Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Godzilla, King of the Monsters is a 1956 Japanese American science fiction kaiju film codirected by Terry O. Morse and Ishir Honda. The film is a heavily reedited American adaptation, commonly referred to as an Americanization, of the Japanese film Godzilla, originally produced by Toho in 1954, which had previously been shown subtitled in the United States in Japanese community theaters only, and was not known in Europe.
American reporter, Steve Martin Raymond Burr, is brought to a hospital with dozens of maimed and wounded citizens. In flashback, Martin recalls stopping over in Tokyo, where a series of ship disasters catches his attention. When a survivor finally washes up on Odo Island, Martin flies there for the story with Tomo Iwanaga Frank Iwanaga, a representative of the Japanese security forces and learns of the island inhabitants belief in a sea monster god known to them as Godzilla, which they believe is causing the disasters.Martin returns to the island with Dr. Yamane Takashi Shimura, who leads an investigation crew to Odo Island, where radioactive footprints and a Trilobite are discovered. An alarm rings and Martin, the villagers, and Dr. Yamanes crew head to a hill for safety, only to come across Godzilla. Dr. Yamane returns to Tokyo to present his findings and concludes that Godzilla was resurrected by repeated nuclear tests. Martin contacts his old friend, Dr. Daisuke Serizawa Akihiko Hirata, for dinner but refuses due to planned commitments. ........
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