Rodan ('58): Aerial Assault clip - Godzilla movie monsters vs. fighter jets

[@tombrad9950]

Don"t understand why there hasn't been a solo rodan remake as you can see rodan was a beast back in the day.

[@Schwartzbruder1]

Glad they put some respect on Rodan in KotM

[@aaronlandry3934]

I feel he fights against and with Godzilla and Mothera enough. So, he’s Iconic enough. Why not a Rodan II? I just hope they use the original roar. The new one was sucky like Gihdorah shrieking instead of laughing

[@jonrussell7577]

Such a great sequence with so many memorable shots; this monster suit is one of Toho’s very best.

[@Your_Bro_Keith]

And honestly the most scary, trauma from my childhood, lol

[@Tsurugi070320]

円谷特撮の迫力と緻密さ、空気感は言うまでもなく、 佐世保市街や西海橋のシーンでの群衆役の俳優さん達やエキストラの皆さんの演技の高さが、シーンの緊張感をさらに高めていると思います。

[@サファイア本垢]

何気に当時の佐世保がカラーで確認できる貴重な資料にもなってるよね

[@山本浩-v3o]

とてもエキストラを現地調達したとは思えないシーンでした。

[@WatcherMovie008]

Fun trivia, when the Rodan suit went crashing into the water, several of the wires on the wings snapped, causing the suit to slowly sink. Haruo Nakajima stated in interviews that had the suit not been made of materials that was buoyant, he would of most surely drowned as the only way to get out of the suit was through a zipper that could only be opened from the outside.

[@dnw_15407]

And yet it didn't stop him for playing as godzilla actor, that's what makes him A LEGEND & GOAT

[@Interdictiondeltawing]

@@dnw_15407 a legend. That right

[@dancingvirgil]

Looks like a model crashing into the water to me.

[@pixelcrunch300]

For 1956/1957, this movie is REALLY high-quality. In full technicolor, as well!

[@YourLocalGummiBearsFan]

December 26 1956 August 6 1957

[@michaelbruns449]

Watching these awesome japanese monster films on creature double features were the highlights of my bedazzled early youth.

[@Paradox-k5d]

I was only 10 years old when I saw this movie back in 1958. At the age of 10, I had no idea that this movie was made in Japan or where Japan even was. At that age, there was no distinction of nationality or race. It was just a fun monster movie.

[@kotaro1959]

このラドン追撃のシーンって、今観てもスリリングだな。

[@monoris2008]

バスガイドのお姉さんの誘導が素晴らしい、大半が戦争経験者なので避難訓練が行き届いてる。

[@aldonapolitano5979]

I love this movie. I saw it 32 times. I always thought of Rodan as the good guy. The ending always made me a little sad.

[@いっちょん-n9s]

特撮合成も素晴らしいけど。何気にさらっと「戦闘機が二機西海橋をくぐって、一機は上を通過してる」シーンも考えてみるとよく作られてるのが分かる。

[@MayumiC-chan9377]

my husband has this on Laserdisc purchased in Tokyo in 1979 by his father a USAF veteran one on VHS and DVD! My husband and son and father-in-law love this movie!

[@mmzero7732]

ラドンは東宝怪獣映画の傑作！ CGが無い時代に、よくこれだけの セットを作り、これだけの撮影したと 感心する

[@user-highkaisi.gakujoe]

カットの繋ぎが上手すぎる。

[@ibahresort]

今見ても、というか今見るとミニチュアを上手に使って、リアル感を演出しているし、またパイロットの表情とかもいいですね。

[@verdigrau]

Viewing this now as an adult, I have no idea why Rodan sounds like he has a jet engine, but I like it.

[@SargonTheGrape]

My guess is it was to justify why his wings aren’t flapping. Got some kind of natural jet propulsion going on.

[@mlgodzilla4206]

To emphasize his supersonic speed

[@thekinginyellow1744]

Beans, Beans, The magical meal. The more you eat, the more you toot. The more you toot, the faster you go. The faster you go, the better you feel. Rodan has beans for every meal!

