Today in 1956, the original King of the Monsters came to our shores. On this day in 1956 (in the U.S.), Godzilla: King Of The Monsters mightily roared his way onto the silver screen. Written (in part) and directed by Ishiro Honda, this godfather of the greatest and most durable movie franchises starred Takashi Shimura, Momoko Kochi, and others. A numbers of scenes addressing nuclear radiation, political commentary, and Japanese dialogue were cut or replaced with narration by Raymond Burr, who was tacked on later for the American market.
Godzilla had a total production and marketing budget of roughly ¥101 million (approx. $1.5 million), which made it one of the most expensive Japanese films of the time, comparable to Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai and dwarfing average Japanese production budgets if the same period: a huge risk for Toho Studios, and one which paid off handsomely.
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