Showing posts with label Ishirô Honda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ishirô Honda. Show all posts

Tuesday, 5 September 2017

Gojira (1954)

 
 
American nuclear weapons testing results in the creation of a seemingly unstoppable, dinosaur-like beast.
 
The original Godzilla movie is probably the best of the series, as it is well-produced and delivers the thrills while implying more political and existential issues than its successors. 
 
Halliwell (no star): "Tepid forerunner of scores of Japanese monster movies peopled by men in rubber suits."
 
Maltin***: "Grandaddy of Japanese monster movies...Much more complex and nuanced than the Americanized GODZILLA KING OF THE MONSTERS!..." 


Monday, 9 November 2015

Bijo to ekitai ningen (1958)


A young scientist claims that H-Bomb tests in the Pacific, evidenced by a "ghost ship" that has turned up in the harbor, have created radioactive creatures.

Wednesday, 27 May 2015

Gojira (1954)


American nuclear weapons testing results in the creation of a seemingly unstoppable, dinosaur-like beast.

Monday, 11 May 2015

Ido zero daisakusen (1969)


A journalist is saved by a giant submarine captained by a 200 year old man who takes him to an underwater paradise city where no one ages.
[Latitude Zero]

Sunday, 10 May 2015

San daikaijû: Chikyû saidai no kessen (1964)


After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.
[aka Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster]

Wednesday, 15 April 2015

San daikaijû: Chikyû saidai no kessen (1964)


After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.

Monday, 13 April 2015

Chikyû Bôeigun (1957)


Aliens arrive on Earth and ask permission to be given a certain tract of land for their people to live on.