The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

50 mins | Documentary | April 2, 2019

Japan, 1954. A legend emerges from the ashes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, devastated by atomic bombs in 1945. The creature's name is Godzilla. The film that tells its story is the first of kaiju eiga, the giant monster movies.

The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

50 mins | Documentary | April 2, 2019

The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
Japan, 1954. A legend emerges from the ashes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, devastated by atomic bombs in 1945. The creature's name is Godzilla. The film that tells its story is the first of kaiju eiga, the giant monster movies.
Producers 451 Prods
Original title Los albores del kaiju eiga
Directors Jonathan Bellés
Writers Jonathan Bellés

Cast

Akira Takarada

as Himself - Actor

Haruo Nakajima

as Himself - Suit Actor

Kenpachirō Satsuma

as Himself - Suit Actor

Shusuke Kaneko

as Himself - Filmmaker

Akira Kubo

as Himself - Actor

Hiroshi Koizumi

as Himself - Actor

Kazuki Ōmori

as Himself - Filmmaker

Koichi Kawakita

as Himself - Filmmaker

Masaaki Tezuka

as Himself - Filmmaker

Yoshikazu Ishii

as Himself - Filmmaker

Alain Vézina

as Himself - Filmmaker

Daniel Aguilar

as Himself - Filmmaker

Eiichi Asada

as Himself - SFX Director

Teruyoshi Nakano

as Himself - SFX Director

Makoto Inoue

as Himself - Musician

Norihiro Katō

as Himself - Literary Critic

Toshio Takahashi

as Himself - Set Designer

Tomoo Haraguchi

as Himself - Filmmaker

Shinji Higuchi

as Himself - SFX Director

José Luis Sanz

as Himself - Paleontologist

Carlos Aguilar

as Himself - Film Critic

Ángel Sala

as Himself - SIFF Director