Godzilla ('54): Attack on Tokyo clip - Classic Japanese Monster Movies

[@philliesphan334]

This scene is much scarier when you put it in perspective that this is supposed to be equivalent to a nuclear bomb done in slow motion

[@puyuem4695]

With few years ago since the real atomic bomb

[@Dra741]

When we were kids in the sixties we didn't know that there was a possibility that Godzilla didn't exist

[@Dra741]

As kids we understood there was a good possibility that something like Godzilla existed and destroyed Tokyo

[@Dra741]

As a kid we see all these horror movies, but nobody told us that these monsters did not exist in fact they were promoting them so why shouldn't we think they were really real

[@Dra741]

After all we found out that there was ants that had an atomic breath that ants that can throw acid on you ants

[@rw9931]

My grandma (Japanese) once told me that she was absolutely terrified when she saw this movie when it came out. Because people at that time were not familiar with the concept of Kaiju(she discribed it as "Giant lump of coal-like creature") had never seen a motion picture that was made so well, and had never heard such intimidating music.

[@nightever426]

thats interesting

[@shingoji35]

Você é sortudo demais cara por isso...

[@thee20thdoctor18]

I was thinking about this the other day! I told my friend showing a midwestern person Godzilla in the 50s would be like showing a medieval peasant a techno rave

[@GojiBoiEarth1964]

Reminds me of one story where it was reported that a room of people ran out of the theater in a scene where Godzilla approached a building that looked like the theater.

[@MayumiC-chan9377]

my grandparents were survivors of the Bombing of Tokyo so Gojira had an effect on them too

[@chendersonrailproductions704]

The thing that makes the original Godzilla a classic, was the fact of how serious they treated it. The low angles, the sound track, the actors making it seem like they were living through it. The aftermath, the warning to mankind. The Special Effects shooting from low angles. yes there is some scenes in the movie that don't hold up, but compared to the sequels this one still looks the most realistic. Until the Hensei era.

[@MrBronx61]

That's why this is still the best G-film, even after all these years.

[@chendersonrailproductions704]

@@MrBronx61 This and The Return of Godzilla have always been my two of my favorite godzilla movies. I thought in many ways the Return of Godzilla Moderized what a Godzilla should have been like.

[@ianfindly3257]

The 54 ORIGINAL is the ONLY one that I really care for. I'll always take IT over ANY of the subsequent films - either those silly kiddie-oriented "Vrs" films or some post-2000 overblown Hollywood CGI orgy!

[@imza5535]

@@ianfindly3257 I'm a huge fan of the modern cgi ones but I gotta say watching the whole movie again....just amazing!

[@innsignroadwork4130]

@@ianfindly3257 Have you never seen Shin Godzilla?

[@maxmax-ix7dl]

This first Godzilla film... Is truly a masterpiece

[@Chicano3000X]

Minus One is a great throwback to this.

[@coletrain583]

Oh yes. Even got the Oscar!

[@LordSolar638]

@@Chicano3000Xfr though

[@coletrain583]

@danielwilliams8346 How is that blasphemy? It's the first Godzilla film to win an Oscar, it's a massive honor. In fact, the whole thing does the franchise proud and it is a sign in a great direction for the franchise.

[@maxximus6418]

The start of an era, a dynasty, and a legacy

[@jtblcksheep3376]

Even Godzilla’s atomic breath was scarier back then. Most interpretations portray it as a fancy, badass laser. Here, it’s portrayed as a toxic, gas-like spray that just ignites everything it touches. Almost like the Martian heat ray from War of the Worlds.

[@cupcaketf223]

Yeah, in here he is in fact a nuclear bomb like creature, but in 1962-2021 he is more of a badass kaiju who shoots lazers.

[@Algeriawindows69]

And the fact that no one can toutch him because he is radioactive an ability forgotten in most of his movies.

[@JohnnysBrainfart4372]

Reminds me a lot of Herdorah’s smog in GvH, where it was shown to melt people’s skin

[@riven5677]

I like to think of it as radiation and you can just make out the silhouette of it

[@ditadita230]

But then in Godzilla raids again (basically a new godzilla) he used his atomic breath at Angurius but Angurius is like "egh EGH YOUR BREATH STINKS"

[@animeHEAT]

The fact that the actor in the suit was dealing with at pretty intense heat in a 220 pound suit is kinda badass. And then he did it for close to 20 years. I can only imagine that he had to deal with heat stroke more than once. Fucking legend.

[@titanus-naturesguardian779]

Indeed.

