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May 16th, 2014: Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956)

May16 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Black and White, Dinosaurs, Disaster, Drama, Ecological Disaster, Event Film, Horror, Kaiju, Monster, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, Tragedy Tagged Akihiko Hirata, Akira Ifukube, Akira Takarada, arranged marriage, atomic testing, divers, Eiji Tsuburaya, Godzilla, gojira, inventors, Ishiro Honda, Japan, love triangle, natives, paleontologists, radiation, radiation mutation, Raymond Burr, scientists, secret weapon, shipwrecks, Takashi Shimura, Toho, Tokyo, World War Two Veterans

May 13th, 2014: Godzilla: Final Wars

May13 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Aliens, Computer Animation, Dinosaurs, Event Film, Giant Animals, Giant Crustaceans, Giant Insects, Kaiju, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, Sequel, War with Aliens Tagged "homage is French for rip off", "New York", Akira Takarada, alien abduction, Antarctica, athlete turned actor, Godzilla, homage, Keith Emerson, Kenji Sahara, Kumi Mizuno, Minilla, Mothra, mutants, Rodan, runaway planet, scientists, Toho, Tokyo, United Nations

March 7th, 2013: King Kong Escapes

Mar7 by Professor Mortis

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6 Comments Posted in Adventure, Dinosaurs, Espionage, Event Film, Giant Animals, Giant Apes, Kaiju, Lost World, Movie of the Day, Robots, Sci-Fi, Sequel, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged "apes love blondes", Akira Ifukube, Akira Takarada, apes, Arthur Rankin Jr, cash-in, co-production, doppelganger, Eiji Tsuburaya, Eisei Amamoto, goofy monster suit, gorilla suit, Ishiro Honda, Japan, killer robots, King Kong, Mie Hama, Paul Frees, Rankin/Bass Productions, Rhodes Reason, robot servant, scientists, submarine, suitmation, T-Rex, the declining years, Toho, Tokyo, Tomoyuki Tanaka, uncharted island, United Nations

March 1st, 2013: Mosura tai Gojira aka Mothra vs. Godzilla aka Godzilla vs. The Thing

Mar1 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Event Film, Giant Insects, Kaiju, Movie of the Day, Puppetry Tagged Akira Takarada, amusement park, Eiji Tsuburaya, Emi Ito, evil businessman, Godzilla, Hiroshi Koizumi, Ishiro Honda, Japan, Kenji Sahara, Mechagodzilla, photographer, psychic, reporter, scientists, Shinichi Sekizawa, Toho, Tomoyuki Tanaka, twins, Yumi Ito, Yuriko Hoshi

February 15th, 2013: Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster

Feb15 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Event Film, Giant Animals, Giant Crustaceans, Giant Insects, Kaiju, Movie of the Day, Sequel, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged Akihiko Hirata, Akira Takarada, bank robbers, Eiji Tsuburaya, fishermen, Godzilla, Hal Linden, Japan, Kumi Mizuno, Masaru Sato, meltdown, Mothra, nuclear weapons, paramilitary group, Shinichi Sekizawa, Toho, Tomoyuki Tanaka, troubled production, uncharted island, yacht

August 6th, 2011: Gojira (1954)

Aug6 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Disaster, Drama, Horror, Kaiju, Melodrama, Monster, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged Akihiko Hirata, Akira Ifukube, Akira Takarada, arranged marriage, atomic testing, divers, Eiji Tsuburaya, Godzilla, inventors, Ishiro Honda, Japan, love triangle, natives, paleontologists, radiation, radiation mutation, scientists, secret weapon, shipwrecks, Takashi Shimura, Toho, Tokyo, World War Two Veterans

April 13th, 2011: Kaiju Daisenso aka Monster Zero aka Invasion of the Astro-Monster aka Godzilla Versus Monster Zero

Apr13 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Aliens, Event Film, Kaiju, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good, Space Travel, War with Aliens Tagged Akira Ifukube, Akira Kubo, Akira Takarada, double cross, Drive-In, Eiji Tsuburaya, ex-pat actors, Ghidorah, Godzilla, Ishiro Honda, Kumi Mizuno, Nick Adams, Rodan, Shinichi Sekizawa, sound as weapon, Toho

February 6th, 2011: Latitude Zero (1969)

Feb6 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Fantasy, Kaiju, Mad Scientist, Monster, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi Tagged Akira Ifukube, Akira Takarada, Cesar Romero, Eiji Tsuburaya, Ishiro Honda, Japan, Joseph Cotton, mastermind, matinee, Richard Jaeckel, rip-off, submarine, Toho, twist

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