While the media pundits are busy analyzing yesterday's election results, I am switching gears to make note of today's "birthday boy."
56 years ago today, on November 3, 1954, Godzilla was released in Japan. It was a landmark film which started the genre of Japanese science-fiction and fantasy movies (the giant monster genre is known as daikaiju eiga amongst fans).
The movie was produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka and directed by Ishiro Honda. The special effects were created by Eiji Tsuburaya.
It starred Akira Takarada, Momoko Kôchi, Akihiko Hirata and Takashi Shimura.
56 years later, the monster king is still making movies. Legendary Pictures and Warner Brothers are in pre-production of a new American Godzilla movie that is slated to be released in 2012.
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