[@theenjeneer2493]

They actually made the suit alot lighter after the fist one still heavy of course but light enough that he could walk probably and even run

[@StudioPrimal]

It was 100 kg suit..

[@theenjeneer2493]

@@StudioPrimal 220 pounds is roughly 100 kg

[@CEfect]

R.I.P Haruo Nakijima

[@heyu8967]

Can you imagine being in the city and hearing the gunfire, explosions, and the roar of Godzilla in the distance

[@parappa5002]

It’s actually pretty scary because you know that Godzilla is coming to destroy everything.

[@Charlesputnam-bn9zy]

@ Uriah Lee, Godzilla to the Japanese, is symbol for the trauma of the Tokyo 1923 earthquake (110,000 dead) the fire bombings of 1945, & the Hiroshima A-bomb.

[@carlosadriantinajerovelazc4338]

@@Charlesputnam-bn9zy As well as the Nagasaki A-bomb and the 1954 Castle Bravo detonation

[@davecrawford1813]

That’s a good comment

[@silentgaming6287]

I would just end it all no way i was gonna be alive the same time Godzilla is.

[@mrs.alucard6669]

The scene where the mother is telling her children that they're going to be with their daddy soon gets me to this day, I cry every time I see it.

[@dougbrowne9890]

Also when the little girl starts crying, because her mother has died, in the hospital.

[@Jake-nm3tb]

@@dougbrowne9890 I hate that girl!

[@Jake-nm3tb]

That makes sense, because you are a women and you weren't even established by those.

[@casesoutherland4175]

Same here! It is so incredibly heartbreaking. 😭😭😭😭

[@areaxisthegurkha]

​@@Jake-nm3tbwhat

[@bhardnavares5903]

Even to this day, even with the outdated special effects, there is a sense of realism and dread to this scene. You can just really feel that Godzilla is really there causing havok to mankind. They treated Godzilla here not just a gargantuan monster but a force of nature and utter disaster to the world.

[@Salem-1610]

"Now I am become death. The destroyer of worlds."

[@Anonymous_0894]

​@@Salem-1610appropriate comment as the atomic bomb awakened Godzilla after the war.

[@colbywidener7092]

​@@Anonymous_0894 not only awakened but mutated him into a nuclear abomination

[@mist5273]

Keep in mind that the filmmakers and the original audience all still had the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombing and the Tokyo firebombings in vivid memory as it happened only 9 years before the movie's release

[@imadrunk3576]

It's the music. Iv fallen in love with the music. It's absolute fire 🔥

[@graffiti9145]

This scene is so iconic It's the japanese equivalent of King Kong climbing the Empire State building

[@LiquifiedMoose]

Kong vs godzilla is basically just America vs japan

[@darthvader575]

​@@LiquifiedMoosein this sense Barbie is popular japanese product in America and atom bomb is a popular American product in Japan☠️🌚🌝

[@piehound]

Not at all. Did USA ever have any of its biggest cities fire bombed to total destruction ???? Hundreds of thousands of civilians burned to a crisp ????? I don't think so. Yes everybody NOSE that was only PAYBACK for Pearl Harbor. King Kong has nothing to do with it. It's Japanese national trauma replayed again and again.

[@Moby_12_12]

For 1954, this is a masterpiece

[@akaoniryuu4564]

Even by todays standards its a masterpiece

[@numptyur]

For 2020 and beyond it’s a masterpiece

[@tomfitzpatrick7335]

@Donjie Donjie come on man CGI isn't all bad

[@jeremiahmatthewcw3919]

And horror movie

[@truthspeaker8243]

@@tomfitzpatrick7335 Yeah but this is true art work

[@brodielarson9096]

I love this movie. Unlike other giant monster movies, it focuses more on the effect Godzilla has on people, even showing it through children.

[@redseaweedcupcakes4837]

Everytime it gets to that scene where the little girl is crying for her mom, I have to pause it and mentally prepare myself, it's that sad.

[@KaijuKev814]

I remember the first time i saw this as a 6 year old kid now im like damn i was allowed to watch this lol

[@brodielarson9096]

I remember the first time I got to watch Terminator because I was going through cancer and my parents finally caved. Now we watch that movie every summer and I revisit this one whenever I don't have anything to do and a giant monster movie is calling my name.

[@Names_buck]

Just like with the nuclear bombs

[@brodielarson9096]

@@Names_buck precisely.

[@Michael-Philip]

Seen Godzilla Minus One today, it was really good. So here I am.

[@seva809]

Same here!

