---
title: 'Godzilla (1954)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ishirō Honda'
released: '1954-11-03'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/godzilla-1954'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047034/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Godzilla (1954)

1954 · 100 min · Action, Horror, Science Fiction · Japan

Original title: ゴジラ

## Synopsis

Godzilla  is a 1954 Japanese epic kaiju film directed and co-written by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho, it is the first film in the Godzilla franchise. The film stars Akira Takarada, Momoko Kōchi, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura, with Haruo Nakajima and Katsumi Tezuka as Godzilla. In the film, Japanese authorities deal with the sudden appearance of a gigantic monster, mutated from nuclear bomb testing.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ishirō Honda](https://cinepixo.com/people/ishiro-honda)
- **Screenplay:** [Ishirō Honda](https://cinepixo.com/people/ishiro-honda), [Shigeru Kayama](https://cinepixo.com/people/shigeru-kayama), [Takeo Murata](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeo-murata)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Akira Ifukube](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-ifukube)
- **Producer:** [Tomoyuki Tanaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomoyuki-tanaka)
- **Director of Photography:** [Masao Tamai](https://cinepixo.com/people/masao-tamai)
- **Editor:** [Kazuji Taira](https://cinepixo.com/people/kazuji-taira)

## Cast

- [Akira Takarada](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-takarada)
- [Haruo Nakajima](https://cinepixo.com/people/haruo-nakajima)
- [Momoko Kōchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/momoko-kochi)
- [Katsumi Tezuka](https://cinepixo.com/people/katsumi-tezuka)
- [Akihiko Hirata](https://cinepixo.com/people/akihiko-hirata)
- [Takashi Shimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/takashi-shimura)
- [Kokuten Kōdō](https://cinepixo.com/people/kokuten-kodo)
- [Kin Sugai](https://cinepixo.com/people/kin-sugai)
- [Kenji Sahara](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenji-sahara)
- [Ishirō Honda](https://cinepixo.com/people/ishiro-honda)

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Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195342/http://godzilla1954.jp/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/godzilla-1954
Film facts: Wikidata (Q860461); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.