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2019

The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

Directed by Jonathan Bellés
The origins of Godzilla!

Japan, 1954. A legend emerges from the ashes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, devastated by atomic bombs in 1945. The creature's name is Godzilla. The film that tells its story is the first of kaiju eiga, the giant monster movies.

Duration

0h 50m

Released

April 2, 2019

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Cast22

  • Akira Takarada
  • Haruo Nakajima
  • Kenpachirō Satsuma
  • Shusuke Kaneko
  • Akira Kubo
  • Hiroshi Koizumi
  • Kazuki Ōmori
  • Koichi Kawakita
  • Masaaki Tezuka

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