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  • Godzilla (a.k.a. Gojira) resurfaces and breaks through the fence to Tokyo with its atomic breath, unleashing more destruction across the city.
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  • @philliesphan334
    @philliesphan334 3 роки тому +3642

    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
      @puyuem4695 3 роки тому +146

      With few years ago since the real atomic bomb

    • @Dra741
      @Dra741 3 роки тому +89

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

    • @Dra741
      @Dra741 3 роки тому +66

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

    • @Dra741
      @Dra741 3 роки тому +48

      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
      @Dra741 3 роки тому +9

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

  • @rw9931
    @rw9931 2 місяці тому +184

    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
      @nightever426 15 днів тому +7

      thats interesting

    • @shingoji35
      @shingoji35 6 днів тому

      Você é sortudo demais cara por isso...

    • @thee20thdoctor18
      @thee20thdoctor18 23 години тому

      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

  • @animeHEAT
    @animeHEAT 3 роки тому +2384

    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
      @titanus-naturesguardian779 3 роки тому +43

      Indeed.

    • @theenjeneer2493
      @theenjeneer2493 3 роки тому +123

      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

    • @HekoraSouth
      @HekoraSouth 3 роки тому +15

      It was 100 kg suit..

    • @theenjeneer2493
      @theenjeneer2493 3 роки тому +49

      @@HekoraSouth 220 pounds is roughly 100 kg

    • @CEfect
      @CEfect 3 роки тому +59

      R.I.P Haruo Nakijima

  • @chendersonrailproductions704
    @chendersonrailproductions704 3 роки тому +2798

    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
      @MrBronx61 3 роки тому +107

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

    • @chendersonrailproductions704
      @chendersonrailproductions704 3 роки тому +57

      @@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
      @ianfindly3257 3 роки тому +35

      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
      @imza5535 3 роки тому +15

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

    • @innsignroadwork4130
      @innsignroadwork4130 3 роки тому +23

      @@ianfindly3257 Have you never seen Shin Godzilla?

  • @maxmax-ix7dl
    @maxmax-ix7dl 4 місяці тому +201

    This first Godzilla film...
    Is truly a masterpiece

    • @Chicano3000X
      @Chicano3000X 4 місяці тому +20

      Minus One is a great throwback to this.

    • @coletrain583
      @coletrain583 Місяць тому +6

      Oh yes. Even got the Oscar!

    • @LordSolar638
      @LordSolar638 3 дні тому +2

      @@Chicano3000Xfr though

  • @dyldollarbill7518
    @dyldollarbill7518 3 роки тому +2350

    For 1954, this is a masterpiece

  • @heyu8967
    @heyu8967 3 роки тому +814

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

    • @parappa5002
      @parappa5002 3 роки тому +59

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

    • @Charlesputnam-bn9zy
      @Charlesputnam-bn9zy 2 роки тому +47

      @ 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
      @carlosadriantinajerovelazc4338 2 роки тому +30

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

    • @davecrawford1813
      @davecrawford1813 Рік тому +5

      That’s a good comment

    • @fishingfanatic1100
      @fishingfanatic1100 Рік тому +10

      Oh man. I've always said this movie is terrifying and really instills feelings of fear and horror. The small minded ppl around me don't get it. This movie is a perfect recipe of horror, haunting musical score, amazing shots to help convey realism and it all makes it scary as fucking hell.
      Like you said, imagine being there. I feel like I'm there when I watch. So scary. It's like hell just rose up from the water and you have NOwhere to go that is safe. Nowhere where you wont be violently crushed, smashed under this collasal beast and thousands of tons of debris.

  • @jtblcksheep3376
    @jtblcksheep3376 2 роки тому +752

    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
      @cupcaketf223 2 роки тому +70

      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
      @Algeriawindows69 2 роки тому +86

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

    • @JohnnysBrainfart4372
      @JohnnysBrainfart4372 Рік тому +20

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

    • @riven5677
      @riven5677 9 місяців тому +9

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

    • @ditadita230
      @ditadita230 8 місяців тому +8

      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"

  • @mrs.alucard6669
    @mrs.alucard6669 Рік тому +1087

    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
      @dougbrowne9890 Рік тому +96

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

    • @Jake-nm3tb
      @Jake-nm3tb 11 місяців тому +6

      @@dougbrowne9890 I hate that girl!

