TY - BOOK AU - Ishirô Honda AU - Ishirô Honda AU - Takeo Murata AU - Shigeru Kayama AU - Takashi Shimura AU - Akihiko Hirata AU - Akira Takarada TI - Gojira: Godzilla AV - PN1997 .G657 1954 PY - 1954/// CY - Japan PB - Toho Film (Eiga) Co. Ltd. N1 - N2 - From case cover: The ocean's surface boils white-hot and a Japanese freighter mysteriously vanishes in the Pacific. Rescue boats meet the same fate, and the superstitious villagers of Odo Island fear an ancient legend 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 order to save the world. Classic Media presents the original and uncut Japanese-language version of Ishiro Honda's Gojira, critically acclaimed as a bold anti-nuclear allegory and one of the greatest monster movies of all time. Also included is Godzilla: King of the Monsters, the popular "Americanized" version starring Burr as a reporter covering Godzilla's rampage. From IMDb: Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships explode and are sunk. At first, the authorities think its either underwater mines or underwater volcanic activity. The authorities soon head to Odo Island, close to where several of the ships were sunk. One night, something comes onshore and destroys several houses and kills several people. A later expedition to the island led by paleontologist Professor Kyôhei Yamane, his daughter Emiko, and young navy frogman Hideto Ogata (who also happens to be Emiko's lover, even though she is betrothed to Dr. Daisuke Serizawa) soon discover something more devastating than imagined in the form of a 164-foot-tall (50-meter-tall) monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now, the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan but the rest of the world as well. Can the monster be destroyed before it is too late, and what role will the mysterious Serizawa play in the battle? ; Special features include: - Audio commentary by Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski - Godzilla: Story Development featurette - Making of the Godzilla Suit featurette ER -