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1954
Godzilla
Ishirō Honda

1954 · Japan · Atomic Terrors

Godzilla (1954)

Directed by Ishirō Honda

A mournful allegory of nuclear devastation made nine years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Creature FeatureJ-Horror & K-Horror

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