The 1950s
A 400-foot dinosaur-like beast, awakened from undersea hibernation off the Japanese coast by atomic-bomb testing, attacks Tokyo.
Godzilla, King of the Monsters is a joint Japanese/American remake of the original 1954 film Gojira. The film incorporates new U.S. footage edited into the original film, excising many scenes from the original in the process. Director Ishirô Honda collaborated with Terry O. Morse in directing the new scenes which featured American actor Raymond Burr and several Japanese-American actors, some of whom served as stand-ins for original cast members in an effort to interweave new scenes with the original story. The movie was licensed from Toho Company, Ltd. and produced by Jewell Enterprises, Inc. and Embassy Pictures. It was released through TransWorld Releasing Corp. in the United States on April 27th, 1956.
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