This movie was such a good metaphor for the horror of nuclear weapons.....like his foot steps kinda sound like bombs being dropped and his roar at least to me sounds like a deeper version of an air raid siren
The nuclear aspect is obviously there however the attack on the city and the Sound of the falling footprints/ bombs are much more reminiscent of the fire bombing
23:20 *ENGLISH TRADUCTION:* Oh peace, oh light Hasten back to us May we live without destruction May we look to tomorrow with hope May peace and light return to us Our hearts are filled with prayer This we pray Hear our song And have pity on us May we live without destruction May we look to tomorrow with hope
So I’m pretty sure no military equipment was gotten for this film, I fairly sure Toho did war films for Japan during ww2 so they had stock footage. It’s well used though. This is a masterpiece. And I think everyone should watch it once, especially if they like film. I love this franchise and try to watch the original at least annually. I was just a kid in 2004 when the fiftieth anniversary film, Godzilla Final Wars came out and being a G-fan it was hard growing up with no kaiju movies in theaters, no one my age understood or even had heard of Godzilla or only knew the 1998 American film. You can imagine the excitement that the last 7 years have been to have People interested in what I love, the franchise that made me love film!
Toho did make propaganda movies during the war, the government took over the whole film industry like the NAZI party did in Germany. In fact the studio was called P.C.L before the government renamed it TOHO in 1939.
I think in the scene where they're preparing to defend Tokyo from godzilla second attack from what I heard, they got permission to film the military base during one of their military drills for the scene. So I believe it's not stock footage, I heard it during an English commentary telling how they got the footage for that scene.
The ORIGINAL and the BEST! I'll always take THIS one over any of the subsequent films. Either those silly kiddie oriented "Vrs" films or some post 2000 overblown Hollywood cgI orgy.
Toho studio released two great movies in 1954, this 'Godzilla' and 'Seven Samurai', and Takashi Shimura played very important role in both. Dr. Yamane and Kambei Shimada the leader of the seven. Golden era of Japanese B&W film.
Godzilla's original 1954 roar was created by composer Akira Ifukube, who dragged a resin-coated leather glove along the loosened strings of a double bass.
I saw the 1956 American version when I was a kid in the late 90s, but I didn’t get to see the original Japanese version until I was in junior high. I thought it was so cool to see the scenes that were removed from the 1956 take, and this movie still brings tears to my eyes when I watch it. And I always thought that the military footage was stock footage from WWII, but it was actually the newly formed Self Defense Force.
You did a good job, there was no mocking , like some have done. I saw the America version on TV back in the late 60's, and several of the m in the 70's. I have most of the movies, and have seen them many many times. Yes they are hokey, well made.
New York Television back in the fifties. had a program where they would repeat showing the movie every night for a week. I was ten in 1958, and made sure I did not miss a showing. The American version is interesting. mostly the same, but with scenes with an American actor cut in. I watched it whenever it was shown, along with the original King Kong. Even though the small black and white TV. showed the movie with commercials every fifteen minutes. It. was awesome. Loved the music, picked it out on the old upright.
13:26 Actually, that’s a real military training film from 1944 of the Imperial Japanese Navy launching deapth charges in the water. And they most likely got it from the director Ishiro Honda who likely acquired it during his time in the military (~1935-1945).
small explonation to gojis scream: nabend erstmal, die sound desighner kratzten mit einem in biehnenwachs gehärteten lederhandschuh über ein kontrabass.
I saw this for the first time, I'm looking for a DVD and I'll watch it all. Thank you. By the way, about the scene where Godzilla research teams from each country come to Japan, I think that scene is probably a mixture of the hopes of the Japanese at that time, because we Japan were isolated after the war.
Has he already seen this film? Or will he take the time to rewatch it from the beginning after this commentary is over? In any case, if he is talking about every single shot, he will not be able to get the film's content into his head at all. Both for the person talking and for us, the viewers watching this video.
This movie was such a good metaphor for the horror of nuclear weapons.....like his foot steps kinda sound like bombs being dropped and his roar at least to me sounds like a deeper version of an air raid siren
im still amazed at how good it is for a movie from the 50ies.
The nuclear aspect is obviously there however the attack on the city and the Sound of the falling footprints/ bombs are much more reminiscent of the fire bombing
I think that this replica of the attack by Godzilla is clearly inspired by the memories of the indiscriminate bombings by the US military during WWII.
