The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

( Los albores del kaiju eiga )

The origins of Godzilla!

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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