    • @Jake-nm3tb
      @Jake-nm3tb 11 місяців тому +4

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

    • @casesoutherland4175
      @casesoutherland4175 10 місяців тому +11

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

    • @areaxisthegurkha
      @areaxisthegurkha 8 місяців тому +30

      ​@@Jake-nm3tbwhat

  • @bhardnavares5903
    @bhardnavares5903 Рік тому +608

    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
      @Salem-1610 6 місяців тому +30

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

    • @Anonymous_896
      @Anonymous_896 5 місяців тому +21

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

    • @colbywidener7092
      @colbywidener7092 4 місяці тому +4

      ​@@Anonymous_896 not only awakened but mutated him into a nuclear abomination

    • @mist5273
      @mist5273 4 місяці тому +3

      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
      @imadrunk3576 4 місяці тому +1

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

  • @Michael-Philip
    @Michael-Philip 5 місяців тому +149

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

    • @seva809
      @seva809 5 місяців тому +5

      Same here!

    • @Abelhawk
      @Abelhawk 3 місяці тому +2

      I have the same story. 😄

    • @Experiment1006ThePrototype
      @Experiment1006ThePrototype 3 місяці тому +3

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

    • @Tuner_Ood
      @Tuner_Ood 17 днів тому +1

      Hello

  • @brodielarson9096
    @brodielarson9096 Рік тому +579

    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
      @redseaweedcupcakes4837 11 місяців тому +18

      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
      @KaijuKev814 10 місяців тому +4

      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
      @brodielarson9096 10 місяців тому +8

      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
      @Names_buck 5 місяців тому +3

      Just like with the nuclear bombs

    • @brodielarson9096
      @brodielarson9096 5 місяців тому +2

      @@Names_buck precisely.

  • @graffiti9145
    @graffiti9145 2 роки тому +266

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

    • @VDVZOV714
      @VDVZOV714 23 дні тому

      Kong vs godzilla is basically just America vs japan

    • @darthvader575
      @darthvader575 21 день тому +1

      ​@@VDVZOV714in this sense Barbie is popular japanese product in America and atom bomb is a popular American product in Japan☠️🌚🌝

  • @xaviercruz2633
    @xaviercruz2633 Місяць тому +104

    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.

  • @TorriadTwire
    @TorriadTwire 3 роки тому +633

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

  • @dylancarles127
    @dylancarles127 4 роки тому +216

    The firefighter response moment is the best.

    • @Asertix357
      @Asertix357 4 роки тому +18

      Braver than the entire military of Japan.

    • @dylancarles127
      @dylancarles127 4 роки тому +9

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

    • @dylancarles127
      @dylancarles127 3 роки тому +4

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

    • @damainmane4765
      @damainmane4765 3 роки тому +7

      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
      @AtomicFire1972 3 роки тому +12

      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.

  • @rayarena879
    @rayarena879 3 роки тому +699

    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
      @carlosadriantinajerovelazc4338 2 роки тому +131

      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
      @dorothymalloy1474 2 роки тому +25

      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
      @MickeyFlipper Рік тому +17

      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
      @JohnInTheShelter Рік тому +11

      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
      @JohnInTheShelter Рік тому +13

      @@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
    @khalilrichardson491 4 роки тому +271

    This music sounds scary and suspenseful

    • @owentheguywithalotofhobbie878
      @owentheguywithalotofhobbie878 3 роки тому +17

      Especially at the beginning. that part gives me chills 😣

    • @khalilrichardson491
      @khalilrichardson491 3 роки тому +8

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

    • @owentheguywithalotofhobbie878
      @owentheguywithalotofhobbie878 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @Bloodreign1
      @Bloodreign1 2 роки тому

