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The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga (2019)

The origins of Godzilla!

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 50M

Director : Jonathan Bellés

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Akira Takarada
Akira Takarada
Himself - Actor
Haruo Nakajima
Haruo Nakajima
Himself - Suit Actor
Kenpachirō Satsuma
Kenpachirō Satsuma
Himself - Suit Actor
Shusuke Kaneko
Shusuke Kaneko
Himself - Filmmaker
Akira Kubo
Akira Kubo
Himself - Actor
Hiroshi Koizumi
Hiroshi Koizumi
Himself - Actor
Kazuki Ōmori
Kazuki Ōmori
Himself - Filmmaker
Koichi Kawakita
Koichi Kawakita
Himself - Filmmaker
Masaaki Tezuka
Masaaki Tezuka
Himself - Filmmaker
Yoshikazu Ishii
Yoshikazu Ishii
Himself - Filmmaker
Alain Vézina
Alain Vézina
Himself - Filmmaker
Daniel Aguilar
Daniel Aguilar
Himself - Filmmaker
Eiichi Asada
Eiichi Asada
Himself - SFX Director
Teruyoshi Nakano
Teruyoshi Nakano
Himself - SFX Director
Makoto Inoue
Makoto Inoue
Himself - Musician
Norihiro Katō
Norihiro Katō
Himself - Literary Critic
Toshio Takahashi
Toshio Takahashi
Himself - Set Designer
Tomoo Haraguchi
Tomoo Haraguchi
Himself - Filmmaker
Shinji Higuchi
Shinji Higuchi
Himself - SFX Director
José Luis Sanz
José Luis Sanz
Himself - Paleontologist
Carlos Aguilar
Carlos Aguilar
Himself - Film Critic
Ángel Sala
Ángel Sala
Himself - SIFF Director

Crews

Jonathan Bellés
Jonathan Bellés
Director
Jonathan Bellés
Jonathan Bellés
Writer
Ségolène Lacourte
Ségolène Lacourte
Associate Producer
Damián Sánchez
Damián Sánchez
Original Music Composer
Irene Rausell
Irene Rausell
Sound Designer
Joaquín Gimeno
Joaquín Gimeno
Sound Designer
Jonathan Bellés
Jonathan Bellés
Producer
Jonathan Bellés
Jonathan Bellés
Editor
José Luis Romeu
José Luis Romeu
Supervising Editor

Trailers and other movies

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