Godzilla

(1954)

★ 7.6 IMDb · 1,160 votes

Genres: Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi

Year: 1954

Runtime: 96 мин

Country: Japan

Director: Исиро Хонда

Cast: Акира Такарада, 河内桃子, 平田昭彦, Такаси Симура, 村上冬樹, 堺 左千夫, 小川虎之助, 山本廉, 林寛, 恩田清二郎

Plot

Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.

When 17 vessels explode and sink near Odo Island, Professor Kyohei Yamane, his daughter Emiko and the Marine Hideto Ogata head to the island to investigate. Soon they witness a giant monster called Godzilla by the locals destroying the spot. Meanwhile Emiko meets her boyfriend, the secluded scientist Serizawa, and he makes she promise to keep a secret about his research with oxygen. She agrees and he discloses the lethal weapon the Oxygen Destroyer that he has developed. When Godzilla threatens Tokyo and other Japanese cities and the army and the navy are incapable to stop the monster, Emiko discloses Serizawa's secret to her lover Ogata. Now they have to convince Serizawa to use the Oxygen Destroyer to kill Godzilla.