[@luwucian4497]

2:11 She is an underrated Heroine, she even said please

[@マッシュ-h8c]

偽物とわかっていても、その造りの迫力が凄い。

[@永谷研二]

最初にアップで写ったセイバーのパイロットは中島春雄さんですね。 しかしまあ、最初のゴジラから四年足らずで、技術的にも格段に進歩してます。西海橋の下をセイバーが、しかも三機編隊でくぐるのなんかどうやって撮ったのか。凄いとしか言い様がありません。

[@imperiodobrasilball8395]

Wrong, the movie was made in 1956

[@ANDOHSOHON]

基本的に背景と機体の二つの画像合成で、くぐるのはそう見えるように錯覚させています。わかりやすいのは一番上の機体で橋を透過しているように見えます。映画館の初見では気づかれないだろと、録画再生が考えられない時代ゆえに、編集でOKになったものと思います。

[@tomytaka9116]

ラドンは１９５８年当時の佐世保とか福岡市内の様子がカラーで記録されてるから貴重なんですよね。

[@DavidLee-no9nt]

Although certainly the Legendary Pictures kaiju movies must take enormous resources of technology and talent, over time the ingenuity of these Toho pictures, with their intricate models, and tiny jets firing showers of sparks at guys in suits, becomes more and more impressive.

[@harutaka4179]

佐世保で生まれ育ち福岡にいるから感慨無量。東宝、本多猪四郎監督と円谷英二監督 スタッフの方々には感謝です。

[@theflyxx]

If I was a Navy pilot, I’d want my call sign to be Rodan. “Rodan going supersonic.”

[@BaldPerspective]

Still one of the best kaiju movies ever!

[@johnwagner4776]

In Gojira, F-86F Sabrejets were able to force the monster back into Tokyo Bay. Those same jets were depicted much better in Rodan. Very lifelike in color

[@jesusramirezromo2037]

I mean, The jets didn't do anything, Godzilla was going into the ocean already when they showed up They just annoyed him more than anything

[@MrEjidorie]

I was born in Japan when this movie was produced. This movie describes very well what Japan and Japanese lifestyle were like when I was born.

[@nightfangs2910]

Have you ever been to TOHO studios ? and if so was it good

[@さん山-w5y]

当日の空自のパイロットの中には、旧軍出身者もいて大戦中は、ゼロ戦とか隼に乗ってたんだよね？

[@WOLF10307]

One favs to watch growing up in the 70s and still is today.

[@Cad2441]

Always loved rodans supersonic speed and sound

[@GojiBoiEarth1964]

1956 Rodan was pretty menacing compared to the one from 1964-68

[@robertocamacho1814]

Agreed, it’s the close ups on the head that really highlight this. The original design had sharp teeth and a more reptilian design. The 64’-68’ version made Rodan a bit too bird like in my opinion.

[@avenger115x]

Anyone realized King of the monsters kinda took inspiration from this?

[@Nikohere]

Same director same producer ahha its like Francis Ford Coppola w the godfather & the same camera man that captures the depths & dark cinematic scenes of every movie scene of the movie no one could do better

[@sk8nuget]

No duh

[@dnw_15407]

Well ofc, Michael likes classical toho movies

[@Titan52berg]

Actually, Rodan came AFTER Godzilla!

[@-globblackgo]

@@Titan52berg since when rodan had a film in 1954?

[@xLeeroycranex]

The effects are well done. Good use of lighting and color, appropriate backgrounds to make it, good editing with real people/locations to make it feel more real.

[@JohnCastillo-t1c]

Rodan is on par with the orignal Godzilla as being equally amazing.

[@不破悠-c7m]

ラドンが阿蘇を飛び立ってから西海橋の崩壊で戦闘が収束するまでの約８分間 パイロットと指揮所の交信以外のセリフ無しで戦闘の絵柄だけで見せ切る力技がスゴい 並の怪獣映画なら特撮の貧弱な点を状況説明のセリフのオンパレードでごまかすところ

[@hajimekusano4384]

1957年佐世保生れで15歳まで住んでいました。映画は日本では56年公開で私が生まれる前ですが、子供の頃の記憶とかぶります。 最初に警報サイレンが鳴る山上のスペイン風の瓦の建物は何処か分かりません。角度的に烏帽子岳にあるとは思うのですが。次のシーンの市街地を見下ろす場所は弓張岳の展望所ですね。 西海橋の建設時点では、そこまでの道路が舗装されていませんでした。なので開通当初は実用というより観光客が多かったと思います。また破壊される西海橋の下の休憩所の隣から、佐世保行きの船が出ていました。