[@Abelhawk]

I have the same story. 😄

[@TheAntiDisneyGod]

I have a different story it was an absolute piece of gar… ha just kidding it was great

[@Tuner_Ood]

Hello

[@remyfortuin7977]

I also liked it. (One small criticism I have is that they shoehorned in a happy ending by having his girlfriend survive Godzilla's attack. IMO It undermined Shikishima's whole character arc)

[@xaviercruz2633]

Who would've thought, after 70 years, Godzilla would finally win an Oscar at the Academy Awards. It took some time but the award finally arrived. The King Of The Monsters has finally received the Ultimate Prize.

[@FuzztasticFilms]

Yup, the American prize. 🏆

[@josho7138]

😃

[@SunWukongMk0]

​@@FuzztasticFilms Japanese*

[@FuzztasticFilms]

@@SunWukongMk0 You do know that he won the academy award from America.

[@SunWukongMk0]

@@FuzztasticFilms which one? I haven't heard about that

[@rayarena879]

Godzilla was a great movie. I don't understand why it didn't win a few Academy Awards, certainly the original soundtrack deserved an award. Akira Ifukube was a great composer!

[@carlosadriantinajerovelazc4338]

I'd bet it had to do with the tones and themes it portrayed, it showed the cruelty of war, more specifically, nuclear war, which so far only the USA have committed. And they didn't like that

[@dorothymalloy1474]

I agree 100%, & the Man wearing the suit said that back in the day they didn't have rubber for them to make the suit so it ready made cement

[@MickeyFlipper]

I asked that same question and guess what I was told? Apparently the Raymond Burr edit happened for a reason. He said something about propaganda for the times. AND clarified to me “they” started it. I’m sure you can add up yourself what he meant by “they started it”? Obviously the feelings from previous generations are still lingering till now.

[@JohnInTheShelter]

SciFi and horror flicks were rarely nominated back in those days. Heck, this was inspired by Beast from 20k Fathoms and THAT didn't get an effects nom. Japanese movies were only beginning to make an impression on the US market, and I suspect the composers weren't going to take a nomination away from one of their own (they wouldn't nominate Forbidden Planet, and were adamant that Louis and Bebe Barron not be credited as composers--and they're not).

[@JohnInTheShelter]

@@MickeyFlipper Well, they DID start it. If we're comfortable talking about what the US did with nukes, we can't shy away from pointing out that we may have finished the war with Japan, but we didn't start it.

[@khalilrichardson491]

This music sounds scary and suspenseful

[@owentheguywithalotofhobbie878]

Especially at the beginning. that part gives me chills 😣

[@khalilrichardson491]

@@owentheguywithalotofhobbie878 the famous 1954 roar of Godzilla gave me NIGHTMARES!!!!

[@owentheguywithalotofhobbie878]

@@khalilrichardson491 yea even though they recycled it for the next film lol

[@Bloodreign1]

@@owentheguywithalotofhobbie878 You don't fix that which is not broken.

[@shigewaka]

It is said to have influenced Spielberg's film Jaws. If you ask me, they look similar, right?

[@BoneSoldier0]

Those sirens wailing over the classic Gojira theme has given me goosebumps for years, so ahead of its time

[@imchase7796]

When I heard it in minus one I lost it

[@MrTPain]

Give me the tubas and trumpets.

[@ukotoa1639]

What’s even more tragic is when I watched this movies I didn’t see heroes or villains I just saw victims

[@leiderhosen7110]

All victims of the Atomic Age and the fear of the bomb which exists to this day.

[@TheFoxFromSplashMountain]

That's because there are no 'good guys' or 'bad guys' when it comes to nuclear war. Only victims. Even Godzilla. Just an animal driven by primal instinct. I have heard people compare Godzilla to those who suffer horrible illnesses and disfigurements due to radiation poisoning. Lost, alone, and in need of help, all while being feared by others. 2016's Shin Godzilla really played on that idea very well, as they made Godzilla a horribly mutated creature living in constant agonizing pain. Very heavy stuff.

[@lenadjordjevic6068]

All victims Of Atomic Age and the fear Of The bomb which exsist to This day

[@placeintheworldfadesaway5800]

Everyone, including Godzilla himself, is a victim. No big bad villain, no heroic good guy, just tragedy.

