Godzilla, King Of The Monsters! (1956) - Credits and Details

Godzilla, King Of The Monsters! Credits and Details

Directed by
	Ishirô Honda	...	as Ishiro Honda
	Terry O. Morse	...	as Terry Morse
Written by
	Shigeru Kayama	...	novel
	Takeo Murata	...	screen play
	Ishirô Honda	...	screen play
	Terry O. Morse	...	adaptation: English version
	Tomoyuki Tanaka	...	story "The Giant Monster from 20, 000 Leagues Under The Sea"
	Al C. Ward	...	adaptation: English version
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	...	Tomo Iwanaga - Security Officer
Uncredited Cast
	Mikel Conrad	...	George Lawrence
	Paul Frees	...	Unidentified Character (voice)
	Fuji	...	Police Officer at Airport
	Hiroshi Hayashi
	James Hong	...	Ogata / Serizawa (voice)
	Ren Imaizumi	...	Radio Operator
	Dale Ishimoto	...	Dale Ishimoto
	Shigeo Katô	...	JSDF with Spotlight - Leader of the Crowd Escaping
	Akio Kusama	...	Otoshima Islander
	Kokuten Kôdô	...	Old Man on Hill on Oto Island
	Tsuruko Mano	...	The Boy's Mother
	Lee Miller	...	Man in Line at Airport
	Teruko Mita	...	Activist
	Haruo Nakajima	...	Godzilla
	Takeo Oikawa	...	Chief of Emergency Headquarters
	Kenji Sahara	...	Man on Boat
	Keiji Sakakida	...	Mayor Inada
	Junnosuke Suda	...	Tokaido Line Driver
	Kin Sugai
	Ryosaku Takasugi	...	Godzilla
	Katsumi Tezuka	...	Godzilla
	Sammee Tong	...	Dr. Yamane (voice)
	Kamayuki Tsubono	...	Japan Coast Guard Officer / Shikine Newspaper Reporter
Produced by
	Edward B. Barison	...	producer: US material
	Richard Kay	...	producer: US material
	Joseph E. Levine	...	executive producer: US material
	Iwao Mori	...	executive producer
	Harry Rybnick	...	producer: US material
	Tomoyuki Tanaka	...	producer
	Terry Turner	...	executive producer: US material
Original Music by
	Akira Ifukube
Special Effects by
	Kaimai Eizo	...	special effects
	Kyuichirô Kishida	...	special photographic effects
	Hiroshi Mukoyama	...	special photographic effects
	Eiji Tsuburaya	...	special photographic effects
	Akira Watanabe	...	special photographic effects
Visual Effects by
	Sadao Iizuka	...	creator of Godzilla's atomic breath

Additional Info
Premiere:	April 27, 1956
DVD Release:	February 23, 1999
Blu-ray Release:	January 24, 2012
Countries:
Distributor:	The Criterion Collection
Websites:

Ratings
4.7 / 10	6.3 / 10	61 / 100

Alternate Titles
Godzilla
Kaijû-ô Gojira

Production Companies
Toho (A Toho Production)

Distributors
Embassy Pictures (1956) (United States) (USA: Eastern) (theatrical)
TransWorld Releasing Corp. (1956) (United States) (USA: Western) (theatrical)
Showcorporation (1958) (United States) (TV)
Vestron Video (1983) (United States) (VHS)
Paramount Gateway Video (1992) (United States) (VHS)
Paramount Home Entertainment (1994) (United States) (laserdisc) (video)
GoodTimes Home Video (1995) (United States) (VHS)
Zontarian Video (1996) (United States) (VHS)
Simitar Entertainment (1998) (United States) (DVD)
Simitar Entertainment (1998) (United States) (VHS)
Classic Media (2002) (United States) (DVD)
Sony Music Entertainment (2002) (United States) (DVD)
Classic Media (2006) (United States) (DVD)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (United States) (DVD)
The Criterion Collection (2012) (United States) (with 'Gojira') (Blu-ray)
The Criterion Collection (2012) (United States) (with "Gojira") (DVD)
Anderson Digital (2013) (United States) (Digital) (video)
Classic Media (2014) (United States) (re-release) (DVD)
CBS/Fox Video (1996) (United States) (VHS)
The Criterion Channel (2022) (United States) (streaming) (TV)

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