We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Few movies can claim to be as influential as 1954's unimpeachable monster classic "Godzilla," aka "Gojira." Directed by the great Ishirō Honda ...

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Fifty years ago, a Japanese monster movie introduced American audiences to Godzilla, a deadly, fire-breathing dinosaur that pulverized Tokyo. The Americanized Godzilla, however, was heavily edited and ...

Next year will mark the 70th anniversary of the debut of Godzilla, the now legendary kaiju, who made its first appearance in the 1954 Japanese film that bears its name. I'm dating myself when I say ...

Godzilla has had a long and varied history on the big screen. After the original 1954 Japanese masterpiece (released in a hackneyed American reedit called "Godzilla, King of the Monsters" starring ...