The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga (2019)
• April 2nd, 2019 • 0h 50min
Documentary, History
Overview
Japan, 1954. A legend emerges from the ashes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, devastated by atomic bombs in 1945. The creature's name is Godzilla. The film that tells its story is the first of kaiju eiga, the giant monster movies.
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