi ... Emiko (as Momoko Kochi) Akira Takarada ... Ogata Akihiko Hirata ... Dr. Serizawa Sachio Sakai ... Hagiwara Fuyuki Murakami ... Dr. Tabata Ren Yamamoto ... Seiji Toyoaki Suzuki ... Shinkichi Tadashi Okabe ... Dr. Tabata's Assistant Toranosuke Ogawa ... President of Company Frank Iwanaga ... Security Officer Uncredited Cast Mikel Conrad ... George Lawrence Paul Frees ... Unidentified Character (voice) Hiroshi Hayashi   James Hong ... Ogata / Serizawa (voice) Ren Imaizumi ... Radio Operator Kokuten Kôdô ... Old Man on Hill on Oto Island Tsuruko Mano ... The Boy's Mother [Bit] Lee Miller ... Man in Line at Airport Haruo Nakajima ... Godzilla Takeo Oikawa ... Chief of Emergency Headquarters Kenji Sahara ... Man on Boat Kin Sugai   Ryosaku Takasugi ... Godzilla Katsumi Tezuka ... Godzilla Sammee Tong ... Dr. Yamane (voice) Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka   Edward B. Barison   Richard Kay   Joseph E. Levine   Harry Rybnick   Terry Turner   Original Music by Akira Ifukube

Additional Info Premiere: April 27, 1956 DVD Release: February 23, 1999 Blu-ray Release: January 24, 2012 Countries: Distributor: The Criterion Collection Websites: Alternate Titles Godzilla Kaijû-ô Gojira Production Companies Toho (as A Toho Production) Jewell Enterprises Inc. (presented by) Distributors Embassy Pictures   (1956) (USA) (theatrical) (USA: Eastern) TransWorld Releasing Corp.   (1956) (USA) (theatrical) (USA: Western) Vestron Video   (1983) (USA) (VHS) Paramount Gateway Video   (1992) (USA) (VHS) Paramount Home Entertainment   (1994) (USA) (video) (laserdisc) GoodTimes Home Video   (1995) (USA) (VHS) Zontarian Video   (1996) (USA) (VHS) Simitar Entertainment   (1998) (USA) (DVD) Simitar Entertainment   (1998) (USA) (VHS) Classic Media   (2002) (USA) (DVD) Sony Music Entertainment   (2002) (USA) (DVD) Classic Media   (2006) (USA) (DVD) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   (2006) (USA) (DVD) The Criterion Collection   (2012) (USA) (Blu-ray) (with 'Gojira') The Criterion Collection   (2012) (USA) (DVD) (with "Gojira") Anderson Digital   (2013) (USA) (video) (Digital) Classic Media   (2014) (USA) (DVD) (re-release) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.3 / 10 Our Rating 4.7 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 4.7 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #4,818 / 20,725 Ratings Breakdown Almost Perfect 1 total rating Average 1 total rating Mediocre 2 total ratings Site Ranking #4,814 Skylines (2020) #4,815 I Know What You Did Last Summer: Season 1 (2021) #4,816 Toolbox Murders (2004) #4,817 A Christmas Carol (1938) #4,818 Godzilla, King Of The Monsters! (1956) #4,819 Pee-Wee's Big Holiday (2016) #4,820 Justice Society: World War II (2021) #4,821 Laid To Rest (2009) #4,822 Uzumaki (2000)