What is Godzilla (1954 movie)?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox movie | name = Godzilla | image = Gojira 1954 Japanese poster.jpg | caption = The 1954 Japanese movie poster | director = [[Ishirō Honda]] | producer = [[Tomoyuki Tanaka]] | screenplay = [[Ishirō Honda]]<br>Takeo Murata | story = Shigeru Kayama | music = [[Akira Ifukube]] | starring = [[Akira Takarada]]<br>[[Momoko Kōchi]]<br>[[Akihiko Hirata]]<br>[[Takashi Shimura]] | cinematography = Masao Tamai | editing = Kazuji Taira | distributor = [[RKO]] | studio = [[Toho]] | released = November 3, 1954 | runtime = 96 minutes | country = {{JPN}} | language = Japanese | budget = $1,500,000 | gross = $2,250,000 }}{{Nihongo|'''''Godzilla'''''|ゴジラ|Gojira}} is a 1954 [[Japan]]ese [[Science fiction movie|science fiction]] [[kaiju]] [[movie]]. It was [[movie producer|produced]] by [[Tomoyuki Tanaka]] and was [[movie director|directed]] by [[Ishirō Honda]]. The movie was distributed by [[Toho]]. It was the first of many [[kaiju]] movies that would be released in Japan. The movie is about [[Godzilla]], a giant mutated monster, terrorizing Japan. The opening scene of the ''Eiko Maru'' being obliterated by Godzilla's first attack and later scenes of survivors of other attacks being found with [[Acute radiation syndrome|radiation burns]], were inspired by the 1954 U.S. testing of a hydrogen bomb on [[Bikini Atoll]]. It gained positive reviews from critics and holds a 94% Fresh rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gojira/|accessdate=2014-04-24|title=Gojira (1954)|publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> == Cast == *[[Akira Takarada]] as Hideto Ogata *[[Momoko Kōchi]] as Emiko Yamane *[[Akihiko Hirata]] as Daisuke Serizawa *[[Takashi Shimura]] as Dr. Kyohei Yamane *Fuyuki Murakami as Dr. Tanabe *Sachio Sakai as Hagiwara *Ren Yamamoto as Masaji *Toyoaki Suzuki as Shinkichi (Masaji's younger brother) *Tsuruko Umano as Shinkichi's mother *Tada