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title: 'Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ishirō Honda'
released: '1956-04-27'
runtime_minutes: 80
genres:
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'United States'
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/godzilla-king-of-the-monsters-1956'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0197521/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)

1956 · 80 min · Horror, Action, Science Fiction · United States, Japan


## Synopsis

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!  is a 1956 kaiju film directed by Terry O. Morse and Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. It is a heavily re-edited American localization, or "Americanization", of the 1954 Japanese film Godzilla. The film was a Japanese-American co-production, with the original footage produced by Toho Co., Ltd., and the new footage produced by Jewell Enterprises. The film stars Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura, Momoko Kōchi, Akira Takarada, and Akihiko Hirata, with Haruo Nakajima and Katsumi Tezuka as Godzilla. In the film, an American reporter covers a giant reptilian monster's attack on Japan.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ishirō Honda](https://cinepixo.com/people/ishiro-honda), [Terry O. Morse](https://cinepixo.com/people/terry-o-morse)
- **Screenplay:** [Terry O. Morse](https://cinepixo.com/people/terry-o-morse)
- **Editor:** [Terry O. Morse](https://cinepixo.com/people/terry-o-morse)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Akira Ifukube](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-ifukube)
- **Producer:** [Joseph E. Levine](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-e-levine)

## Cast

- [Takashi Shimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/takashi-shimura)
- [Raymond Burr](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-burr)
- [Momoko Kōchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/momoko-kochi)
- [Akihiko Hirata](https://cinepixo.com/people/akihiko-hirata)
- [Akira Takarada](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-takarada)
- [Kenji Sahara](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenji-sahara)
- [Mikel Conrad](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikel-conrad)
- [James Hong](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-hong)

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