Godzilla‚ King of the Monsters! (1956) - Incredible, unstoppable titan of terror!

Godzilla‚ King of the Monsters!

Incredible, unstoppable titan of terror!
( Horror / Sci-Fi )

US Runtime: 81 min

Country of Origin: Japan / United States of America

Premiere Date:
Apr 27, 1956 [USA]

Directors:	Ishirô Honda Terry O. Morse

Writers:	Ishirô Honda [Screenplay] Terry O. Morse [Story] Takeo Murata [Screenplay] Tomoyuki Tanaka [Story] Eiji Tsuburaya [Story] Al C. Ward [Screenplay]

Producers:	Edward B. Barison [Producer] Edmund Goldman [Executive Producer] Richard Kay [Producer] Joseph E. Levine [Executive Producer] Iwao Mori [Executive Producer] Harold Ross [Producer] Harry Rybnick [Producer] Paul Schreibman [Producer] Tomoyuki Tanaka [Producer] Terry Turner [Executive Producer]

Cinematography:	Guy Roe Masao Tamai

Edited by:	Kazuji Taira

Music Composed by	Akira Ifukube

Production Design:	Satoru Chūko Takeo Kita

Costume Design:	Eizo Kaimai Fuminori Ohashi Yoshio Suzuki Teizô Toshimitsu Kanju Yagi Masao Yagi Yasuei Yagi

Production Companys:	Jewell Enterprises (US) TOHO (JP)

Plot Summary:

An American reporter visiting Tokyo becomes a witness to the city's destruction by a dinosaur-like beast awoken from undersea hibernation by atom bomb testing.

Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)

Raymond Burr Steve Martin Takashi Shimura Dr. Yamane Momoko Kôchi Emiko Yamane Akira Takarada Ogata Akihiko Hirata Dr. Serizawa Sachio Sakai Hagiwara		Fuyuki Murakami Dr. Tabata Ren Yamamoto Seiji Toyoaki Suzuki Shinkichi Tadashi Okabe Dr. Tabata's Assistant Toranosuke Ogawa President of Company Frank Iwanaga Security Officer Tomo Iwanaga

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Tech Info:

Budget:: $25,000
Revenue:: $2,000,000

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