Ishirō Honda's momentous 1954 monster film was born out of a national tragedy in Japan. It has a bleak message for humanity ...

it should have the weight and presence of Godzilla. Of course, not all of us have extra space to store human-sized models, so ...

The iconic movie that Americans first saw was an altered version with added scenes shot at a Los Angeles studio.

I started the day on the packed plaza outside of Tokyo International Film Festival headquarters, where people waited in line ...

It's hard to imagine that former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was also a film fanatic, but he was, eventually creating a ...

In 1954, Japanese cinema made two enormous contributions to world culture. In April of that year, Akira Kurosawa’s "Seven ...

On Nov. 3, 1954 — also via Toho — Japan’s second gift arrived: Gojira, who would become Godzilla to the world. Don’t smirk. I’m here to take the nuclear-bomb-triggered mutant seriously.

TOHO has been producing and distributing Godzilla since 1954. Since then, the production giant has produced 33 Godzilla films ...

Godzilla (1954) was a stark exercise in processing the trauma of the Nagasaki and Hiroshima bombings, but its success ...

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Godzilla: Minus One is available for streaming on Netflix in the U.S.