Directed by Jun Fukuda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Screenplay by Hiroyasu Yamamura, Jun Fukuda Story by Shinichi Sekizawa, Masami Fukushima Starring Masaaki Daimon, Kazuya Aoyama, Akihiko Hirata, Hiroshi Koizumi Music by Masaru Sato Cinematography Yuzuru Aizawa Release date March 21, 1974 (Japan) Running time 84 minutes
Drew and Joe scratch their heads as they talk about one of the weirdest Kaiju films ever. Directed by Nacho Vigalondo Produced by Nicolas Chartier, Zev Foreman, Dominic Rustam, Nahikari Ipiña, Shawn Williamson Written by Nacho Vigalondo Starring Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Dan Stevens, Austin Stowell, Tim Blake Nelson Music by Bear McCreary Cinematography Eric Kress Edited by Ben Baudhuin, Luke Doolan Release date September 9, 2016 (TIFF), April 7, 2017...
Directed by Jun Fukuda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by Takeshi Kimura,Shinichi Sekizawa, Jun Fukuda Starring Katsuhiko Sasaki, Hiroyuki Kawase, Yutaka Hayashi, Robert Dunham, Kotaro Tomita, Ulf Ootsuki, Gentaro Nakajima Music by Riichiro Manabe Cinematography Yuzuru Aizawa Release date March 17, 1973 Running time 81 minutes Budget $760,000
Directed by Jun Fukuda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by Takeshi Kimura, Shinichi Sekizawa Starring Hiroshi Ishikawa, Tomoko Umeda, Yuriko Hishimi, Minoru Takashima, Zan Fujita, Toshiaki Nishizawa, Kunio Murai Music by Akira Ifukube, Kunio Miyauchi Cinematography Kiyoshi Hasegawa Release date March 12, 1972 Running time 89 minutes
This week ya'll get a bit of a monkey treat.
Directed by Yoshimitsu Banno Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by Yoshimitsu Banno, Takeshi Kimura Starring Akira Yamauchi, Toshie Kimura, Hiroyuki Kawase, Keiko Mari, Toshio Shiba Music by Riichiro Manabe Cinematography Yoichi Manoda Edited by Yoshitami Kuroiwa Release date July 24, 1971 Running time 85 minutes Budget $250,000 (U.S)
I don't even want to put credits in the description, I feel so much shame for the filmmakers. -Joe
Our fist ever Patreon Invite Episode! Thank you Chris for coming on the show!
Directed by Ishirō Honda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Screenplay by Takeshi Kimura, Ishirō Honda Starring Akira Kubo, Jun Tazaki, Yoshio Tsuchiya Music by Akira Ifukube Cinematography Taiichi Kankura Edited by Ryohei Fujii Release date: 1 August 1968 (Japan) Running time: 88 minutes Our theme music provided bu Mecha G: http://mechag.bandcamp.com/
Directed by: Ishirō Honda Produced by: Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by: Shunrō Oshikawa (novel), Shigeru Komatsuzaki (story), Shinichi Sekizawa Starring: Jun Tazaki, Yōko Fujiyama, Tadao Takashima Music by: Akira Ifukube Cinematography: Hajime Koizumi Edited by: Ryohei Fujii Distributed by: Toho, AIP (U.S.) Release date: December 22, 1963 (Japan), March 11, 1965 (U.S.) Running time: 96 min. (Japan), 88 mins (US) Theme music by: http://mechag.bandcamp.com/...
Directed by: Ishirō Honda Produced by: Tomoyuki Tanaka, Henry G. Saperstein Written by: Reuben Bercovitch, Takeshi Kimura Starring: Nick Adams, Tadao Takashima, Kumi Mizuno Music by: Akira Ifukube Cinematography: Hajime Koizumi, Sadamasa Arikawa Edited by: Ryohei Fujii Release dates: August 8, 1965 (Japan) Running time: 89 minutes (Theatrical), 93 minutes (International)
Directed by: Ishirō Honda Produced by: Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by: Ken Kuronuma (story), Shinichi Sekizawa Starring: Kôzô Nomura, Ayumi Sonoda, Fumito Matsuo Music by: Akira Ifukube Cinematography: Hajime Koizumi, Teisho Arikawa Edited by: Kazuji Taira Release date: October 14, 1958 Running time: 87 min.