[@Algeriawindows69]

Yep

[@TorriadTwire]

Can we pay respects to Haruo Nakajima R.I.P May he rest in piece

[@wilsoniothegreat6162]

@KARTHIK S I think he’s talking about Haruo Nakajima

[@TorriadTwire]

@@wilsoniothegreat6162 yeah I was

[@TorriadTwire]

Sorry

[@MidnightQ]

@KARTHIK S no he did pass away actually in 2017

[@grantator]

rip

[@kevinoneil5120]

I've always been able to see past the rubber suit and imagine how terrifying this would be for those soldiers. To watch this towering monstrosity shrug off artilery rounds before slowly turning to look down at you... chills. Hoping Minus One delivers a similar picture!

[@MilliardoVT]

Minus One does not disappoint. It’s easily a Top 5 Godzilla film.

[@ed_1092]

Yoooo I ’m an hour fresh from just seeing it. They absolutely captured the energy and terror of the original!! You gotta see it!

[@corey7219]

Minus One does not disappoint.

[@jadaguerre7795]

Minus One was incredible

[@Ozinarg]

Reporting fresh from my theater experience, minus one absolutely nails it

[@dylancarles127]

The firefighter response moment is the best.

[@Asertix357]

Braver than the entire military of Japan.

[@dylancarles127]

Asertix357 I think they didn’t look at Godzilla. They might of payed attention to the fire.

[@dylancarles127]

Godzilla - Movies Godzilla, Ima about to end this man’s whole career.

[@damainmane4765]

Firefighters has entered the battlefield: Fireman#1:😳This is not why I became a fireman Fireman#2:😠Take them balls out that purse Tom,the city needs us Fireman#3:😟To do what Stacey?!! Fireman#2:😡Our job dammit!!! Fireman#1:☝️🙄THAT THING JUST LOCKED EYES WITH ME... Fireman#2:😡Give'em one of these🖕🏽 Fireman#3😫WHY DO WE HANG WITH YOU??!! Gojira-TF??!!💨💥 Firefighters has left the battlefield:

[@AtomicFire1972]

I guess nobody bothered to inform the local fire station that there was a pissed off, mutated 50 meter tall lizard in the area, engaging in widespread serial arson.

[@adambrenann2833]

This is really good for a movie made in the 50's

[@ny8956]

Nor "for a movie made in the 50's". This is just really good.

[@MissAmazanda]

When people complain about how dark the lighting was in the 2014 and 2019 godzilla films watch this and you'll see they were just sticking to the theme....

[@voyagerkamen1386]

MissAmazanda Only 2 out of 35 Godzilla movies were in Black and White.

[@AbcforAbc]

Which one were they?

[@voyagerkamen1386]

Angry Kiryu 2002 03 Gojira and Godzilla Raids Again

[@AbcforAbc]

Oh ok

[@bluewolvesstudios2822]

Ikr...the darkness of the film makes the film more intense and interesting

[@megalon73]

This easily the most Iconic moment in Godzilla movie history. He comes ashore on Tokyo Bay, Then walk threw 3000 volts of electricity. Best yet! The reveal of the Atomic Breath, He let the fire to do all the work.

[@placeintheworldfadesaway5800]

Those were 50 thousand volts of electricity. *He wasn't even hurt.*

[@dougbrowne9890]

@@placeintheworldfadesaway5800 He "might" have been hurt, but not nearly enough to slow him down. Kind of like getting punched in the arm by a buddy. It hurts, but doesn't stop you from punching him back.

[@potatoid-0158]

One of the most impressive films in all of cinema. Godzilla 1954 is an eternal masterpiece.

[@gabrielelias8442]

Every time he roars it just give me chills 😌😌

[@Jonathanest90s]

Yeah, it’s fuckin awesome.

[@Murdeah]

Hands down the best roar out of all the movies.

[@arg2smooth]

Do you know what the emojis you put at the end mean? You clearly don’t know emojis.

[@aroojkazmi2871]

The new roar is awsome but it will never be greater than tge orginal

[@jenniferwills9752]

Skreeeeeeeeeeeooooooooonk!

[@johnnyngo2896]

Without a doubt one of the most memorable scenes in any Godzilla movie considering that it shows him rampaging through Tokyo. Add to the fact that this scene was filmed in black and white makes it even more iconic and unforgettable.

[@Bloodreign1]

That roar! Took me years to finally see the original Japanese version with subtitles, I was blown away. And what he symbolized for the people of Japan likely made filmgoers blood run cold in 1954, 9 years after the bombs.

[@kyleshiflet9952]

Plus The Tokyo Firebombings,and Lucky Dragon #5

[@MelancoliaI]

There have been countless city-destruction scenes in countless movies since this one, but none have this feel. It's so apocalyptic and doom-laden. Here, I'm convinced the stakes are for real and the people are fighting for their very survival. It's not fun, it's tense, anxiety-ridden, and scary.

