Critque's Film Corner (Ep 1) "Godzilla 1954

Each Monday i will be posting a new film to the corner from the Godzilla franchise for us to Critique.

Remember this topic if for discussion of said movie and nothing else...

UP FIRST:

GODZILLA (1954).

Godzilla (??? Gojira^?) is a 1954 Japanese science fiction kaiju film produced by Toho. Directed by Ishir? Honda and featuring special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film stars Akira Takarada, Momoko K?chi, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura and Haruo Nakajima who portrayed the titular character until his retirement in 1972.

The film focuses on Godzilla, a prehistoric monster resurrected by repeated nuclear tests in the Pacific, who ravages Japan and reignites horrors of nuclear devastation to the very nation that experienced it first-hand. It was the first of many kaiju films released in Japan, paving the way and setting the standard for future kaiju films, many of which feature Godzilla.

When Godzilla was first released in 1954 the film sold approximately 9,610,000 tickets and was the eighth best-attended film in Japan that year.^[13] It remains the second most-attended "Godzilla" film in Japan, behind King Kong vs. Godzilla. Its box office earnings were 152 million Yen ($2.25 million).[13