Godzilla - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "Godzilla"
ゴジラ (1954)
Timing:
1:36 (96 min)
7.634/10
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Film crew
Director
Producer
Executive Producer
Iwao Mori
Executive Producer
Editor
Kazuji Taira
Editor
Art Direction
Satoru Chûko
Art Direction
Production Design
Satoru Chûko
Production Design
Original Music Composer
Second Assistant Director
Susumu Takebayashi
Second Assistant Director
Director of Photography
Sound Effects Editor
Ichirô Minawa
Sound Effects Editor
Property Master
Kyuzo Yamamoto
Property Master
First Assistant Director
Kôji Kajita
First Assistant Director
Assistant Costume Designer
Masao Yagi
Assistant Costume Designer
Yoshio Suzuki
Assistant Costume Designer
Production Manager
Teruo Maki
Production Manager
Costume Designer
Teizô Toshimitsu
Costume Designer
Kaimai Eizo
Costume Designer
Fuminori Ōhashi
Costume Designer
Masao Yagi
Costume Designer
Yoshio Suzuki
Costume Designer
Screenplay
Takeo Murata
Screenplay
Novel
Shigeru Kayama
Novel
Lighting Technician
Kuichirô Kishida
Lighting Technician
Chōshirō Ishii
Lighting Technician
Visual Effects Production Manager
Yasuaki Sakamoto
Visual Effects Production Manager
Special Effects
Yôichi Manoda
Special Effects
Motoyoshi Tomioka
Special Effects
Fumio Nakadai
Special Effects
Shoji Ogawa
Special Effects
Masakatsu Asai
Special Effects
Story
Sculptor
Teizô Toshimitsu
Sculptor
Assistant Director
Kôji Kajita
Assistant Director
Special Effects Assistant
Masakatsu Asai
Special Effects Assistant
Additional Music
Sound Assistant
Nobuyuki Tanaka
Sound Assistant
Visual Effects
Fuminori Ōhashi
Visual Effects
Hiroshi Mukoyama
Visual Effects
Sadao Iizuka
Visual Effects
Hidesaburo Araki
Visual Effects
Taka Yuki
Visual Effects
Masakatsu Asai
Visual Effects
Original Story
Shigeru Kayama
Original Story
Sound Recordist
Hisashi Shimonaga
Sound Recordist
Norio Tone
Sound Recordist
Visual Effects Director
Masakatsu Asai
Visual Effects Director
Visual Effects Art Director
Akira Watanabe
Visual Effects Art Director
Tohl Narita
Visual Effects Art Director
Yoshio Irie
Visual Effects Art Director
Modeling
Teizô Toshimitsu
Modeling
Masao Yagi
Modeling
Yoshio Suzuki
Modeling
Sound Effects
Ichirô Minawa
Sound Effects
Assistant Camera
Yuzuru Aizawa
Assistant Camera
VFX Lighting Artist
Kuichirô Kishida
VFX Lighting Artist
Assistant Gaffer
Shinji Kojima
Assistant Gaffer
Seishichi Kojima
Assistant Gaffer
Author
Lyricist
Shigeru Kayama
Lyricist
Visual Effects Camera
Yôichi Manoda
Visual Effects Camera
Motoyoshi Tomioka
Visual Effects Camera
VFX Director of Photography
Underwater Camera
Yuzuru Aizawa
Underwater Camera
Scientific Consultant
Hiroshi Ozaki
Scientific Consultant
Tokio Shikama
Scientific Consultant
Costume Consultant
Fuminori Ōhashi
Costume Consultant
What's left behind the scenes
- The idea for a film about a radioactive monster came to producer Tomoyuki Tanaka after he was forbidden from filming a project based on the real-life story of Japanese fishermen aboard the “Lucky Dragon 5,” who were exposed to a serious dose of radiation in the area of American nuclear tests. Meanwhile, the beginning of “Godzilla” is a direct reference to this story.
- Initially, Godzilla was going to be named Angirus. The idea didn't work out, but the creature Angirus appeared in the second film as Godzilla's rival.
- Eiji Tsuburaya, responsible for the special effects, originally envisioned Godzilla as a giant octopus. This octopus, named Oodako, was created and even appeared in some films later on. Another early version of Godzilla was a creature with a mushroom-shaped head.
- The name Gojira (Godzilla) is a combination of the Japanese words 'gorira' (gorilla) and 'kujira' (whale). A hybrid of a gorilla and a whale was also an early prototype of Godzilla, proposed by Tomoyuki Tanaka himself. But after Tanaka watched the American film 'The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms', he concluded that Godzilla should be a dinosaur. The old name of the monster, however, remained.
- Stop-motion animation of a Godzilla model (as in the old American 'King Kong') was rejected due to its cost. Moreover, Eiji Tsuburaya stated that at that time there simply weren't any masters in this field of animation in Japan.
- The first Godzilla suit weighed 91 kilograms, which caused significant discomfort for the stuntman (Haruo Nakajima) while moving. Haruo could only walk about ten meters in it, after which it became impossible to stay inside Godzilla due to the weight and heat. Subsequently, the suits were made somewhat lighter.
- Godzilla's eyes and mouth in the first film were controlled using three cables run along his back. In the second film, separate batteries were built into the suit for this purpose, making it even heavier.
- To create Godzilla's roar, film composer Akira Ifukube ran a thick leather glove along the strings of a double bass, and then a reverberation effect was added to the recorded sound. Godzilla's footsteps were created by hitting an iron cauldron with a rope.
- The first two ships destroyed by Godzilla were named 'Eiko-Maru' and 'Bingo-Maru'.
- Originally, it was planned that when Godzilla first appeared on screen, he would hold a bloodied cow in his mouth. The scene was filmed, but Ishiro Honda disliked it and reshot the scene without the cow.
- The power transmission towers that Godzilla melted with his radioactive breath were made of wax and melted by shining spotlights on them and blowing hot air.
- The soldiers heading to the coast to fight Godzilla are real Japanese troops who happened to be conducting maneuvers during filming and were fortunately captured on camera.
- The film was nominated for the Japanese Academy Prize for Best Film (the only time in the entire franchise's history), but lost to Akira Kurosawa's 'Seven Samurai.' However, it won in the category of Best Visual Effects.
- The original Japanese version of 'Godzilla' with English subtitles was officially released in the USA only half a century later – in 2004. In the same year, Godzilla received his well-deserved star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- Simultaneous filming of 'Godzilla' and 'Seven Samurai' nearly bankrupted the Toho company.
- Director Ishiro Honda himself appeared as the operator pulling the lever to electrocute Godzilla with 300,000 volts. And right before this scene, Haruo Nakajima himself can be seen in the room, who also appeared in the film as one of the reporters.
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