Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric monster the Japanese call 'Godzilla'. The only hope for both Japan and the world lies on a secret weapon, which may prove more destructive than the monster itself.
Directors:
Terry O. Morse, Ishirō Honda.
Writers:
Al C. Ward, Takeo Murata, Ishirō Honda.
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Raymond Burr as Steve Martin |
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Takashi Shimura as Dr. Yamane |
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Momoko Kôchi as Emiko Yamane |
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Akira Takarada as Ogata |
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Akihiko Hirata as Dr. Serizawa |
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Sachio Sakai as Hagiwara |
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Fuyuki Murakami as Dr. Tabata |
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Ren Yamamoto as Seiji |
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Toyoaki Suzuki as Shinkichi |
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Tadashi Okabe as Dr. Tabata's Assistant |
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Toranosuke Ogawa as President of Company |
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Frank Iwanaga as Security Officer Tomo Iwanaga |
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Sammee Tong as Dr. Yamane / Dr. Tabata / misc. characters (voices) (uncredited) |
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James Hong as Ogata / Dr. Serizawa / Hagiwara / misc. characters (voices) (uncredited) |
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Amy Iwanabe as Emiko Yamane (voice) (uncredited) |
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Mikel Conrad as George Lawrence (uncredited) |
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Paul Frees as Unidentified Character (voice) (uncredited) |
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Hiroshi Hayashi as Chairman of Diet Committee (uncredited) |
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Ren Imaizumi as Radio Operator (uncredited) |
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Kokuten Kōdō as The Old Fisherman (uncredited) |
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Takeo Oikawa as Chief of Emergency Headquarters (uncredited) |
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Tsuruko Mano as The Boy's Mother (uncredited) |
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Kenji Sahara as Man on Boat (uncredited) |
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Kin Sugai as Ozawa-san (uncredited) |
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Lee Miller as Man in Line at Airport (uncredited) |
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Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla (uncredited) |
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Katsumi Tezuka as Godzilla (uncredited) |
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Ryosaku Takasugi as Godzilla (uncredited) |
| Writing | Al C. Ward | Screenplay |
| Writing | Terry O. Morse | Story |
| Writing | Tomoyuki Tanaka | Story |
| Writing | Eiji Tsuburaya | Story |
| Production | Edward B. Barison | Producer |
| Production | Richard Kay | Producer |
| Production | Joseph E. Levine | Executive Producer |
| Production | Harry Rybnick | Producer |
| Art | Satoru Chūko | Art Direction |
| Art | Takeo Kita | Art Direction |
| Visual Effects | Hiroshi Mukoyama | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Sadao Iizuka | Visual Effects |
| Production | Teruo Maki | Production Manager |
| Lighting | Chōshirō Ishii | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Kuichiro Kishida | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Kyuzo Yamamoto | Property Master |
| Art | Teizô Toshimitsu | Sculptor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kanju Yagi | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Masao Yagi | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yasuei Yagi | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fuminori Ōhashi | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yoshio Suzuki | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Crew | Hajime Tsuburaya | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Hajime Tsuburaya | Visual Effects Camera |
| Crew | Akira Watanabe | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Crew | Tohl Narita | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Crew | Yasuyuki Inoue | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Crew | Yoshio Irie | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Crew | Motoyoshi Tomioka | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Motoyoshi Tomioka | Visual Effects Camera |
| Crew | Sadamasa Arikawa | Special Effects |
| Crew | Yôichi Manoda | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Yôichi Manoda | Visual Effects Camera |
| Visual Effects | Shuzaburo Araki | Visual Effects |
| Crew | Sei Ikeno | Additional Music |
| Visual Effects | Eiji Tsuburaya | Visual Effects Director |
| Visual Effects | Yasuaki Sakamoto | Visual Effects Production Manager |
| Art | Satoru Chūko | Production Design |
| Sound | Arthur B. Smith | Sound |
| Crew | Eiji Tsuburaya | Special Effects |
| Writing | Shigeru Kayama | Novel |
| Writing | Shigeru Kayama | Lyricist |
| Art | Takeo Kita | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Teizô Toshimitsu | Costume Designer |
| Directing | Ira Webb | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Shigeru Kayama | Original Story |
| Editing | Terry Morse Jr. | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Terry Morse Jr. | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Camera | Guy Roe | Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Eiji Tsuburaya | Visual Effects |
| Directing | Terry O. Morse | Director |
| Directing | Ishirō Honda | Director |
| Production | Harold Ross | Producer |
| Production | Terry Turner | Executive Producer |
| Production | Edmund Goldman | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Koji Kajita | First Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Sadamasa Arikawa | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Kuichiro Kishida | VFX Lighting Artist |
| Crew | Shoji Ogawa | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Taka Yuki | Visual Effects |
| Camera | Yuzuru Aizawa | Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Shinji Kojima | Assistant Gaffer |
| Lighting | Seishichi Kojima | Assistant Gaffer |
| Directing | Susumu Takebayashi | Second Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Teizô Toshimitsu | Modeling |
| Visual Effects | Kanju Yagi | Modeling |
| Visual Effects | Yasuei Yagi | Modeling |
| Visual Effects | Masao Yagi | Modeling |
| Costume & Make-Up | Masao Yagi | Costume Designer |
| Visual Effects | Yoshio Suzuki | Modeling |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yoshio Suzuki | Costume Designer |
| Sound | Nobuyuki Tanaka | Sound Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eizo Kaimai | Costume Designer |
| Visual Effects | Eizo Kaimai | Modeling |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fuminori Ōhashi | Costume Consultant |
| Sound | Terry O. Morse | ADR Supervisor |
| Art | George R. Rohrs | Set Decoration |
| Production | Paul Schreibman | Producer |
| Sound | George R. Rohrs | Sound Effects Editor |
| Editing | Terry O. Morse | Supervising Film Editor |
| Production | Tomoyuki Tanaka | Producer |
| Production | Iwao Mori | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Kazuji Taira | Editor |
| Camera | Masao Tamai | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Takeo Murata | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ishirō Honda | Screenplay |
| Sound | Ichirô Minawa | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Ichirô Minawa | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Norio Tone | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Hisashi Shimonaga | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Akira Ifukube | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Lee Osborne | Music Editor |
| Crew | Masakatsu Asai | Special Effects |
| Crew | Masakatsu Asai | Special Effects Assistant |
| Visual Effects | Masakatsu Asai | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Masakatsu Asai | Visual Effects Director |
| Crew | Fumio Nakadai | Special Effects |
