Godzilla

 

Year: 1954

Time: 96 min.

 

Series: The Criterion Collection

Edition #: 594

Release Date: Tuesday, 05 November 2024

MSRP: $49.95

 

4K UHD + Blu-ray

2 Discs

1.37:1

Japanese PCM Mono 1.0

Subtitles: English

Regions None/A

 

 High-definition digital restoration of Godzilla, King of the Monsters, Terry Morse’s 1956 reworking of the original, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack   Audio commentary for both movies by film historian David Kalat   Interviews with actors Akira Takarada and Haruo Nakajima and special effects technicians Yoshio Irie and Eizo Kaimai   Interview with legendary Godzilla score composer Akira Ifukube   Featurette detailing Godzilla’s photographic effects, introduced by special effects director Koichi Kawakita and special effects photographer Motoyoshi Tomioka   Interview with Japanese-film critic Tadao Sato   The Unluckiest Dragon, an illustrated audio essay featuring historian Greg Pflugfelder describing the tragic fate of the fishing vessel Daigo Fukuryu Maru, a real-life event that inspired Godzilla   Trailers   Essay by J. Hoberman