[@kurimanbou]

ちなみに地上の管制塔と上空の戦闘機との「司令部、司令部・・・」ってやり取りの口調、大戦中の陸海軍航空機搭乗員のやり方と全く同じらしいですね。 戦後間もない頃だし、実際に乗ってた元搭乗員の人とかも多かったでしょうからなぁ～

[@aaronstanley4641]

Rodan should have more movies named after him.🦅🔥

[@user-lu4lt7sd3p]

やっぱりミニチュアは良いなぁ。

[@christinaromo9304]

Rodan 2019: Giant and Scary Rodan 1956: Was almost similar to Rodan 2019 but was Portrayed by a Suit, Puppet and Flying Props!

[@kurekurekurekure5938]

10 years after the ww2 and a few years before I was born. Far more buses and well built bridges, their life standard was higher than my expect.

[@kurekurekurekure5938]

@Főfasírozó, I have no objections to you. Japan helped China for some reasons but they eagerly built up military and naval powers. It is hard to make an ally.

[@MrEjidorie]

The postwar reconstruction of Japan is one of the miracles in the human history, and is a role model for other Asian countries though some of them harbor ambivalent feelings toward Japan`s success.

[@Flower-xg9xf]

I was born there ”SASEBO City” in Nagasaki Prefecture where Radon visit. When I was kid my mum used to tell me that she was in this movie for a few seconds running away from Radon at SAIKAI bridge which he destroyed. I am 51 years old now but I have never seen this movie yet. I knew Radon came to SASEBO but I didn't know he did that much. Now I am looking for my mum.

[@ねぎぼうず-e1n]

ラドンが、自分の地元に来たと思うと無茶苦茶感慨深い。

[@Toshi-kr2go]

この映画の凄いのは、ミニチュアの再現性とそのミニチュアに続く標準撮影の繋ぎかと思います。

[@civilian_official]

戦後間もないのに迫力が凄すぎ。

[@RenRavage]

Indeed

[@kerikosuzuki0287]

Micheal Dougherty adapted this Scene in "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" where Rodan fights the Jets too!

[@Cliff3LLo7493]

yep

[@YourLocalGummiBearsFan]

I Like The 1956 Scene Better Than The 2019 Scene

[@majorborngusfluunduch8694]

@@YourLocalGummiBearsFan Yeah, the 2019 scene was dumb as hell. What Fighter Pilot stays in close formation while being run down by a big ass pterodactyl lookin' ass monster?

[@theoriginalman9426]

@@majorborngusfluunduch8694 I- hmmm good point..

[@majorborngusfluunduch8694]

@Seth Dkny Yes, and obviously the best way to do that is to all fly in formation neglecting the fact that Rodan is not simply allowing himself to be dragged along according the humans' scheme but is actually trying to kill them.

[@zhuangsaur227]

The scene reminds me of the Imperial Japanese Army Airforce and Imperial Japanese Navy Airforce defending Japan from WWII airraids

[@donnalanglands4408]

This such a epic beginning of a movie

[@DrTeeth-ss1ek]

Hate to break it to you but this is in like the last 45 minutes of the movie

[@toyohimeyeswatatsuki6917]

You mean beginning of the last act of the movie

[@西沢喜教]

小さい頃映画館で見ましたネ!懐かしいです!有難うございます!西澤

[@angryboi595]

The most memorable moment from the film

[@robtberardi]

Yeah although (Mandela effect?) I thought Rodan rose up from the water & broke the bridge. His speed flying by makes it collapse?

[@angryboi595]

@@robtberardi every version of rodan (except singular point rodan) can fly so fast it tempers with the wind and it’s temperature so it blows away and destroy things

[@cyrbuzz6615]

Funny how a creature with no jet engines makes jet noises when he flies.

[@tuquoque7322]

It's shown and stated to fly faster than the F-86 Sabres (Jets shown here) which fly at a maximum speed of 671 MPH or roughly 0.88 Mach 1. Rodan (Radon) was stated in released books to fly at a speed of Mach 1.5, or about 1,142 MPH. The sound you hear is the classic whistle of something which broke the sound barrier, which is of course the whine of the engines on a jet but in this case it could be the air whipping off the Pteranodon's wing tips.

