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
Akira Takarada
as Ogata
Momoko Kôchi
as Emiko Yamane
Tadashi Okabe
as Dr. Tabata's Assistant (uncredited)
Kenji Sahara
as Man on Boat (uncredited)
Katsumi Tezuka
as Godzilla (uncredited)
Raymond Burr
as Steve Martin
Akihiko Hirata
as Dr. Serizawa
Emilio Cigoli
as Steve Martin (voice)
Giuseppe Rinaldi
as Ogata (voice)
Pino Locchi
as Security Officer Tomo Iwanaga (voice)
Sachio Sakai
as Hagiwara (uncredited)
Fuyuki Murakami
as Dr. Tabata (uncredited)
Frank Iwanaga
as Security Officer Tomo Iwanaga (uncredited)
Mikel Conrad
as George Lawrence (uncredited)
Takashi Shimura
as Dr. Yamane
Rita Savagnone
as Emiko Yamane (voice)
Ren Yamamoto
as Seiji (uncredited)
Toranosuke Ogawa
as President of Company (uncredited)
Kokuten Kōdō
as The Old Fisherman (uncredited)
Haruo Nakajima
as Godzilla (uncredited)
Crew
Kuichiro Kishida
Lighting Technician, VFX Lighting Artist
Yôichi Manoda
Visual Effects Camera, Special Effects
Motoyoshi Tomioka
Special Effects, Visual Effects Camera
Yoshio Suzuki
Assistant Costume Designer, Modeling, Costume Designer
Hajime Tsuburaya
Special Effects, Visual Effects Camera
Armando Valcauda
Colorist, Visual Effects
Masakatsu Asai
Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects, Visual Effects Director
Paul Schreibman
Producer
Teizô Toshimitsu
Sculptor, Costume Designer, Modeling
Koji Kajita
First Assistant Director
Eizo Kaimai
Costume Designer, Modeling
Ishirō Honda
Screenplay, Director
Iwao Mori
Executive Producer
Akira Ifukube
Music
Vince Tempera
Original Music Composer
Akira Watanabe
Visual Effects Art Director
Fabio Frizzi
Original Music Composer
Luigi Cozzi
Executive Producer, Director, Story Editor, Story
Sadamasa Arikawa
Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
Terry O. Morse
Supervising Film Editor, Story, Director
Fuminori Ōhashi
Costume Designer, Costume Consultant
Joseph E. Levine
Executive Producer
Renato Barbieri
Executive Producer
Sadao Iizuka
Visual Effects
Yasuyuki Inoue
Visual Effects Art Director
Shigeru Kayama
Novel, Lyricist, Original Story
Tohl Narita
Visual Effects Art Director
Masao Yagi
Assistant Costume Designer, Costume Designer, Modeling
Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects Director, Special Effects, Story, Visual Effects
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer, Story
Sei Ikeno
Additional Music