poster

Godzilla

Godzilla

Release: 1977-01-01·Runtime: 96m·★ 6.8
Science FictionHorror

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

ItalyJapanUnited 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

Crew

Sadao Iizuka" />Sadao IizukaVisual EffectsTomoyuki Tanaka" />Tomoyuki TanakaProducer, StoryTeizô Toshimitsu" />Teizô ToshimitsuSculptor, Costume Designer, ModelingRenato Barbieri" />Renato BarbieriExecutive ProducerIwao Mori" />Iwao MoriExecutive ProducerMasao Yagi" />Masao YagiAssistant Costume Designer, Costume Designer, ModelingLuigi Cozzi" />Luigi CozziDirector, Executive Producer, Story Editor, StoryMotoyoshi Tomioka" />Motoyoshi TomiokaVisual Effects Camera, Special EffectsArmando Valcauda" />Armando ValcaudaColorist, Visual EffectsShigeru Kayama" />Shigeru KayamaNovel, Lyricist, Original StoryTerry O. Morse" />Terry O. MorseSupervising Film Editor, Story, DirectorYoshio Suzuki" />Yoshio SuzukiAssistant Costume Designer, Modeling, Costume DesignerKoji Kajita" />Koji KajitaFirst Assistant DirectorFabio Frizzi" />Fabio FrizziOriginal Music ComposerFuminori Ōhashi" />Fuminori ŌhashiCostume Designer, Costume ConsultantJoseph E. Levine" />Joseph E. LevineExecutive ProducerSei Ikeno" />Sei IkenoAdditional MusicSadamasa Arikawa" />Sadamasa ArikawaSpecial Effects, VFX Director of PhotographyAkira Ifukube" />Akira IfukubeMusicYasuyuki Inoue" />Yasuyuki InoueVisual Effects Art DirectorIshirō Honda" />Ishirō HondaScreenplay, DirectorEiji Tsuburaya" />Eiji TsuburayaVisual Effects Director, Special Effects, Story, Visual EffectsEizo Kaimai" />Eizo KaimaiCostume Designer, ModelingPaul Schreibman" />Paul SchreibmanProducerMasakatsu Asai" />Masakatsu AsaiSpecial Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects, Visual Effects DirectorVince Tempera" />Vince TemperaOriginal Music ComposerKuichiro Kishida" />Kuichiro KishidaLighting Technician, VFX Lighting ArtistYôichi Manoda" />Yôichi ManodaVisual Effects Camera, Special EffectsHajime Tsuburaya" />Hajime TsuburayaVisual Effects Camera, Special EffectsAkira Watanabe" />Akira WatanabeVisual Effects Art DirectorTohl Narita" />Tohl NaritaVisual Effects Art Director