Ishirô Honda Collection [videorecording] = Ishirô Honda

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Ishirô Honda

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Material type: Film

FilmLanguage: Japanese, English Original language: Japanese Subtitle language: English Series: Ishirô Honda CollectionPublication details: Japan USA Toho Company Sony BMG Music Entertainment 2006Description: 2 videodiscs (175 min.) sound, b&w ; 3/4 inLOC classification:

PN1997 .I845 2006

Summary: From case cover: The ocean's surface boils white-hot and a Japanese freighter mysteriously vanishes in the Pacfic. Rescue boats meet the same fate, and the supersitious villagers of Odo Island fear an ancient legned has come true: the legend of Godzilla! Reawakened from eons-long sleep by an H-bomb test, the behemoth seeks revenge on the civilized world, turning Tokyo into a wasteland of atomic fire and rubble. Caught in the monster's path of destruction are young lovers Emiko and Ogata, who must betray their friend Dr. Serizawa, a brilliant but tormented scientist, in oreder to save the world. Classic Media presents the original and uncut Japanese-language version of Ishirô Honda's GOJIRA (1954), critically accliamed as a bold anti-nuclear allegory and one of the greatest monster movies of all time. Also included is GODZILLA (1956), the popular "Americanized" version starring Raymond Burr as a reporter covering Godzilla's rampage.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	SILC Learning Support Services DH132AA - Receiption/Circulation	PN1997 .I845 2006	Available		002393

Special features include:
- Audio commentary by Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski
- Godzilla: Story Development featurette
- Making of the Godzilla Suit featurette

From case cover:
The ocean's surface boils white-hot and a Japanese freighter mysteriously vanishes in the Pacfic. Rescue boats meet the same fate, and the supersitious villagers of Odo Island fear an ancient legned has come true: the legend of Godzilla! Reawakened from eons-long sleep by an H-bomb test, the behemoth seeks revenge on the civilized world, turning Tokyo into a wasteland of atomic fire and rubble. Caught in the monster's path of destruction are young lovers Emiko and Ogata, who must betray their friend Dr. Serizawa, a brilliant but tormented scientist, in oreder to save the world.
Classic Media presents the original and uncut Japanese-language version of Ishirô Honda's GOJIRA (1954), critically accliamed as a bold anti-nuclear allegory and one of the greatest monster movies of all time. Also included is GODZILLA (1956), the popular "Americanized" version starring Raymond Burr as a reporter covering Godzilla's rampage.

DVD video; Dolby Digital 2.0; stereo; NTSC; Regions 1; 1.37:1 as 4:3 fullscreen.

Japanese audio. Optional English subtitles.
English audio. No subtitles.

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