Kaiju films
Giant monster films from Japan, and others from elsewhere inspired by them. I also threw in the Ultra Series but haven't tried to be too completest on the television front. I've also not included every giant monster movie (there was a fad for them in America during the mid-20th Century), focusing instead on Japanese films and their imitators. There is already a more general giant monster movie list or this wider-ranging one.
See also: my weird Japanese films list
Further reading:
* http://www.kaijuphile.com
* http://www.digitalmonsterisland.com
* http://godzilla.wikia.com
This page has the technical details of Toho's kaiju, except Godzilla:
http://www.listal.com/list/toho-kaiju-films
NB: IMDb's list ordering system is playing up so they're out of order
See also: my weird Japanese films list
Further reading:
* http://www.kaijuphile.com
* http://www.digitalmonsterisland.com
* http://godzilla.wikia.com
This page has the technical details of Toho's kaiju, except Godzilla:
http://www.listal.com/list/toho-kaiju-films
NB: IMDb's list ordering system is playing up so they're out of order
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- RegistiMotoyoshi OdaIshirô HondaStelleHiroshi KoizumiSetsuko WakayamaMinoru ChiakiScout pilots for a fishing company are startled to discover a second Godzilla, whose battle with rival monster Anguirus threatens to destroy Osaka.aka Godzilla Raids Again
- RegistaSôya KumagaiStelleEizaburô MatsumotoFuminori ÔhashiReizaburo IchikawaIn part one of this silent two-part film, an ape nicknamed King Kong by its master kidnaps the daughter of a wealthy man as part of a revenge plot by one of his lackeys. The story concludes in Edo ni arawareta Kingu Kongu: Ôgon no maki (1938).aka King Kong Appears in Edo
An unauthorised King Kong rip-off and possibly the first true full-length kaiju film, now thought to be lost. More on it at Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kong_Appears_in_Edo - RegistaTorajirô SaitôStelleYasuko KoizumiIsamu YamaguchiKotarô SekiguchiThe character "Santa" is a vagabond whose main source of income is locating lost coins on the streets of Tokyo. He is dating the pretty girl Omitsu, but her father Seizo does not consider him suitable for becoming his son-in-law. Seizo breaks-up their relationship and finds a new, wealthy boyfriend for Omitsu. Santa figures that he needs money to regain his girlfriend, and starts desperately seeking for a job. But nobody is willing to hire him. Noticing that the foreign-import film "King Kong" is a box office hit, Santa offers to dress up as King to promote a movie theater that is playing this film. He is hired on a try-out basis. Santa starts regularly appearing as King Kong in theaters, and goes on staged rampages against miniature buildings. During one of his performances, he notices Omitsu with her new boyfriend. Blinded by rage, Santa goes on a real rampage and chases after the man, both inside and outside the theatre. Santa beats up the man and leaves his unconscious body on the streets. But the audience thinks that his rampage was part of the performance and they are enthusiastic about it. He gets offered a higher salary for repeat performances, and he now has enough money to gain Seizo's approval and to start dating Omitsu again.An early attempt to cash-in on the original King Kong film, the giant ape would appear a few more times in Japanese films over the years.
- RegistaIshirô HondaStelleTakashi ShimuraAkihiko HirataAkira TakaradaUn gigantesco mostro rettile, un esemplare di una vecchia specie di dinosauri sopravvissuto all'estinzione e che vive negli abissi, viene risvegliato da alcuni test nucleari e assorbe delle radiazioni che lo rendono forte e invincibile.It set the standard for all future giant monster films, and span-off its own massive franchise. Presumably partly inspired by the 1953 B-movie The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
- RegistaIshirô HondaStelleTakashi ShimuraAkihiko HirataAkira TakaradaUn gigantesco mostro rettile, un esemplare di una vecchia specie di dinosauri sopravvissuto all'estinzione e che vive negli abissi, viene risvegliato da alcuni test nucleari e assorbe delle radiazioni che lo rendono forte e invincibile.Here to give the list a pretty picture when listed elsewhere - the list proper starts below:
- RegistaYoshirô EdamasaStelleHidemichi IshikawaKazuyo KojimaTankai SoganoyaThe plot focuses on a giant Buddha statue (known in Japan as a "Daibutsu") 33 meters in height. It comes to life and tours the country, mainly seeing tourist sights,aka The Giant Buddha Statue's Travel Through the Country
The rather gentle adventures of a roaming statue, now thought to be lost.
