When “Gojira” (known worldwide under its name Godzilla) was released in Japan in 1954, it created a cinematic legend that became a dominant figure in Japanese cinema over the decades to come, and it wasn’t long before it also took the world by storm. “Gojira”‘s director Ishiro Honda became the master of the monster movie, and it would bind him to this Japanese special FX film genre till his death in 1993.
“King Kong vs Godzilla” is streaming at Thessaloniki International Film Festival
8 years after its cinematic birth, it was decided in 1962 that Godzilla needed to face an adversary that was known world wide as well. Maybe a foe that was even more popular than Japan’s own radiation monster. They found this adversary in King Kong, another unmistakable legend from the silver screen. It would become The Two Mightiest Monsters Of All Time! in the cinematic smack-down of the decade.
“King Kong vs Godzilla” is streaming at Thessaloniki International Film Festival
8 years after its cinematic birth, it was decided in 1962 that Godzilla needed to face an adversary that was known world wide as well. Maybe a foe that was even more popular than Japan’s own radiation monster. They found this adversary in King Kong, another unmistakable legend from the silver screen. It would become The Two Mightiest Monsters Of All Time! in the cinematic smack-down of the decade.
- 11/5/2020
- by Thor
- AsianMoviePulse
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