version is told, mainly through flashbacks and voice-over narration. Canadian actor Raymond Burr was cast in the lead role of American journalist Steve Martin, from whose perspective the U.S. This resulted in 16 minutes of footage being cut from the original and being replaced with new footage shot exclusively for Godzilla 's North American release. In Japan the film was released as Monster King Godzilla ( 怪獣王ゴジラ, Kaiju Ō Gojira).įor this "new" version of Godzilla, some of the original Japanese dialogue was dubbed into English, and some of the political, social, and anti-nuclear themes and overtones were removed completely. This reedited version introduced all other viewing audiences to the character and labeled Godzilla the "King of the Monsters". Except for Spain and Poland, the film was unknown in Europe. In the United States, the original film had previously been shown subtitled in Japanese community theaters only. It is a heavily re-edited American adaptation, commonly referred to as an "Americanization", of the 1954 Japanese film Godzilla. Godzilla, King of the Monsters! is a 1956 kaiju film directed by Terry O.
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