Godzilla

 

Year: 1954

Time: 96 min.

 

Series: The Criterion Collection

Edition #: 594

Release Date: Tuesday, 24 January 2012

MSRP: $39.95

 

Blu-ray

1 Disc

1.33:1

Japanese PCM Mono 1.0

Subtitles: Japanese

Region A

 

 New high-definition digital restoration of Godzilla, King of the Monsters, Terry Morse’s 1956 reworking of the original   Audio commentary for both movies by film historian David Kalat   New 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   New 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 for Godzilla and Godzilla, King of the Monsters   A booklet featuring a new essay by critic J. Hoberman