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

  • @ukotoa1639
    @ukotoa1639 3 роки тому +197

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

    • @leiderhosen7110
      @leiderhosen7110 3 роки тому +25

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

    • @ThatFoxFromSplashMountain
      @ThatFoxFromSplashMountain 2 роки тому +32

      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
      @lenadjordjevic6068 2 роки тому +2

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

    • @placeintheworldfadesaway5800
      @placeintheworldfadesaway5800 2 роки тому +3

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

    • @Algeriawindows69
      @Algeriawindows69 2 роки тому

      Yep

  • @BoneSoldier0
    @BoneSoldier0 Рік тому +207

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

    • @imchase7796
      @imchase7796 4 місяці тому +10

      When I heard it in minus one I lost it

  • @MissAmazanda
    @MissAmazanda 4 роки тому +404

    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
      @voyagerkamen1386 3 роки тому +29

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

    • @AbcforAbc
      @AbcforAbc 3 роки тому +6

      Which one were they?

    • @voyagerkamen1386
      @voyagerkamen1386 3 роки тому +20

      Angry Kiryu 2002 03 Gojira and Godzilla Raids Again

    • @AbcforAbc
      @AbcforAbc 3 роки тому +3

      Oh ok

    • @bluewolvesstudios2822
      @bluewolvesstudios2822 3 роки тому +22

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

  • @gabrielelias8442
    @gabrielelias8442 3 роки тому +228

    Every time he roars it just give me chills 😌😌

    • @Jonathanest90s
      @Jonathanest90s 3 роки тому +6

      Yeah, it’s fuckin awesome.

    • @abyssalentity
      @abyssalentity 3 роки тому +9

      Hands down the best roar out of all the movies.

    • @arg2smooth
      @arg2smooth 3 роки тому +1

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

    • @aroojkazmi2871
      @aroojkazmi2871 2 роки тому +3

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

    • @jenniferwills9752
      @jenniferwills9752 2 роки тому +3

      Skreeeeeeeeeeeooooooooonk!

  • @adambrenann2833
    @adambrenann2833 3 роки тому +120

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

    • @ny8956
      @ny8956 3 роки тому +33

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

  • @kevinoneil5120
    @kevinoneil5120 8 місяців тому +167

    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
      @MilliardoVT 6 місяців тому +30

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

    • @ed_1092
      @ed_1092 5 місяців тому +17

      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
      @corey7219 5 місяців тому +10

      Minus One does not disappoint.

    • @jadaguerre7795
      @jadaguerre7795 5 місяців тому +10

      Minus One was incredible

    • @Ozinarg
      @Ozinarg 5 місяців тому +12

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

  • @in2food
    @in2food 3 роки тому +70

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

    • @kasajizo219
      @kasajizo219 3 роки тому +3

      No way you that old

    • @in2food
      @in2food 3 роки тому +7

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

    • @kasajizo219
      @kasajizo219 3 роки тому +2

      @@in2food damn bro you 68?

    • @in2food
      @in2food 3 роки тому +15

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

    • @kasajizo219
      @kasajizo219 3 роки тому +2

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

  • @kenworthNH
    @kenworthNH 3 роки тому +208

    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
      @Starboy-lolking 3 роки тому +27

      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
      @ny8956 3 роки тому +21

      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
      @arthurbr8280 3 роки тому +3

      It was moving slowly beacause the suit was heavy.

    • @damainmane4765
      @damainmane4765 3 роки тому +13

      @@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
      @arthurbr8280 3 роки тому +1

      @@damainmane4765 ikr

  • @megalon73
    @megalon73 2 роки тому +95

    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
      @placeintheworldfadesaway5800 2 роки тому +16

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

    • @dougbrowne9890
      @dougbrowne9890 Рік тому +2

      @@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.

