#Godzilla2013 Entry #7: INVASION OF ASTRO-MONSTER

INVASION OF ASTRO-MONSTER (1965)

Directed by: Ishiro Honda

Written by: Shinichi Sekizawa

Starring: Nick Adams, Akira Takarada, Jut Tazaki, Akira Kubo, Yoshio Tscuhiya, Haruo Nakajima, Masaki Shinohara, and Shôichi Hirose

Synopsis: When a pair of astronauts discover an advanced alien race on Planet X, they agree to give them Godzilla and Rodan to fight King Ghidorah who terrorizes Planet X. But the aliens have a ulterior motives for the monsters.

#Godzilla2013 Entry #6: GHIDORAH, THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER

GHIDORAH, THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER (1965)

Directed by: Ishiro Honda

Written by: Shinichi Sekizawa

Starring: Yosuke Natsuki, Yuriko Hoshi, Hiroshi Koizumi, Haruo Nakajima, Shoichi Hirose, Masaki Shinohara with Emi Itô and Yûmi Itô

Synopsis: When a meteor with King Ghidorah crashes to Earth, Godzilla, Mothra, and Rodan must team up to fight him.

#Godzilla2013 Entry #5: MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA

MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA (1964)

Directed by: Ishiro Honda

Written by: Shin'ichi Sekizawa

Starrring: Akira Takawada, Yuriko Hoshi, Hiroshi Koizumi with Emi Itô and Yûmi Itô

Synopsis: After Godzilla comes back to wreck destroy Japan, a reporter, photographer, and professor must convince Mothra to fight against Godzilla. 

#Godzilla2013 Entry #4: KING KONG VS. GODZILLA

KING KONG VS. GODZILLA (1962)

Directed by: Ishiro Honda

Written by: Shin'ichi Sekizawa

Starring: Tadao Takashima, Kenji Sahara, Yu Fujiki, Mie Hame and Ichiro Arishima.

Synopsis: A suspiciously familiar giant ape has to fight with a recently-escaped Godzilla after he is kidnapped by a couple of TV studio lackeys.

#Godzilla2013 Project Entry #1: GOJIRA

Welcome to the first of what will be a total of 29 entries in my #Godzilla2013 project (clever name, huh?). My inspiration for this project came from a number of sources, the two main ones being my movie friends from Austin and my homeys over at PreOrder66. My Austin friends such as @Jenni7283 and @LolaReels always have some very cool themed project. For example, a recent project by Jenni was watching all 45 Sinatra movies. And then the good guys over at PO66 kept on talking about something called "SH MonsterArts" and talking about the Godzilla toys that were coming out of that line, which included other monsters from the franchise, and how amazing they were. They kept on talking about all of these events that happened in the movies, and I just became really curious over time. Now, I'm not at all a Godzilla fan, and I think the last movie I saw with him was that dreadful 1998 version so I figured, why not look into this often-referred and influential franchise?

This particular series of essays will be thoughts and a sort of review of the movie. There won't be a set schedule as all 28 movies are going to be a little bit of a pain to track down, and I will try as much as I can to go in chronological order. Today's entry comes to us via the Criterion Collection, spine number #594. This edition contains both the original movie and the American re-edit, GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS! Today, I'll be talking about 1954's GOJIRA, directed by Ishiro Honda. Check out my thoughts after the break.