[@IasonasKlapakis]

I get chills watching this clip

[@onemariobro]

This is honestly scarier when you realize that despite the other movies having Japan aware of Godzilla, this was their first time dealing with something of this magnitude. Especially since, minus the oxygen destroyer, there are no other ways to harm this version of the big G

[@stalinchu8024]

Except for death can

[@placeintheworldfadesaway5800]

Seriously, this is considered to be one of the most powerful versions of Godzilla.

[@alasdairandrew1447]

What about Mechagodzilla?

[@TheDuckyDino]

@@alasdairandrew1447what about him?

[@alasdairandrew1447]

@@TheDuckyDino I was just wondering 🤔 💭 If Mechagodzilla would be a match for The Original Godzilla since Mechagodzilla is very strong 💪

[@lauragoodland6359]

In my opinion is the scariest Godzilla movie. I think it’s because of the fact that it’s black and white. There’s something about the darker colours that makes it More scary than some of the newer ones I find this one even scarier than minus one. I mean sure it’s not like a horror movie it’s kind of scary.

[@FuzztasticFilms]

I mean I think it’s considered a horror film? I mean people die in this film, and the intense and eerie atmosphere of Godzilla arriving at Tokyo is bone chilling in my opinion.

[@azforu29]

Well, your not wrong. It's a fucked up movie. The part where he just inquisitively stares at a public bird cage aloft and growls at it. That still freaks me out. Just the expression I guess.

[@xaviercruz2633]

70 years ago, the King was born. And 70 years later the franchise is still alive and remains a worldwide icon. Gojira has influenced generations, other franchises and people in general. Here's to 70 years of destruction, Godzilla. Thank you.

[@danieltorres6715]

No is 69 years ago In 69 years later

[@kenworthNH]

The actor did a good job moving slowly to create the illusion of his immense size. Later on they moved around so quickly it just didn't look as good.

[@Starboy-lolking]

Well they used to technique were they would film the suit actor at a higher frame rate and then play it back at the regular 24 frames. That's how they make Godzilla move so slow in this movie. In the sequel they did the same thing but they accidentally forgot to slow it down.

[@ny8956]

As stated above, the actor didn't move in slow motion. The higher frame rate played back at 24 seconds slow down the movement, giving the illusion of mass. Also notice how most shots are filmed at low angles, looking up at Gojira. This is also done to get the illusion of scale.

[@arthurbr8280]

It was moving slowly beacause the suit was heavy.

[@damainmane4765]

@@arthurbr8280 The weight of the suit kinda helped to give a realistic feel while at the same time an unnatural movement to a massive dinosaur. Sometimes it's easy to forget there's a human underneath that suit that's how good he was.

[@arthurbr8280]

@@damainmane4765 ikr

[@Amyroseplaysstuff]

1:50 I don't know why, but I love this shot so much. It's mostly the expression on Godzilla's face that gets me, he looks so angry and distraught.

[@FuzztasticFilms]

Fr and it makes him feel alive. Just a beautiful and terrifying shot ✨

[@andymortenson5324]

The soundtrack for the original film is incredible. The music is inseparable from the rest of the film and makes just as much of an impact as the video. Even as a child it was very much a part of the overall experience.

[@Collector261]

It was probably due to slow motion photography, but I could swear that Godzilla was occasionally pausing to look at his destruction, like he was looking around to admire it. Truly one kaju that absolutely loved his job.

[@romeycrawford9557]

And during most of the film he is looking DOWN for something or someone to destroy. His eyes shining in the darkness make him look like a demon.

[@in2food]

First saw this in ‘58 when I was five. So good.

[@kasajizo219]

No way you that old

[@in2food]

@@kasajizo219 I wish you were correct. Unfortunately, I am.

[@kasajizo219]

@@in2food damn bro you 68?

[@in2food]

@@kasajizo219 Hey, it’s not like I’m 100😂

[@kasajizo219]

lol, well you should watch the rest of the showa era, if you did than just watch whatever you haven't watched please.

[@GojiMasterZ]

This is why I love Godzilla 1954, the way they mixed documentary with horror and a bit of action, the mix with the suit and hand puppet 3:28 or 3:29 ish, this movie is what started the franchise and the fact it will be 70 years old is just fucking ridiculously amazing

[@regentwaynekerr]

Godzilla was meant to be a metaphor of what the USA did to Hiroshima and Nagasaki with the atom bombs, Which once you learn is impossible to unsee as the wounds of the bombing were still fresh. Injuries theoretically would be the same as Hiroshima especially radiation poisoning because Godzilla is radioactive.

