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Gojira (released in the U.S. in 1956 as "Godzilla, King of the Monsters"; see below), the classic 1954 Ishiro Honda Japanese Toho kaiju battling rubbery monsters horror science fiction (sci-fi) thriller ("Raging through the world on a rampage of destruction"; "An enraged monster wipes out an entire city!"; "Incredible, unstoppable titan of terror!"; "It's Alive!"; "Civilization crumbles as its death rays blast a city of 6 million from the face of the earth!"; "Mightiest monster! Mightiest melodrama of them all!"; "Spawned in the ocean's depths... it stalks the earth! Belching fire that blasts mighty cities into oblivion! A gory Goliath that lives to kill... kills to live! Diabolical demon of destruction... mightiest monster of them all - Godzilla!"; "Makes King King look like a midget!"; "Earth-shaking! Screen-shattering!"; "Awesome - and then some! - Civilization totters! Science astounded!"; "See! A monstrous sea-beast... surging up from the ocean! ... a city of six-million wiped out by its death ray blast! ...Giant ships swamped! Jet planes swept from the skies! Trains ripped from the rails!"; "More! More! More! See every screen-shattering thrill!") starring Raymond Burr (in the American version), Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura, Akira Takarada, Momoko Kochi, and Haruo Nakajima (the man in the Godzilla monster suit!). Note that this movie was originally titled "Gojira" when released in Japan in 1954. Two years later, an Americanized re-edited version was released which listed Terry Morse and Ishiro Honda as directors. It had most of the commentary by the Japanese actors about nuclear war removed, and new scenes were shot with Raymond Burr, who plays a TV commentator announcing what Godzilla is doing, thus allowing him to be in the movie without actually appearing in any of the original scenes! Even though these new scenes with Raymond Burr were added, the new running time of the movie was still 8 minutes shorter than the original running time, because they removed quite a bit of the original footage. The U.S. version is 90 minutes, and the original Japanese version is 98 minutes.
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Important Added Info: Note that this item is from a Kokusho Kankokai box set (also known as the "Godzilla Paper Collection"), which featured reprints of Godzilla advertising material from the first 11 Godzilla films. The collector added, "A Japanese publishing company acquired formal authorization from TOHO to re-create some early, rare advertising materials for Godzilla movies using paper stock and printing materials that were very similar to the original items. Those re-created items were sold as a box set in a very limited quantity (as a matter of fact, they were all sold out when I myself noticed this project and tried to acquire a set). The box set not only contained re-creations of the rarest Godzilla related posters, but those re-created posters themselves were also quite scarce". Also, note that this is a "country of origin" poster for this partially Japanese movie! Finally, note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube.

UPDATED 11/05/2013: Note that a knowledgeable collector pointed out that this is not a 1984 re-release poster as we initially listed. Please see the Important Added Info section for more information.

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