[@earthwormchewer170]

Cuz he's pimp

[@caivue3314]

Need to give those other Kaiju Toho movies

[@ok1408]

3:34 as you can see, on the top of rodan, there is a wire on his that lifts him up.

[@hainavidotcom]

Reporting live: We are here to say Fukuoka is safe. We live here.

[@akinorichannel9889]

昔の佐世保市の姿を怪獣映画で知る事ができるなんて。

[@taiyoarata6763]

戦後１３年しかたってない頃。ラドンが飛ぶ空を見上げる人たちが、Ｂ２９爆撃機を探す目と同じ。

[@宮下勉-j1l]

俺が中学生か高校生の時一回だけテレビ放送されたんだ、最後感動した、怪獣映画で泣いたの初めてだった。

[@hypn0298]

Actually this is a 1956 film.

[@Jalen.3]

It was released in America in 1958 tho

[@angryboi595]

This is the American version

[@YourLocalGummiBearsFan]

angry lolbit This Is The Japanese Version

[@Godzilla-jx9eo]

@@Jalen.3 in America it was 1957

[@caininmilton1267]

1957.

[@神無月恭一郎]

ニュースで台風や突風の映像を見る度ラドンを連想するW

[@モジャ]

怪獣対セイバー、幼き頃の思い出だわ。

[@mcv30es]

佐世保、西肥バス、西海橋、針尾無線塔…堪りませんなぁ…

[@からすカラス-v4f]

この頃の自衛隊の主力戦闘機はF86Fセイバーだったんですよね～🤔

[@光宏市川]

ラドン懐かしいですな、小さい頃母と何回か映画を見た事か、

[@lewisgoldsberry2201]

Rodan, The Mightiest of Monsters! my favorite monster☺☺

[@freakensweet1019]

Lewis Goldsberry he's my favorite to!

[@paradox5236]

My fav is ghidorah, Rodan and Godzilla

[@veronicawatts404]

Rodan is my favorite too

[@lizettecruz9409]

If you watch this movie backwards it’s about a giant pterodactyl that is called Nador that fixes everything and fly’s around

[@themagus5906]

Yes...and if you watch Godzilla backwards, it's about about a giant lizard that turns everyone into dogs!

[@Titan52berg]

And if you watch "JAWS" backwards, it's about a big shark trying to save people from being killed in gruesome ways....

[@robertwright5487]

Rodan sounds like a super sonic fighter!🤣

[@okamijubei]

That's because he flew at Mach 1 speed.

[@mikeheaton8424]

Classic cinema !

[@GONDAINAGONDAINAGOYAN]

この映画を見た佐世保の人たちは昔の街並みを見て懐かしく思うんだろうな。 2:49に旧日本海軍の針尾送信所（今も現存）が映ってる。

[@fernvonderwelt8821]

日本遺産（Japan Heritage）認定の針尾無線塔（136m）の頂上に三角形の構造物、通称”かんざし”がある頃の映画なのですね。

[@thekinginyellow1744]

Fun fact: JASDF fighters adapted auto-reloading rocket technology from American Western gunfight movies of the same period.

[@timmytunes348]

At 3:37 u can see a wire to lift Rodan

[@kazukazujcc2902]

The F-86 Saber is a very nostalgic jet fighter.

[@NaiChannel]

映画の中にある昭和の日本は本当にいいね。 実際は治安とかゲキ悪なんだろうけどw

[@sammy-gd7hw]

Dude, look! Up in the sky! Its rodan! And hes fighting the North Korean air force!

[@sebastianelidiente3559]

Wait i can see a string pulling rodan when rodan goes up the water near the bridge scene

[@kazukazujcc2902]

Perhaps for Radon, hitting a fighter missile wouldn't hurt or itchy.

[@mhos6940]

Honestly I have mixed emotions about turning Godzilla into a protector from a menace, but I really hate what they did to Rodan. In this movie he (they) is a force to be reckoned with. Later he's Godzilla's sidekick and doesn't do much.

[@eagenthorror]

Yeah in ghidorah the 3 headed monster rodan looks ugly and looks like he is high af. And in most of the fight he is just sitting on the ground roaring and nodding like a dumbass lol.