Directed by: Jerry A. Baerwitz (USA) Produced by: Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by: Ken Kuronuma (story), Shinichi Sekizawa Starring: Myron Healey (USA), Tsuruko Kobayashi (USA) Music by: Albert Glasser (USA) Cinematography: Jacques R. Marquette (USA) Edited by: Rudolph Cusumano (USA), Jack Ruggiero (USA) Production company: Toho Distributed by: Crown International Pictures (USA) Released date: December 7th, 1962 Running time: 70 min. (USA) Music by: http://mechag.bandcamp.com/...
In which Drew, Joe, and Kaleb discuss their thoughts on the new Godzilla movie!
Directed by Jun Fukuda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by Shinichi Sekizawa Kazue Shiba Starring Tadao Takashima Akira Kubo Bibari Maeda Akihiko Hirata Yu Sekida Seiji Onaka Music by Masaru Sato Cinematography Kazuo Yamada Production company Toho Distributed by Toho Release dates December 16, 1967 Running time 86 minutes Country Japan Language Japanese Budget $900,000 Music by: http://mechag.bandcamp.com/...
Directed by: Jun Fukuda Produced by: Tomoyuki Tanaka Screenplay by: Shinichi Sekizawa Starring: Akira Takarada, Kumi Mizuno, Chotaro Togin, Hideo Sunazuka, Toru Watanabe, Toru Ibuki, Akihiko Hirata, Jun Tazaki, Ikio Sawamura, Pair Bambi, Eisei Amamoto Music by: Masaru Sato Cinematography: Kazuo Yamada Edited by: Ryohei Fuji Release date: December 17, 1966 Running time: 87 minutes Language: Japanese Budget: $1,200,000 Music Provided by Mecha G: http://mechag.bandcamp.com/...
Directed by Ishirō Honda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by Shinichi Sekizawa Starring Nick Adams Akira Takarada Kumi Mizuno Jun Tazaki Akira Kubo Yoshio Tsuchiya Haruo Nakajima Music by Akira Ifukube Cinematography Hajime Koizumi Edited by Ryohei Fujii Production company Toho UPA Distributed by Toho Release dates December 19, 1965(Japan) July 29, 1970 (U.S.) Running time 94 minutes (Japan) 92 minutes (USA) Country Japan United States Language Japanese English...
Directed by Ishirō Honda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Screenplay by Shinichi Sekizawa Starring Yosuke Natsuki, Hiroshi Koizumi, Yuriko Hoshi, Akiko Wakabayashi Music by Akira Ikufube Cinematography Hajime Koizumi Edited by Ryohei Fujii Production company: Toho Distributed by Toho Release date December 20, 1964 (Japan) Running time 81 minutes Country USA
Directed by Ishirō Honda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by Ken Kuronuma (original story) Takeshi Kimura Takeo Murata Starring Kenji Sahara Yumi Shirakawa Music by Akira Ifukube Cinematography Isamu Ashida Edited by Kôichi Iwashita Robert S. Eisen Production company Toho Distributed by Toho Release dates August 6, 1957 (US) Running time 82 min. Country Japan Language English
Directed by Ishirō Honda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by Ken Kuronuma (original story) Takeshi Kimura Takeo Murata Starring Kenji Sahara Yumi Shirakawa Music by Akira Ifukube Cinematography Isamu Ashida Edited by Kôichi Iwashita Robert S. Eisen Production company Toho Distributed by Toho Release dates December 26, 1956 (Japan) August 6, 1957 (US) Running time 82 min. Country Japan...
Directed by Ishirō Honda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by Shinichi Sekizawa Starring Akira Takarada Yuriko Hoshi Hiroshi Koizumi Yu Fujiki Emi Itō Yumi Itō Kenji Sahara Jun Tazaki Yoshifumi Tajima Music by Akira Ifukube Cinematography Hajime Koizumi Production company Toho Distributed by Toho (Japan) American International Pictures (USA) Release dates November 25, 1964...