23:20 *ENGLISH TRADUCTION:*
Oh peace, oh light
Hasten back to us
May we live without destruction
May we look to tomorrow with hope
May peace and light return to us
Our hearts are filled with prayer
This we pray
Hear our song
And have pity on us
May we live without destruction
May we look to tomorrow with hope
So I’m pretty sure no military equipment was gotten for this film, I fairly sure Toho did war films for Japan during ww2 so they had stock footage. It’s well used though. This is a masterpiece. And I think everyone should watch it once, especially if they like film. I love this franchise and try to watch the original at least annually. I was just a kid in 2004 when the fiftieth anniversary film, Godzilla Final Wars came out and being a G-fan it was hard growing up with no kaiju movies in theaters, no one my age understood or even had heard of Godzilla or only knew the 1998 American film. You can imagine the excitement that the last 7 years have been to have People interested in what I love, the franchise that made me love film!
Toho did make propaganda movies during the war, the government took over the whole film industry like the NAZI party did in Germany. In fact the studio was called P.C.L before the government renamed it TOHO in 1939.
I think in the scene where they're preparing to defend Tokyo from godzilla second attack from what I heard, they got permission to film the military base during one of their military drills for the scene. So I believe it's not stock footage, I heard it during an English commentary telling how they got the footage for that scene.
A lot of footage was minatures as well.
The ORIGINAL and the BEST! I'll always take THIS one over any of the subsequent films. Either those silly kiddie oriented "Vrs" films or some post 2000 overblown Hollywood cgI orgy.
Watch Minus One, your faith will be restored.
Toho studio released two great movies in 1954, this 'Godzilla' and 'Seven Samurai', and Takashi Shimura played very important role in both. Dr. Yamane and Kambei Shimada the leader of the seven. Golden era of Japanese B&W film.
Godzilla's original 1954 roar was created by composer Akira Ifukube, who dragged a resin-coated leather glove along the loosened strings of a double bass.
I saw the 1956 American version when I was a kid in the late 90s, but I didn’t get to see the original Japanese version until I was in junior high. I thought it was so cool to see the scenes that were removed from the 1956 take, and this movie still brings tears to my eyes when I watch it. And I always thought that the military footage was stock footage from WWII, but it was actually the newly formed Self Defense Force.
You did a good job, there was no mocking , like some have done. I saw the America version on TV back in the late 60's, and several of the m in the 70's.
I have most of the movies, and have seen them many many times. Yes they are hokey, well made.
The song the chorus of girls are signing is a prayer for peace and hope. Really potent song when you can hear it and read subtitled translations.
New York Television back in the fifties. had a program where they would repeat showing the movie every night for a week. I was ten in 1958, and made sure I did not miss a showing. The American version is interesting. mostly the same, but with scenes with an American actor cut in. I watched it whenever it was shown, along with the original King Kong. Even though the small black and white TV. showed the movie with commercials every fifteen minutes. It. was awesome. Loved the music, picked it out on the old upright.
thanks for telling your story, its always interesting to me to hear how other people had first time reactions to Movies / culture etc.
Masterpiece!
Its a fantastic movie, especially for being made in 1954!
Both dollies and underwater cameras were in use in the silent era, long before 1954.
13:26 Actually, that’s a real military training film from 1944 of the Imperial Japanese Navy launching deapth charges in the water. And they most likely got it from the director Ishiro Honda who likely acquired it during his time in the military (~1935-1945).
Of course they had dollies in 1954. They used a dolly for the train POV shot when it got stomped on by Godzilla.
thanks for the info :)
Camera dollies have been in use to various degrees since 1937.
Such a great movie and a great stato a awesome franchise. Long live Gojira
small explonation to gojis scream: nabend erstmal, die sound desighner kratzten mit einem in biehnenwachs gehärteten lederhandschuh über ein kontrabass.
The Godzilla actor passed out many times between sets
I wish that they'd release this movie in color.
I think it would lose a lot of its visual power in colour.
I wish they'd put a black background behind the subtitles as a lot of the time they're imposed over very light shots and nearly impossible to read.
11:57 trilobites are a real species that I think are extinct.
I saw this for the first time, I'm looking for a DVD and I'll watch it all. Thank you. By the way, about the scene where Godzilla research teams from each country come to Japan, I think that scene is probably a mixture of the hopes of the Japanese at that time, because we Japan were isolated after the war.
Has he already seen this film? Or will he take the time to rewatch it from the beginning after this commentary is over? In any case, if he is talking about every single shot, he will not be able to get the film's content into his head at all. Both for the person talking and for us, the viewers watching this video.
LongLiveTheKing
long live the king
you should review Godzilla vs Destroyah, I think you would like it a lot
All the fighter jets in the movie were miniatures
There is actual footage of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in this Film
Gojira
Not your average B movie
Is Godzilla movie as a depressing one ladies and gentlemen buckle up
"They are old and black & white" annoying excuse