[@snapbacktoreality48]

67 years later and this is a masterpiece

[@aethananimationjesusisgod2976]

68 soon

[@reesespuffs1943]

70 soon

[@RagShop1]

Saw the Japanese version for the first time at the Rialto Theater in New York City in May, 2004. It was a revelation, far better than the Americanized version I was familiar with. The anti-nuclear message watered down so much in the 1956 reedit is at full strength in the original film and it's powerful! Truly a cinematic masterpiece!

[@TheEnzyme94]

Watch the Original in Japanese with subtitles to get the full impact of this historic classic film.

[@dorothymalloy1474]

I seen it that one a long time ago

[@nicholasmoose6574]

Both versions are classics in their own ways.

[@Mavsforlife41]

Fuck that

[@ussvoyager8650]

This movie is a true classic & it has really great music

[@Benratbag1997]

The original ‘54 Godzilla is a Masterpiece after 7 decades since it was made and Godzilla himself looks really terrifying in Black & White. Rest In Peace to Haruo Nakajima (original Godzilla actor), Ishiro Honda, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Eiji Tsuburaya (The creators of Godzilla).

[@ovskii96]

Out of all the classic Godzilla films, I think they did the best suit effects here. Not the suit itself, but how they shot it. The darkness adds a genuine sense of scale.

[@JosephHines-p5q]

This is the best godzilla movie of all time

[@XenoTronusWeePoo850]

It's amazing to see how far Godzilla movies have come

[@VulgarBeyondSteel]

See minus one yet?

[@XenoTronusWeePoo850]

@@VulgarBeyondSteel nah but I want to

[@dougbrowne9890]

This film should be watched with an open mind. Watch it as it was intended to be seen. As a serious film. The metaphor that Godzilla represents, of the H-Bomb, is very powerful. A superior film.

[@bebop54]

👆🏼💯💣💥👌🏼

[@rizkyaldi5698]

Somehow, this is look more real then a nowadays tokusatsu movie. I mean no cgi, pure practical, this is amazing. I feel the horor, the scary, the tragic like everything was real in front of my eyes

[@jetenza2434]

0:18 The soundtrack!!!! I Love it!!!!

[@alansouzacruz970]

The king of monsters

[@bendeguzroyer7722]

GODZILLA 1954 - 2021👍🦖🙂❤️👑😎🕶️💙

[@caivue3314]

Movie that start it all Gojira (1954)

[@akaoniryuu4564]

The movie that still reigns supreme as well

[@chronolynx360]

@@akaoniryuu4564 it's because gojira was Born in Japan. It all started in Toho studio.

[@akaoniryuu4564]

@@chronolynx360 yeah people now only like "godzilla" as monster fights but it fails to point out the main reason it was made which was to show the damage and danger of atomic and nuclear weapons in a physical form the story behind it creates a great in movie story as well which gives it tension, drama and heartbreaking moments the fact the movies may never revert back to it's original message is upsetting

[@imbouttashowyoumycaillou-k541]

I say nothing can beat this masterpiece its just more than a monster destroys a city this movie is horrific asf

[@jeerochimaru]

Fun Fact: the music playing at 0:25 was used in 2016 film Shin Godzilla.

[@goofyahhqaundale9068]

It was made in 2016 not 2017

[@jeerochimaru]

@@goofyahhqaundale9068 ok,I will correct it.Thanks for telling me bro

[@YourLocalJamesHetfieldFangirl]

i need 500k subs •417 years ago He Said 2016

[@goofyahhqaundale9068]

@@YourLocalJamesHetfieldFangirl he edited his comment months ago it said 2017 if you were there months ago you will wee

[@jeerochimaru]

@@YourLocalJamesHetfieldFangirl No,I edited my comment.First I said 2017

[@unavailableusername9694]

This movie is a masterful suspense/horror classic. If you haven't seen it, turn down the lights, grab some popcorn and enjoy the ride. The directing is genius, the suspense is riveting, and it is genuinely scary.

[@Scorpionspear77]

I love how the sound effect used for the atomic breath here stayed mostly consistent up through the Heisei series.

[@ankanghosh5272]

This is the real terror. Some massive dark thing coming out from water slowly slowly and its quiet everywhere

[@yeetmaestro575]

The creation of Godzilla’s roar, and it's first application in this film, is one of the greatest achievements in film effects.

