Godzilla. The Showa-era films, 1954-1975. Discs 5-8

Blu-ray 2019

In 1954, an enormous beast clawed its way out of the sea, destroying everything in its path--and changing movies forever. The arresting original Godzilla soon gave rise to an entire monster-movie genre (kaiju eiga), but the King of the Monsters continued to reign supreme: in fourteen fiercely entertaining sequels over the next two decades, Godzilla defended its throne against a host of other formidable creatures, transforming from a terrifying sy...

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Description:

4 videodiscs (630 minutes) : sound, black and white and colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
HDTV
video file
Blu-ray video
region A

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Other Title:

Showa-era films, 1954-1975
container of (work): Godzilla: the Showa-era films, 1954-1975 (Motion picture). Discs 5-8 [Blu-ray]

Notes:

Title from container
Originally released as individual motion pictures
Godzilla vs. Gigan: Hiroshi Ishikawa, Tomoko Umeda, Yuriko Hishimi, Minoru Takashima, Toshiaki Nishizawa, Gen Shimizu
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla: Daimon Masaaki, Aoyama Kazuya, Tajima Reiko, Berubera Rīn, Matsushita Hiromi, Hirata Akihiko
Gojira-Minira-Gabara: Kenji Sahara, Machiko Naka, Tomonori Yakaki, Hideyo Amamoto, Sachio Saki, Kazuo Suzuki
Gojira tai Hedora: Yamauchi Akira, Kawase Hiroyuki, Kimura Toshie, Mari Keiko, Shiba Toshio
Terror of Mechagodzilla: Katsuhiko Sasaki, Tomoko Ai, Akihiko Hirata, Tadao Nakamaru, Gorō Mutsumi
Godzilla vs. Megalon: Katsuhiko Sasaki, Hiroyuki Kawase, Yutaka Hayashi
Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback)
For private home use only
Audio tracks in Japanese, with optional subtitles in English

Contents:

Disc 5. All monsters attack (1969) (69 min.) / director, Ishiro Honda ; producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka ; screenplay, Shinichi Sekizawa
Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) (85 min.) / director, Yoshimitsu Banno ; producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka ; screenplay, Kaoru Mabuchi, Yoshimitsu Banno
Disc 6. Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) (89 min.) / director, Jun Fukuda ; producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka ; screenplay, Shinichi Sekizawa
Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) (81 min.) / director, Jun Fukuda ; producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka ; story, Shinichi Sekizawa ; screenplay, Jun Fukuda
Disc 7. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) (84 min.) / director, Jun Fukuda ; producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka ; story, Shinichi Sekizawa, Masami Fukushima ; screenplay, Jun Fukuda, Hiroyasu Yamamura
Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) (83 min) / director, Ishiro Honda ; producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka; screenplay, Yukiko Takayama
Disc 8. Bonus disc

Control Number:

3417556

Other Authors:

Adams, Nick, 1931-1968, actor
Ai, Kyōko, 1954- actor
Ai, Tomoko, 1954- actor
Amamoto, Eisei, 1926-2003, actor
Aoyama, Kazuya, actor
Banno, Yoshimitsu, film director, screenwriter
Banno, Yoshimitsu, interviewer, film director, screenwriter
Beck, John, 1909-1993, film producer
Burr, Raymond, 1917-1993, actor
Chiaki, Minoru, 1917-1999, actor
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Daimon, Masaaki, actor
Fukuda, Jun, film director
Fukuda, Jun, film director, screenwriter
Furuya, Satoshi, 1943- actor
Hayashi, Yutaka, actor
Hidaka, Shigeaki, 1916- screenwriter
Hirata, Akihiko, 1927-1984, actor
Hishimi, Yuriko, 1947- actor
Holcombe, Harry, 1906-1987, actor
Honda, Ishirō, 1911-1993, film director
Honda, Ishirō, 1911-1993, film director, screenwriter
Hoshi, Yuriko, 1943-2018, actor
Howard, Bruce, 1925-2012, screenwriter
Ifukube, Akira, 1914-2006, composer (expression)
Ishikawa, Hiroshi, 1963- actor
Kawase, Hiroyuki, actor
Kayama, Shigeru, 1909-1975, screenwriter
Keith, Michael, actor
Kimura, Toshie, actor
Kobayashi, Yukiko, 1946- actor
Koizumi, Hiroshi, 1926-2015, actor
Komada, Tsugutoshi, actor
Kubo, Akira, actor
Kōchi, Momoko, 1932-1998, actor
Mabuchi, Kaoru, 1911 or 1912-1987 or 1988, screenwriter
Maeda, Beverly, 1948- actor
Manabe, Riichirō, 1924-2015, composer (expression)
Mari, Keiko, 1948- actor
Mason, Paul, 1930- screenwriter
Mizuno, Kumi, 1937- actor
Montgomery, Thomas, film director
Morse, Terry, 1906-1984, film director
Murata, Takeo, 1910-1994, screenwriter
Mutsumi, Gorō, 1934- actor
Naka, Machiko, actor
Nakajima, Haruo, 1929-2017, actor
Nakamaru, Tadao, 1933-2009, actor
Natsuki, Yōsuke, 1936-2018, actor
Nishizawa, Toshiaki, 1936-2013, actor
Oda, Motoyoshi, 1909-1973, film director
Sahara, Kenji, 1932- actor
Sasaki, Katsuhiko, actor
Sekizawa, Shin'ichi, screenwriter
Shiba, Kazue, screenwriter
Shiba, Toshio, 1947- actor
Shimizu, Masao, 1908-1975, actor
Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982, actor
Tajima, Reiko, 1949- actor
Takarada, Akira, 1934-2022, actor
Takashima, Minoru, 1930- actor
Takashima, Tadao, 1930-2019, actor
Takayama, Yukiko, 1945- screenwriter
Tanaka, Tomoyuki, 1910-1997, film producer
Tazaki, Jun, 1913-1985, actor
Tsuchiya, Yoshio, 1927-2017, actor
Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, production company
Umeda, Tomoko, 1952- actor
Yamauchi, Akira, 1921-1993, actor
Yamaura, Hiroyasu, 1938- screenwriter
Yazaki, Tomonori, actor

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