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| Akira Takarada | ... | Hideto Ogata | |
| Momoko Kôchi | ... | Emiko Yamane | |
| Akihiko Hirata | ... | Daisuke Serizawa-hakase | |
| Takashi Shimura | ... | Kyohei Yamane-hakase | |
| Fuyuki Murakami | ... | Professor Tanabe | |
| Sachio Sakai | ... | Newspaper Reporter Hagiwara | |
| Toranosuke Ogawa | ... | Nankai Shipping Company Manager | |
| Ren Yamamoto | ... | Masaji Sieji | |
| Kan Hayashi | ... | Chairman of Diet Committee | |
| Takeo Oikawa | ... | Chief of Emergency Headquarters | |
| Seijirô Onda | ... | Parliamentarian Oyama | |
| Tsuruko Mano | ... | Mrs. Sieji | |
| Toyoaki Suzuki | ... | Shinkichi Sieji | |
| Kokuten Kôdô | ... | The Old Fisherman | |
| Kin Sugai | ... | Ozawa-san | |
| Tadashi Okabe | ... | Reporter Killed on Tower | |
| Ren Imaizumi | ... | Radio Operator | |
| Junpei Natsuki | ... | Power Substation Engineer | |
| Katsumi Tezuka | ... | Gojira / Hagiwara's Editor | |
| Haruo Nakajima | ... | Gojira / Power Station Worker | |
| Yasuhisa Tsutsumi | |||
| Jiro Suzuki | |||
| Saburô Iketani | ... | News Reporter | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Shizuko Azuma | |||
| Shizuko Higashi | ... | Partygoer | |
| Kiyoshi Kamata | ... | Partygoer's Escort | |
| Kenji Sahara | ... | Young Lover on the sound | |
| Keiji Sakakida | ... | Mayor Inada | |
| Tamae Sengo | ... | Mother | |
| Ryosaku Takasugi | |||
| Ishirô Honda | ... | Power Station Worker (The Hand that Throws the Switch) (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Ishirô Honda | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Ishirô Honda | ||
| Shigeru Kayama | story | |
| Takeo Murata | ||
Produced by | |||
| Tomoyuki Tanaka | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Akira Ifukube | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Masao Tamai | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Kazuji Taira | (as Yasunobu Taira) | ||
Production Design by | |||
| Satoru Chûko | |||
| Takeo Kita | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Satoru Chûko | |||
| Takeo Kita | |||
Production Management | |||
| Teruo Maki | .... | executive in charge of production | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Kôji Kajita | .... | chief assistant director | |
| Susumu Takebayashi | .... | second assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Ichirô Minawa | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Hisashi Shimonaga | .... | sound recordist | |
| Nobuyuki Tanaka | .... | sound assistant | |
| Norio Tone | .... | sound assistant | |
| Drew Weir | .... | voice recordist | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Sadamasa Arikawa | .... | director of photography: special effects | |
| Kuichirô Kishida | .... | special effects lighting | |
| Yoichi Manoda | .... | assistant camera | |
| Hiroshi Mukoyama | .... | matte work | |
| Fumio Nakadai | .... | special effects wire work | |
| Yasuaki Sakamoto | .... | production manager | |
| Sokei Tomioka | .... | assistant camera | |
| Teizô Toshimitsu | .... | monster builder | |
| Eiji Tsuburaya | .... | special effects director | |
| Hajime Tsuburaya | .... | assistant camera | |
| Akira Watanabe | .... | art director | |
| Taka Yuki | .... | opticals | |
| Fuminori Ôhashi | .... | special effects technical advisor (uncredited) | |
Stunts | |||
| Haruo Nakajima | .... | stunt choreographer | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Yuzuru Aizawa | .... | assistant camera | |
| Chôshirô Ishii | .... | lighting technician | |
| Shinji Kojima | .... | lighting assistant | |
| Shoshichi Kojima | .... | lighting assistant | |
Other crew | |||
| Sei Ikeno | .... | assistant: Akira Ifukube | |
| Fumio Nakadai | .... | tail supervisor | |
| Shôji Okawa | .... | tail supervisor | |
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It's been fifty years since Ishiro Honda and the gang at Toho made the first Godzilla movie, and looking back on it, it's plain to see why this film has become more than just a cult sensation. It's mix of raw human emotion, fantastical story, and menacing precautionary messages help to deliver one of the silver screens greatest films. Akira Ifkube's foreboding score adds just the right amount of dark edge to Honda's masterpiece,as does Akihiko Hirata's performance as jaded scientist, Dr. Daisuke Serizawa. The suitmation and set designs used in this classic are superb as well, giving a certain level of realism missing from many later monster films. And, of course, veteran actor Takashi Shimura exceeds all expectations as Dr. Yamane.
Looking back on this film, taken in it's entirety and without the added American scenes, Godzilla (Gojira) truly is a film that will last the ages.