Gorath 妖星ゴラス
1962, dir. Ishirō Honda, sfx. Eiji Tsuburaya
Mankind unites to save the Earth from a runaway white drawf star by altering the planet's orbit. But the plan to save the world awakens a long forgotten monster.
1962, dir. Ishirō Honda, sfx. Eiji Tsuburaya
Mankind unites to save the Earth from a runaway white drawf star by altering the planet's orbit. But the plan to save the world awakens a long forgotten monster.
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1962, dir. Ishirō Honda, sfx. Eiji Tsuburaya
A pharmaceutical company hoping to boost the ratings of the tv shows they sponsor decides to capture King Kong and pit him against a reawakened Godzilla.
1963, dir. Ishirō Honda, sfx. Eiji Tsuburaya
The surface world goes to war with the once-lost, undersea empire of Mu and their terrible guardian monster.
1964, dir. Ishirō Honda, sfx. Eiji Tsuburaya
Humanity must beseech the aide of the insect-goddess Mothra to stop Godzilla's latest rampage across Japan.
1964, dir. Ishirō Honda, sfx. Eiji Tsuburaya
A colossal carbon-eating jellyfish hangs above Japan and Earth's greatest defence may come from one of its smallest creatures.
1964, dir. Ishirō Honda, sfx. Eiji Tsuburaya
A princess possessed by a being from Venus warns humanity of the coming of King Ghidorah. Mothra attempts to unite with Godzilla and Rodan against Earth's greatest threat yet.
1965, dir. Ishirō Honda, sfx. Eiji Tsuburaya
During World War II, the beating heart of Frankenstein's Monster was removed from Berlin for safe keeping. It was taken to Hiroshima...
By including things like Gorath and Mysterians it illustrates how the “sudden” tone shift from 54 to 62 really wasn’t that sudden.
In all seriousness, really cool recap/intro to these films!
Ishiro Honda hated this walrus but it continues to live on in the hearts of kaiju fans
This is why I keep saying someone (maybe Criterion again) should release a Toho Science Fiction blu-ray set. With all the movies that don't directly involve Godzilla.