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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Godzilla and The Yurakucho Mullion

Going through some photo albums, I found a photo of Harumi-Dori looking towards Ginza from Hibiya.

I took it back in 2001 as I recalled a similar shot in Return of Godzilla (1984) (a.k.a. Godzilla 1985) in which Godzilla is about to approach the Yurakucho Mullion Building and pick up a shinkansen from its tracks after collapsing the street and clawing the Yurakucho Mullion.

Above, looking towards Ginza from Hibiya down Harumi-Dori.  The
Yurakucho Mullion Building is the big building on the left.  Photo
by Armand Vaquer.

Above, a scene from "Return of Godzilla" has the Big G strolling towards
the Yurakucho Mullion Building.  Toho Co., Ltd.
Before the Yurakucho Mullion was built, the property was once occupied by the cake-shaped Toho Nichigeki Theater (featured in the 1954 Godzilla).  Inside the Yurakucho Mullion Building, there a modern Toho Nichigeki Theater.  I screened Space Battleship Yamato in this theater in 2010.

Above, the Yurakucho Mullion Building from a different angle.  Photo by Armand Vaquer.
This location is covered on pages 28-29 in The Monster Movie Fan's Guide To Japan.

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