[@garagefirestudios9802]

I don't like what they did to his design. He a solid design in this movie, but after that he got uglier and uglier.

[@fm_0523]

His design became uglier every time, only fire Rodan in GxMG 2 and Rodan in KOTM redeemed him. They did the same with Anguirus, he passed from the first Godzilla enemy to his sidekick that gets badly beaten every time he fights

[@YourLocalGummiBearsFan]

Dying Muffin Don’t Call Him Ugly

[@YourLocalGummiBearsFan]

@Godzilla 2009 4 what does that mean

[@87905588]

3:48 It's Ｓaikaiｰbridge in SaseboｰCity.

[@gennaromarotta6742]

Celo in DVD questo film Rodan, in lingua italiana e bellissimo

[@BlackCroLong]

1958 > 2019

[@ナオキ-r6o]

1956

[@bruuzar]

子供の頃､最初に炭鉱から出てくる､ヤゴのバケモンが怖かった。

[@さすらいのアルバトロス]

F86の本物を見たのはこの 作品の公開後から13年後 築城基地の横を通った時 1969(昭和44)年のことで ありました❗

[@markanderson-hc1tz]

One of the best action scenes of the old school Kaiju films.

[@shaneokeley825]

Kong will definitely have trouble fighting Rodan in air even if it was the Monsterverse version and that Rodan has fire and its more effective to Kong

[@stephenrandolph1914]

Rodan did some damage .

[@Titan52berg]

Rodan was a pretty good film, but I wish that the technicians could have found a way to get the wings to flap on the aerial version of the creature! All it seems to do is glide around like a ... well, a glider!

[@kurekurekurekure5938]

2分7秒に出てくる橋はどこの橋ですか？ 2分50秒の高い塔は何ですか？ 2分57秒から出てきて破壊される橋は実在のものですか？ 九州の人、教えてください。

[@taitan524]

西海橋だよ 塔は分からない

[@kurekurekurekure5938]

​@@taitan524、ありがとうございます。 Wikiによると西海橋は51年着工、55年完成と 撮影時には最新の橋だったとのことですが、戦後早い時期にこんな立派な橋が建設されていたのには驚きました。

[@mcv30es]

針尾無線塔です。太平洋戦争開戦時の暗号電文 ニイタカヤマノボレ はここから発信されたました。 旧日本軍が建設したものです。

[@kurekurekurekure5938]

@@mcv30es ありがとうございます 勉強になりました

[@raymondyee2008]

Wonder what JASDF F-86 pilots thought of this.

[@alexandermathar7780]

Could Rodan be a Hommage to the british Avro Vulcan. This plane was known to be very loud und first flew in 1952. Honda must have known it from aviation magazines.

[@josesolty]

Ah yes. The time of unlimited missiles.

[@jaydengonzales2177]

Rodan my second favorite monster but noone compare to Godzilla. He is my king. My last name. Is Gonzales but i spell it Gonzilla. Yes sir

[@computertable3746]

3:36 the pupeteer is back from his potty break and is ready to kick some ass

[@addamrobin2]

F86 Sabre?

[@clevehall8264]

Released in ‘56 in Japan, 1957 in US. Obviously Japanese version. Cuz you notice they’re speaking Japanese. Also, US version removed Ifukube’s incredible score for the net scene and the battle in Fukuoka

[@clevehall8264]

Jet scene I meant

[@ryanangelastro504]

They also added unneeded military stock footage.

[@黒岩頼介-q7o]

ラドンvsテロチルスvsバードンを見たいものだ

[@matthewdunham1689]

Classic!!!!

[@野口泰秀-w3b]

誘導するバスガイド、笑顔なのが不満！ 一番好きな怪獣映画かも！映画館の大画面で観たかったです！

[@kyoichi9358]

Rodan → ❌ ⭕️→ Radon ✨💨

[@sepa3435]

いまさらって話だが、ラドンの推進力って何なんだろうな？ ジェット機みたいな音を出してるが、まさか肛門から高圧ガスをｗｗｗｗ

[@flinnfire1698]

It seems rodan can swim 2:58

[@Algeriawindows69]

the only design to have a green and yellow back.

[@OdaManjiro]

JSDF vs. Cliff Racer was my 1st thought. I've been playing too much Morrowind