Godzilla
Godzilla
Release: 1977-01-01
·Runtime: 96m
·★ 6.8
Science Fiction
Horror
A re-edited Italian-language dubbed version of the original Godzilla, using as a basis the U.S. version, "Godzilla, King of the Monsters!" (1956), plus WWII newsreel footage and clips from other science fiction films. The re-edited film was then colorized via a process called "Spectrorama 70" consisting of applying various colored gels to the black and white footage. The film's opening and ending also features new music composed by musicians Fabio Frizzi, Franco Bixio, and Vince Tempera (under the pseudonym Magnetic System).
Production Countries
Italy
Japan
United States of America
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures International
Documento Film
BBC di Renato Barbieri
COZZILLA s.r.l.
Fonolux
TOHO
Toho Laboratory
Jewell Enterprises
Embassy Pictures
Cast
Raymond Burr
as Steve Martin
Akira Takarada
as Ogata
Momoko Kôchi
as Emiko Yamane
Emilio Cigoli
as Steve Martin (voice)
Fuyuki Murakami
as Dr. Tabata (uncredited)
Tadashi Okabe
as Dr. Tabata's Assistant (uncredited)
Giuseppe Rinaldi
as Ogata (voice)
Pino Locchi
as Security Officer Tomo Iwanaga (voice)
Takashi Shimura
as Dr. Yamane
Rita Savagnone
as Emiko Yamane (voice)
Sachio Sakai
as Hagiwara (uncredited)
Toranosuke Ogawa
as President of Company (uncredited)
Mikel Conrad
as George Lawrence (uncredited)
Kokuten Kōdō
as The Old Fisherman (uncredited)
Katsumi Tezuka
as Godzilla (uncredited)
Akihiko Hirata
as Dr. Serizawa
Ren Yamamoto
as Seiji (uncredited)
Frank Iwanaga
as Security Officer Tomo Iwanaga (uncredited)
Kenji Sahara
as Man on Boat (uncredited)
Haruo Nakajima
as Godzilla (uncredited)
Crew
Vince Tempera
Original Music Composer
Yasuyuki Inoue
Visual Effects Art Director
Tohl Narita
Visual Effects Art Director
Renato Barbieri
Executive Producer
Sei Ikeno
Additional Music
Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects Director, Special Effects, Story, Visual Effects
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer, Story
Akira Ifukube
Music
Kuichiro Kishida
Lighting Technician, VFX Lighting Artist
Shigeru Kayama
Novel, Lyricist, Original Story
Koji Kajita
First Assistant Director
Terry O. Morse
Supervising Film Editor, Story, Director
Motoyoshi Tomioka
Visual Effects Camera, Special Effects
Yôichi Manoda
Visual Effects Camera, Special Effects
Sadao Iizuka
Visual Effects
Masakatsu Asai
Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects, Visual Effects Director
Teizô Toshimitsu
Sculptor, Costume Designer, Modeling
Armando Valcauda
Colorist, Visual Effects
Akira Watanabe
Visual Effects Art Director
Joseph E. Levine
Executive Producer
Luigi Cozzi
Executive Producer, Director, Story Editor, Story
Hajime Tsuburaya
Visual Effects Camera, Special Effects
Sadamasa Arikawa
Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
Yoshio Suzuki
Assistant Costume Designer, Modeling, Costume Designer
Fuminori Ōhashi
Costume Designer, Costume Consultant
Ishirō Honda
Screenplay, Director
Iwao Mori
Executive Producer
Fabio Frizzi
Original Music Composer
Eizo Kaimai
Costume Designer, Modeling
Masao Yagi
Assistant Costume Designer, Costume Designer, Modeling
Paul Schreibman
Producer