| Godzilla | |
|---|---|
 Original Japanese movie poster | |
| Directed by | Ishirō Honda |
| Produced by | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
| Written by | Shigeru Kayama Ishirō Honda Takeo Murata |
| Starring | Akira Takarada Momoko Kōchi Akihiko Hirata Takashi Shimura Haruo Nakajima and Katsumi Tezuka as Godzilla |
| Cinematography | Masao Tamai |
| Editing by | Kazuji Taira |
| Distributed by | Toho |
| Release date(s) | November 3, 1954 |
| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country |  Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Budget | $1,000,000 |
Godzilla (ゴジラ, Gojira?) is a 1954 Japanese Kaiju science fiction film directed and co-written by Ishirō Honda with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya, produced and distributed by Toho Company Ltd. In 1956, a heavily edited version was released in the U.S. as Godzilla, King of the Monsters! The original Japanese-language version is now available in the United States and Britain under the title Gojira. It was the first of many "giant monster" movies (known as kaiju) to be produced in Japan, many of which also feature Godzilla.