[@thedangerdave7167]

I love this part because if I’m not wrong this is the first time we see Godzilla use his atomic breath. And it just happens no big build up or anything just boom, and your like this thing is more powerful than we thought. Watching the VHS with my dad one Sunday for the first time. It blew me away I was like holy shit he’s really a force of destruction how are they going to stop him.

[@tysongasaway2286]

I don’t care what everyone says this is a masterpiece

[@Emmanuel-ms8pr]

True this movie is a total masterpiece the destruction sequences, the soundtrack everything in this movie is goddamn perfect 😎😎😎😎

[@annoying_HK_guy]

Those who said this a flop only cares about kaiju fighting more than it meaning to men……

[@nothingatall162]

It's a shit movie

[@NicholasVetter-sy8io]

@@nothingatall162Oof. I think this movie is a masterpiece. Please enlighten me. If you say anything about special effects, don’t. It’s a film from the 50s. If it’s about a lack of monster fights, don’t.

[@kingcrematorium]

The original and by far the best. Chilling to this day.

[@christysanders1909]

Scary how realistic this feels thanks to the scale illusion of these special effects, as well as the suit and acting. It feels like this is a recording of an actual event. I don't think any other godzilla film has managed to create this kind of experience even with multi million dollar special effects.

[@jaydenhalopainen7595]

I cannot for the life of me think of another movie with special effects so well, that it still holds up some 70 years later. The proportions, the fire, the destruction... its still as amazing now as it was back then

[@blondmop92]

I don't know if anyone else feels the same, but I love that half second of silence before Godzilla lets out its atomic breath for the first time at 1:35. I think it makes the ensuing devastation feel just that much more haunting.

[@Goofygabber-o1e]

That soundtrack is tense as fuck. Great for the time.

[@CowsEatPineaples30]

2:53 listen to the music

[@Manu-iq1mg]

THAT scene in king of the monsters, after serizawa's death

[@nameless4091]

It's godzilla's theme

[@CowsEatPineaples30]

@@nameless4091 are you talkin to me or them

[@nameless4091]

@@CowsEatPineaples30 to both of you

[@CowsEatPineaples30]

@@nameless4091 oh well thats why i put the time stamp because its his theme

[@burnerdaughter]

This film holds up so well, even after Godzilla Minus One, the original 1954 movie might still be my favorite. The score as Godzilla arrives, denoting so much dread and despair, followed up by the insistent violins in their heartwrenching resistance, is so profound. There's so much grief and loss that can't be put into words that this supposedly campy, outdated film manages to capture.

[@CBright7831]

1:10 - Even though this film was first, I'll always associate that roar with the 1984/85 Godzilla.

[@Realityiscool]

Realizing that gojira had been so popular for generations truely shows how much people liked it

[@Meobeothikmacdono]

The man in the suit 💀💀💀💀

[@MrashBSoffcial]

@@MeobeothikmacdonoBlud the man in the suit isn’t real grow up

[@williamgregory1848]

This, the ORIGINAL great-grandfather of all giant Japanese kaiju films is still probably the best of its kind EVER made.

[@maricelgomez9390]

Ngl i like the older movies more than the newer movies

[@ahmedalimian9597]

It's undoubtedly a masterpiece being created without special effects and latest technology, Thumbs up to that Movie Team 👍

[@Bloodreign1]

Just a man in a heavy ass suit, miniature models, and some great cinematography was all that was needed to be effective.

[@LegendofBamBam]

Just saw saw Minus One last night and it was fantastic. It’s made me want to go back and appreciate all the older films and maybe see if I can see some references.

[@The_10th_Doctor.]

Nuclear radiation in Japan: creates destructive monsters that level cities Nuclear radiation in America: creates heroes that save the country Godzilla in Japan: giant force for destruction Godzilla in America: protects America and also at some point in all the films destroys Japan, basically a superhero

[@macmiles278]

One of the saddest endings of all time for a monster movie. 😢

[@christosdoesthings]

Can you imagine watching this in the big screen when it came out, only 9 years after Hiroshima? The black and white really makes godzilla look way scarier, with the eyes being pitch black, despite it being so old its extremely impressive for its time and is still chilling 70+ years later. You can absoloutely feel the influence from the nuclear bombings here, which is a thing lost in nearly every other godzilla movie.

[@LilDragonkaijufan]

Godzilla 1954 was my first ever monster movie I've seen and I still love it to this day.

[@ianoliver2224]

Godzilla Comes Ashore is such a chilling ear worm of a track.