  • @onemariobro
    @onemariobro 3 роки тому +212

    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
      @stalinchu8024 2 роки тому +3

      Except for death can

    • @placeintheworldfadesaway5800
      @placeintheworldfadesaway5800 2 роки тому +22

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

    • @alasdairandrew1447
      @alasdairandrew1447 5 місяців тому +1

      What about Mechagodzilla?

    • @TheDuckyDino
      @TheDuckyDino 6 днів тому

      @@alasdairandrew1447what about him?

    • @alasdairandrew1447
      @alasdairandrew1447 6 днів тому

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

  • @potatoid-0158
    @potatoid-0158 Рік тому +96

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

  • @lauragoodland6359
    @lauragoodland6359 2 місяці тому +16

    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.

    • @FuzzerKingOfBeasts
      @FuzzerKingOfBeasts Місяць тому +3

      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
      @azforu29 День тому

      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.

  • @MelancoliaI
    @MelancoliaI Рік тому +154

    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.

  • @Benratbag1997
    @Benratbag1997 7 місяців тому +37

    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).

  • @WIPIL69
    @WIPIL69 5 місяців тому +18

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

    • @chronolynx360
      @chronolynx360 5 місяців тому +2

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

    • @EliasRomero-sd8yp
      @EliasRomero-sd8yp 28 днів тому

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

  • @johnnyngo2896
    @johnnyngo2896 2 роки тому +110

    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.

  • @snapbacktoreality48
    @snapbacktoreality48 2 роки тому +62

    67 years later and this is a masterpiece

  • @Bloodreign1
    @Bloodreign1 2 роки тому +92

    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
      @kyleshiflet9952 2 роки тому +3

      Plus The Tokyo Firebombings,and Lucky Dragon #5

  • @andymortenson5324
    @andymortenson5324 5 місяців тому +28

    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.

  • @Amyroseplaysstuff
    @Amyroseplaysstuff 5 місяців тому +10

    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.

    • @FuzzerKingOfBeasts
      @FuzzerKingOfBeasts Місяць тому

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

  • @TheEnzyme94
    @TheEnzyme94 3 роки тому +46

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

  • @johncase1353
    @johncase1353 8 місяців тому +19

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

  • @CowsEatPineaples
    @CowsEatPineaples 3 роки тому +73

    2:53 listen to the music

    • @Manu-iq1mg
      @Manu-iq1mg 3 роки тому +9

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

    • @nameless4091
      @nameless4091 3 роки тому +7

      It's godzilla's theme

    • @CowsEatPineaples
      @CowsEatPineaples 3 роки тому +1

      @@nameless4091 are you talkin to me or them

    • @nameless4091
      @nameless4091 3 роки тому

      @@CowsEatPineaples to both of you

    • @CowsEatPineaples
      @CowsEatPineaples 3 роки тому

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

  • @regentwaynekerr
    @regentwaynekerr 3 роки тому +26

    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.

  • @Shawnmarkerzilla
    @Shawnmarkerzilla 2 місяці тому +13

    This is officially one of the most fucking scariest godzilla movies of all time

    • @prxnyia
      @prxnyia 2 місяці тому +4

      Minus one was a lot scarier imo

    • @Shawnmarkerzilla
      @Shawnmarkerzilla 2 місяці тому +1

      @@prxnyia k

    • @flameplasmainian85724
      @flameplasmainian85724 Місяць тому +2

      @@prxnyia can we just appreciate the original without comparing to minus one. Minus one wouldn’t exist if this never came out

    • @prxnyia
      @prxnyia Місяць тому

      @@flameplasmainian85724 no

    • @prxnyia
      @prxnyia Місяць тому

      @@flameplasmainian85724 just kidding, we can appreciate the old one.

