Godzilla is a 1956 film about a monster awoken from undersea hibernation off the Japanese coast by atomic-bomb testing that attacks Tokyo.

Directed by Terry O. Morse. Written by Ishirô Honda.

Steve Martin

• This is Tokyo. Once a city of six million people. What has happened here was caused by a force which up until a few days ago was entirely beyond the scope of Man's imagination. Tokyo, a smoldering memorial to the unknown, an unknown which at this very moment still prevails and could at any time lash out with its terrible destruction anywhere else in the world. There were once many people here who could've told of what they saw... now there are only a few. My name is Steve Martin. I am a foreign correspondent for United World News. I was headed for an assignment in Cairo, when I stopped off in Tokyo for a social; but it turned out to be a visit to the living HELL of another world.
• The menace was gone... so was a great man. But the whole world can wake up and live again.

Dialogue

Security Officer Tomo Iwanaga: He claims he saw a monster - a horrible monster.

Steve Martin: If he saw a monster, he's had too much saki.

Steve Martin: What is the name of this monster?

Old Man: Godzilla...

Security Officer Tomo Iwanaga: You hear that? Godzilla.

Steve Martin: So, they believe that this Godzilla is responsible for all the ship disasters?

Security Officer Tomo Iwanaga: They're certain of it

Taglines

• INCREDIBLE, UNSTOPPABLE TITAN OF TERROR!
• 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!
• The Mightiest Monster...The Mightiest Melodrama of Them All!

Cast

• Raymond Burr — Steve Martin
• Takashi Shimura — Dr. Yamane
• Momoko Kochi — Emiko
• Akira Takarada — Ogata

External links

• Godzilla, King of the Monsters! quotes at the Internet Movie Database

Japanese films	Shōwa series	Godzilla  (1954) · Godzilla Raids Again  (1955) · King Kong vs. Godzilla  (1962) · Mothra vs. Godzilla  (1964) · Ghidorah, the Three-Headed   Monster  (1964) · Invasion of Astro-Monster  (1965) · Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster  (1966) · Son of Godzilla  (1967) · Destroy All Monsters   (1968) · All Monsters Attack  (1969) · Godzilla vs. Hedorah  (1971) · Godzilla vs. Gigan  (1972) · Godzilla vs. Megalon  (1973) · Godzilla vs.   Mechagodzilla  (1974) · Terror of Mechagodzilla  (1975)
	Heisei series	The Return of Godzilla  (1984) · Godzilla vs. Biollante  (1989) · Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah  (1991) · Godzilla vs. Mothra  (1992) · Godzilla vs.   Mechagodzilla II  (1993) · Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla  (1994) · Godzilla vs. Destoroyah  (1995)
	Millennium series	Godzilla 2000  (1999) · Godzilla vs. Megaguirus  (2000) · Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack  (2001) ·   Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla  (2002) · Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.  (2003) · Godzilla: Final Wars  (2004)
	Reboot series	Godzilla Resurgence  (2016)
Foreign films	Adaptations	Godzilla, King of the Monsters!  (1956) · Cozzilla  (1977) · King Kong vs. Godzilla  (1963) · Godzilla 1985  (1985)
	Co‑productions	Monster Zero  (1970)
	TriStar Pictures	Godzilla  (1998)
	Legendary Pictures	Godzilla  (2014) · Godzilla: King of the Monsters  (2019)
Related films	Rodan  (1956) · The Mysterians  (1957) · Varan the Unbelievable  (1958) · Battle in Outer Space  (1959) · Mothra  (1961) · Gorath  (1962) · Atragon  (1963) · Dogora  (1964)   · Frankenstein Conquers the World  (1965) · The War of the Gargantuas  (1966) · King Kong Escapes  (1967) · Latitude Zero  (1969) · Space Amoeba  (1970) · The War   in Space  (1977) · Gunhed  (1989) · Rebirth of Mothra  (1996) · Rebirth of Mothra II  (1997) · Rebirth of Mothra III  (1998)
Television	Zone Fighter  (1973) · Ike! Godman  (1972–1973) · Ike! Greenman  (1973–1974) · Godzilla  (1978–1981) · Godzilla Island  (1997–1998) · Godzilla: The Series  (1998–2000)
See also	King Kong