Godzilla emerging from the bay - still from Godzilla 1954
Godzilla emerging from the bay - still from Godzilla 1954
Godzilla (1954) by Ishiro Honda, © Sugoi

ACMI presents

Godzilla

ゴジラ

Ishirô Honda | Japan | 1954 | PG
Film

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Tickets

Full

$18

Concession

$14

ACMI Member

$12

When

Sat 2 Nov - Sun 3 Nov 2024

A monster awoken by nuclear testing wreaks havoc on Tokyo – and a scientist must decide if his equally catastrophic weapon should be used to destroy it.

Made less than 10 years after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and only a few months after a Japanese fishing vessel was caught in fallout from hydrogen bomb testing at nearby Bikini Atoll, Godzilla embodied all the terrors and consequences of nuclear warfare, and introduced the iconic kaiju to the world.

The perfect confluence of storytelling, design and music, Godzilla was a ground-breaker which set the scene for cinema's first and longest running franchise.

...a bleak and austere work of art that stands alone in the annals of cinema.

Matthew Chernov, Variety

Format: DCP
Language: Japanese with English subtitles
Source: Toho
Courtesy: Toho
Runtime: 96 mins

Event duration

106 mins

Rating

PG

Where

Cinemas, Level 2
ACMI, Fed Square

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