  • @ussvoyager8650
    @ussvoyager8650 3 роки тому +35

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

  • @jetenza2434
    @jetenza2434 Рік тому +14

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

  • @XenoTronusWeePoo850
    @XenoTronusWeePoo850 Рік тому +27

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

  • @ankanghosh5272
    @ankanghosh5272 6 місяців тому +8

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

  • @dougbrowne9890
    @dougbrowne9890 Рік тому +24

    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
      @bebop54 10 місяців тому +2

      👆🏼💯💣💥👌🏼

  • @AgentPerry8018
    @AgentPerry8018 3 місяці тому +28

    So many brain dead kids confusing this with The Man in the Suit 💀

    • @ROTORtheFIREGOD
      @ROTORtheFIREGOD 3 місяці тому +9

      Yep, I don't know if either 1 are new Godzilla fans or 2 are too stupid to believe that story that is more false than my grandmother doing motocross

    • @AgentPerry8018
      @AgentPerry8018 3 місяці тому +12

      @@ROTORtheFIREGOD most likely Gen Alpha Godzilla fans who don’t do research

    • @NicholasVetter-sy8io
      @NicholasVetter-sy8io 3 місяці тому

      @@AgentPerry8018I may not be a hardcore Godzilla fan like you might be, but I am aware that this is a man in a suit, then the effects came in around the 80’s.

    • @AgentPerry8018
      @AgentPerry8018 3 місяці тому +10

      @@NicholasVetter-sy8io yes there is a man in the Godzilla suit, but there’s an analog horror that claims that “the suit became his skin” but that never happened. It’s a made up story for fun but some people actually believe it. Kinda similar to how people thought the Russian sleep experiment was real.

    • @NicholasVetter-sy8io
      @NicholasVetter-sy8io 3 місяці тому +6

      @@AgentPerry8018 I don’t follow analog horror, because I think it’s kinda stupid.

  • @markperacullo7541
    @markperacullo7541 3 роки тому +98

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

  • @jeerochimaru
    @jeerochimaru 3 роки тому +82

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

    • @goofyahhqaundale9068
      @goofyahhqaundale9068 3 роки тому +4

      It was made in 2016 not 2017

    • @jeerochimaru
      @jeerochimaru 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @TheDuckTalesandGummiBearsFan
      @TheDuckTalesandGummiBearsFan 3 роки тому +1

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

    • @goofyahhqaundale9068
      @goofyahhqaundale9068 3 роки тому +1

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

    • @jeerochimaru
      @jeerochimaru 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @user-fn7ui9yo3d
    @user-fn7ui9yo3d 3 місяці тому +8

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

  • @tysongasaway2286
    @tysongasaway2286 Рік тому +43

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

    • @Emmanuel-ms8pr
      @Emmanuel-ms8pr Рік тому +5

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

    • @annoying_HK_guy
      @annoying_HK_guy Рік тому +3

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

  • @Scorpionspear77
    @Scorpionspear77 2 місяці тому +4

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

  • @Collector261
    @Collector261 4 місяці тому +5

    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.

  • @thedangerdave7167
    @thedangerdave7167 Рік тому +19

    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.

  • @user-my7wi8qr7t
    @user-my7wi8qr7t Місяць тому +5

    This is the best godzilla movie of all time

  • @daesplays8737
    @daesplays8737 3 роки тому +87

    Well I mean if electricity doesn't kill Jason it ain't gonna kill Godzilla.

    • @rexrabbiteer
      @rexrabbiteer 3 роки тому +4

      fun fact, Electricity used to be godzillas weakness during the 60's

    • @daesplays8737
      @daesplays8737 3 роки тому +4

      @@rexrabbiteer I only recall that being a thing in King Kong vs Godzilla tho, and even there it just kindda bothered him.

    • @ayrahn7893
      @ayrahn7893 2 роки тому +2

      @@daesplays8737 he wasn’t too fond of it in Mothra Vs Godzilla either. The closest the JSDF ever came to putting him down was when they dropped the electric nets on him. Granted I doubt it would’ve outright killed him, but had he not escaped he probably would’ve been out of commission for a little bit.

    • @Minillus
      @Minillus Рік тому

      @@rexrabbiteer
      It just happened in one movie. After Mothra vs Godzilla (1964), he became invulnerable to it, and even evolved to gain power from lightning (Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla 1974)

  • @kingcrematorium
    @kingcrematorium 2 роки тому +12

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

  • @rizkyaldi5698
    @rizkyaldi5698 2 роки тому +15

    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

  • @maricelgomez9390
    @maricelgomez9390 6 місяців тому +10

    Ngl i like the older movies more than the newer movies

  • @RagShop1
    @RagShop1 3 місяці тому +5

    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!