[@perotekku]

I think a lot of people relate this Godzilla as an allegory for nuclear weapons (which it is) But I think the way his atomic breath ignites Tokyo as opposed to simply blowing it up or flattening it, is a reference to the Tokyo firebombing, which actually killed more people than both atomic bombings combined.

[@lisahemingway1808]

Never has there ever been a Monster roar that is as bad as Godzilla's roar! He let's you know straight up, don't mess with Me!

[@Kloerb]

It is unbelievable how much effort went into these beautiful models or that melting effect. Just beautiful.

[@jasonmoore113]

Aw man nostalgia started to really kick me in the face with that

[@ingotants3809]

To me it's still the greatest Movie ever made.It's almost perfect.

[@teawrecks1243]

And then as little as a few years later, this grim and dreadful allegory of the atom bomb would be doing tail slide drop-kicks and victory dances while throwing down with other rubber suit monsters in kids' movies.

[@csnyder23]

The question of what to do with the oxygen bomb was also a metaphor for the atomic bomb. The scientist dies with the monster and takes its secrets to the grave

[@redseaweedcupcakes4837]

That look godzilla has when he looks down at the camera and shoots his atomic breath give me chills everytime i watch it

[@JoshuaBenitezNewOrleans]

I loved this movie when I was a kid. The music score is phenomenal and the ambience and aesthetic is pure genius

[@markperacullo7541]

The mother and her children,still gives me a deppression state🥺🥺🥺

[@savagemichaelgameplays6889]

Yeah

[@Axelbadboy11]

@You are just a noob Haha it's not just a movie

[@yesez8902]

@You are just a noob Haha it's not just a movie. It's a Japanese Metaphor to tell humans to stop fucking around with dangerous weapons

[@johansmhernandez5819]

Shut up

[@johansmhernandez5819]

Its so sad 😞 😥 😢 😔

[@Wx-0708]

3:29 bro rizzed me up with that death stare💀

[@FuzztasticFilms]

lol 😂

[@CREATURE_FEATURE_OFFICAL]

He got them rizz

[@OniLordMiki]

2769

[@EliasRomero-sd8yp]

Yeah! That face scared me too when I first saw it. If I saw that face in real life, I would pee on my pants as heck!

[@Blue_Neptune13]

One of my favorite films of all time.

[@ktcarl]

This was the best of the old Godzilla movies. Classic.

[@nolgoodrum2122]

Haruo Nagashima will not be forgotten as the Godzilla man! Within the suit in pioneering it when it comes to this Toho Kaiju from 1954. Before computers and CGI effects! 3:39

[@P-O-L-T-E-R-G-E-I-S-T]

R.I.P Haruo Nakijima he will forever be the superior gojira😭😭😭

[@chronolynx360]

Amen, rest in peace my brother. 🌹❄️🎄🇨🇦🇵🇭✝️🛐

[@EliasRomero-sd8yp]

Amen, rest in peace Haruo Nakijjma😔😔🇯🇵🎌✝️🙏🏻

[@SovereignStudios-l8c]

Rest in peace Nakajima-san

[@randomanims]

I swear, none of the other Godzilla movies top the original when it comes to atmosphere and theming. This movie was a metaphor for how dangerous nuclear bombs were, so it looks like they treated this as seriously as possible.

[@stormphoenix14]

Still the best Godzilla.

[@kenlau457]

In some of the close ups, you can see Gojira had weird googly eyes like the Cookie Monster or Chewchilla from Hardware Wars.

[@jadinosaurus]

most of the time, Gojira is portrayed by a crude hand puppet in close ups, so that's probably why he looked goofy in some shots

[@blacksamurai-irs7rw]

This Movie Was Fantastic.

[@CardinalSin_96]

Toho did a helluva job making this scene incredibly intimidating as you were actively rooting for the military to hold him back. I remember reading somewhere that in this film, Godzilla attacked a miniature of a theatre. And there were reports of people who were watching the film in that theatre running out scared thinking it was actually happening.

[@johncase1353]

Respect to the guy in the suit that weighed damn near 200 pounds.

[@LaZeriousWilliams-uf9ki]

He Weighs 20,000

[@SpaceWaffler]

​@@LaZeriousWilliams-uf9ki that's the movie weight, while the suit weights almost 200 pounds.

[@LaZeriousWilliams-uf9ki]

@@SpaceWaffler I Know The Suit Weights 200

[@seejayx736]

1:50 That's Really Awesome It's Was Good When We Heard That in KotM (2019) During the Antarctica Battle

[@stalinchu8024]

They used it cause their roar is dumb

[@Seejayplayah444]

1:50 awesome classic roar.