*Correction: 1964, NOT 1963 as was stated in the episode. Directed by Ishirō Honda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by Shinichi Sekizawa Starring Akira Takarada Yuriko Hoshi Hiroshi Koizumi Yu Fujiki Emi Itō Yumi Itō Kenji Sahara Jun Tazaki Yoshifumi Tajima Music by Akira Ifukube Cinematography Hajime Koizumi Production company Toho Distributed by Toho (Japan) American International Pictures (USA) Release dates April 29, 1964 Running time 88 minutes Country Japan Language Japanese...
Directed by Ishirō Honda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by Shinichi Sekizawa Starring Frankie Sakai Kyoko Kagawa Hiroshi Koizumi Music by Yuji Koseki Cinematography Hajime Koizumi Edited by Kazuji Taira Production company Toho Studios Distributed by Toho (Japan) Columbia Pictures (US) Release dates July 30, 1961 (JP) May 10, 1962 (US) Running time 100 min. Country Japan Language Japanese English...
Directed by Ishirō Honda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Arthur Rankin Jr. Written by Takeshi Kimura(screenplay) (as Kaoru Mabuchi) Arthur Rankin Jr.(concept) Starring Akira Takarada Rhodes Reason Mie Hama Linda Miller Eisei Amamoto Music by Akira Ifukube Cinematography Hajime Koizumi Edited by Ryohei Fujii Production company Toho Studios Rankin/Bass Distributed by Toho (Japan) Universal Studios (USA) Release dates July 22, 1967 (Japan) June 19, 1968 (US) Running time 104 minutes (Japan) 96 minutes ...
Directed by Ishirō Honda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by Shinichi Sekizawa Starring Tadao Takashima, Kenji Sahara, Yu Fujiki, Ichirō Arishima, Mie Hama, Shoichi Hirose, Haruo Nakajima Music by Akira Ifukube Cinematography Hajime Koizumi Universal International (USA) Release date: June 26, 1963 (USA) Running time: 91 minutes (USA) Box office: $1.25 million
Directed by Ishirō Honda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by Shinichi Sekizawa Starring Tadao Takashima, Kenji Sahara, Yu Fujiki, Ichirō Arishima, Mie Hama, Shoichi Hirose, Haruo Nakajima Music by Akira Ifukube Cinematography Hajime Koizumi Release date: August 11, 1962 Running time: 97 minutes Budge: Japan ¥5 million Box office: Japan ¥350 million
Directed by Motoyoshi Oda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by Shigeaki Hidaka, Takeo Murata Starring Hiroshi Koizumi, Setsuko Wakayama, Minoru Chiaki, Takashi Shimura Music by Masaru Satō Cinematography by Seiichi Endo Edited by Kazuji Taira Released: May 21, 1959 Running time: 78 minutes
Join us as we descend into the soundtrack-less madness that is Godzilla raids again! Directed by Motoyoshi Oda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by Shigeaki Hidaka, Takeo Murata Starring Hiroshi Koizumi, Setsuko Wakayama, Minoru Chiaki, Takashi Shimura, Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla Music by Masaru Satō Cinematography Seiichi Endo Edited by Kazuji Taira Released: April 24, 1955 Running time: 82 minutes Budget $800,000
Once upon a time, all of us thought that THIS was the first Godzilla film! Little did we know... Directed by Terry O. Morse, Ishirō Honda Produced by Terry Turner, Joseph E. Levine Written by Shigeru Kayama, Al C. Ward Screenplay by Ishirō Honda, Takeo Murata Starring Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura, Akira Takarada, Momoko Kochi, Akihiko Hirata, Haruo Nakajima, Katsumi Tezuka Narrated by Raymond Burr Music by Akira Ifukube Cinematography Guy Roe Edited by Terry Morse Release dates: April 27, 1956 ...
Join us for our very first episode/commentary for the very first Godzilla film! Directed by IshirÅ Honda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Screenplay by IshirÅ Honda, Takeo Murata Story by Shigeru Kayama Starring Akira Takarada, Momoko KÅchi, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura Music by Akira Ifukube Cinematography Masao Tamai Edited by Kazuji Taira Distributed by Toho Release date: November 3, 1954 Running time: 96 minutes Budget ¥60 million Box office $2.25 million...