  • @nickfarmer88
    @nickfarmer88 5 місяців тому +6

    His roar in this movie is absolutely horrifying

  • @GojiMasterZ
    @GojiMasterZ 8 днів тому +2

    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

  • @CBright7831
    @CBright7831 7 місяців тому +7

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

  • @macmiles278
    @macmiles278 3 роки тому +18

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

  • @yeetmaestro575
    @yeetmaestro575 11 місяців тому +9

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

  • @ktcarl
    @ktcarl 3 роки тому +3

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

  • @greenlizardballs
    @greenlizardballs 8 місяців тому +6

    Imagine living in 1954. No internet. No video games. Maybe there's a spring loaded toy car you can fiddle with. Maybe you can go fishing or throw around a ball. And on television everything is ordinary. Endless ordinary stuff. And then this comes on.

  • @stormphoenix14
    @stormphoenix14 Місяць тому +6

    Still the best Godzilla.

  • @Seejayplayah444
    @Seejayplayah444 Рік тому +5

    1:50 awesome classic roar.

  • @AnshilKakarlamudi
    @AnshilKakarlamudi 14 днів тому +4

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

    • @phucthien4320
      @phucthien4320 11 днів тому

      The man in the suit 💀💀💀💀

    • @Middlefingercontent
      @Middlefingercontent 9 днів тому +3

      @@phucthien4320Blud the man in the suit isn’t real grow up

  • @christysanders1909
    @christysanders1909 Рік тому +8

    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.

  • @unavailableusername9694
    @unavailableusername9694 2 роки тому +10

    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.

  • @redseaweedcupcakes4837
    @redseaweedcupcakes4837 11 місяців тому +4

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

  • @seejayx736
    @seejayx736 3 роки тому +15

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

    • @stalinchu8024
      @stalinchu8024 2 роки тому

      They used it cause their roar is dumb

  • @JoshuaBenitezNewOrleans
    @JoshuaBenitezNewOrleans 5 місяців тому +3

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

  • @theworthysoul
    @theworthysoul Місяць тому +6

    Gojira 1954: a terrifying, serious horror film portraying a gigantic, scarred, enraged radioactive monster which is itself a personification of a nuclear bomb on Japan.
    The rest of the Showa era: hehe big lizard fight spiky dino, big ape, divine moth, red pterosaur, alien dragon, alien cyborg, robot doppelgänger… and make friends along the way… and get adopted son… and become literal super hero… 😂

  • @teawrecks1243
    @teawrecks1243 4 місяці тому +7

    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.

  • @jmason61
    @jmason61 5 місяців тому +1

    Still get chills hearing the sounds from this...as a kid it was a mind-blowing experience..... and I remember being sad for him

  • @The_10th_Doctor.
    @The_10th_Doctor. Місяць тому +6

    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

  • @venuummzz
    @venuummzz 2 роки тому +4

    I may have Final wars as my favorite but I cannot dispute this movie as the GOAT of every Godzilla movie. This was the scariest monster during my childhood.

  • @davinaSinclair8254
    @davinaSinclair8254 4 місяці тому +1

    One of the best movies I've ever seen in a very long time and now has become a personal favorite. I enjoyed every single moment of this cinematic masterpiece. The soundtrack was awesome and the horror elements was truly frightening and amazing. Loved that they treated Godzilla like a real threat.

  • @lisahemingway1808
    @lisahemingway1808 3 роки тому +9

    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!

  • @jaydenhalopainen7595
    @jaydenhalopainen7595 11 місяців тому +14

    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

  • @Wx-0708
    @Wx-0708 2 місяці тому +24

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

  • @zane433
    @zane433 День тому +1

    The music and camera angles is what sells these scenes. Still a powerful film to this day. So well done, especially for the time.

