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Godzilla

Movie · 1954 · 100 min

A somber, awe-struck experience that lingers on the human cost of catastrophe, blending spectacle with a quiet, mournful warning.

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1954 film directed by Ishirō Honda
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Year
1954
Runtime
100 min
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • technology
  • survival
  • death
  • guilt
  • fate
Places
  • big city
  • sea
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror7
Humour1
Realism4
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
action, horror, science fiction, kaiju
Directed by
Ishirō Honda
Written by
Ishirō Honda, Takeo Murata, Shigeru Kayama
Starring
Momoko Kōchi, Takashi Shimura, Ishirō Honda, Haruo Nakajima, Akira Takarada, Akihiko Hirata, Kenji Sahara, Katsumi Tezuka
Music
Akira Ifukube
Cinematography
Masao Tamai
Runtime
100 min
Country
Japan
Languages
German, English, Japanese, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese

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