  • @perrymehta6438
    @perrymehta6438 9 місяців тому +1

    This is my fav Godzilla movie out of all of them. I love everything about it. The acting, The plot, The suspense the atmosphere. Everything is top notch. It destroys the newer Godzilla movies. And all the ones that came after. One of my fav movies of all time. One of the best movies ever made. The 1954 Godzilla. Although I do like most of those also. My second fav Godzilla movie is Return of Godzilla 1984. Movie is underrated.

  • @NoBody-hl1rs
    @NoBody-hl1rs 10 місяців тому +11

    2:38
    Pure horror. The way they all freeze up and shriek in unutterable agony while the atomic mists of Godzilla's fiery hot breath shrouded over them. Slowly crumbling down into burnt heaps while the building burst into flames from the intense radioactivity, just like the poor victims at Nagasaki and Hiroshima felt. Why did Godzilla have to be so angry, so cruel as to blow his destructive power over these harmless creatures who were so small by comparison to him?
    The same reason why the US considered it absolutely necessary to use the atomic bomb against Japan.

    • @venom-oq2yr
      @venom-oq2yr 4 місяці тому +1

      agree that was just horrofying

  • @paulcarlsen5787
    @paulcarlsen5787 4 місяці тому +4

    Love that Godzilla minus one brought back this theme

  • @sway_9803
    @sway_9803 5 місяців тому +9

    The original. The king.

  • @teeoxxful
    @teeoxxful 5 місяців тому +1

    And this is how a legend born, I’m still loving the Gojira (Godzilla) movies ❤

  • @jasonmoore113
    @jasonmoore113 5 місяців тому +5

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

  • @csnyder23
    @csnyder23 5 місяців тому +6

    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

  • @Kloerb
    @Kloerb 3 роки тому +23

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

  • @minipiedmonte
    @minipiedmonte 3 роки тому +2

    The way this was pieces together was brilliant

  • @Mephileshomer
    @Mephileshomer 3 роки тому +35

    3:30
    That’s slightly unnerving.

    • @NickMcIntyre72
      @NickMcIntyre72 3 роки тому +13

      There’s a nightmare I’ll always remember because of this movie. I was running away with a bunch of people from a dinosaur, and a soccer net fell on me. I thought if I wouldn’t move, the monster wouldn’t notice me. Of course it does, and does the exact head movement/stare Godzilla does at this moment. Stuck with me for over 20 years lol.

    • @smithwesson1896
      @smithwesson1896 3 роки тому +3

      Godzilla: 👀 Oh hello there!
      *PSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHH* 🔥🔥🔥

    • @Gornonatory
      @Gornonatory 3 роки тому +1

      That's the nightmarish part of the first Godzilla. A giant, dark figure, creepily looking down the streets.

    • @IndominusGojira
      @IndominusGojira 3 роки тому +6

      He looks creepy and funny at the same time

    • @imbouttashowyoumycaillou-k541
      @imbouttashowyoumycaillou-k541 3 роки тому +1

      @@IndominusGojira i agree. İnstead of a Godzilla it was just Gojira idk why but it sounds dumb but makes sense to me Godzilla is the guy we know king of the monsters with badass moves but Gojira just destorys and is neutral not evil or good just like an animal, Shin godzilla's characteristics

  • @blacksamurai-irs7rw
    @blacksamurai-irs7rw 5 місяців тому +4

    This Movie Was Fantastic.

  • @Eagle34358
    @Eagle34358 4 місяці тому +11

    Minus one brought me here 😎

    • @Gojo___Satoru___
      @Gojo___Satoru___ 4 місяці тому +9

      Minus one is basically a remodel 1954 gojira but on STEROIDS

    • @Eagle34358
      @Eagle34358 4 місяці тому +6

      @@Gojo___Satoru___ minus 1 and 1954 r my 2 favorite depictions of Godzilla!!

  • @ianoliver2224
    @ianoliver2224 12 днів тому +2

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