http://godzilla.wikia.com/wiki/The_Giant_Buddha_Statue%27s_Travel_Through_the_Country - RegistiIshirô HondaTerry O. MorseStelleRaymond BurrTakashi ShimuraMomoko KôchiAn American reporter visiting Tokyo becomes a witness to the city's destruction by a dinosaur-like beast awoken from undersea hibernation by atom bomb testing.
- RegistaIshirô HondaStelleAkira TakaradaAkemi NegishiMomoko KôchiA yeti terrorizes people on top of Mount Fuji.Re-edited as Half Human for western consumption but not widely disseminated these days because of cultural concerns.
- RegistaIshirô HondaStelleKenji SaharaYumi ShirakawaAkihiko HirataA mining engineer investigates the deaths of his colleagues, discovering prehistoric nymphs and a creature capable of flying - and wreaking havoc - at supersonic speeds.aka Radon
- RegistaIshirô HondaStelleKenji SaharaYumi ShirakawaMomoko KôchiShortly after a giant robot destroys a village, aliens from outer space arrive offering friendship. Will the people of Earth tie these two events together?aka The Mysterians
Features Moguera a giant robot. - RegistaFred F. SearsStelleJeff MorrowMara CordayMorris AnkrumGlobal panic ensues when it is revealed that a mysterious UFO is actually a giant bird that flies at supersonic speed and has no regard for life or architecture.B-movie that seems to merrily lift crazy ideas from the earlier Japanese science fiction films.
- RegistiIshirô HondaTeodorico C. SantosStelleTessie QuintanaEddie Del MarZaldy ZshornackA giant monster blasts Tokyo.First in a series of giant monster movies from the Philippines, a country hose film industry was quick to capitalise on new trends. It is also the most obvious one as it is set in Tokyo.
- RegistiKenneth G. CraneIshirô HondaStelleJohn CarradineRussell ThorsonRobert KarnesJapanese villagers worship a monster and its son who live in an island cave. Some circus people hear about them, go to the island to capture the monster, and wind up shooting its son. Then the trouble starts.The US edit of Ju jin yuki otoko.
- RegistiIshirô HondaMotoyoshi OdaStelleKôzô NomuraAyumi SonodaKoreya SendaOriginal Japanese version. Research in the Tohoku region comes across a monster known to the locals as the mountain god Baradagi.aka Giant Monster Varan
- RegistaIshirô HondaStelleYumi ShirakawaKenji SaharaAkihiko HirataDopo la scomparsa sospetta di un narcotrafficante, la polizia di Tokyo interroga la moglie e sorveglia il suo posto di lavoro. Uno scienziato afferma che i test nucleari nell'Oceano Pacifico hanno creato mostri viscidi "H-Men".aka H-Man
- RegistaHiroshi InagakiStelleToshirô MifuneYôko TsukasaAkihiko HirataA prince, framed for murder and starved for affection from his father, is sent on a quest.aka The Birth of Japan
http://godzilla.wikia.com/wiki/The_Birth_of_Japan - RegistaEmmanuel I. RojasStelleFernando Poe Jr.Edna LunaRonald RemyA monstrous giant bird soars high across Manila and suburbs. Anak ng Bulkan was set in a remote volcanic island, tells of the friendship between a little boy named Bentoy (Ace York) and a giant bird named Goliat.
- RegistaRichard AbelardoStelleNita JavierWillie SoteloHector ReyesA mad scientist, plots to conquer the world by using a serum that can turn ordinary animals into giants.
- RegistaIshirô HondaStelleFurankî SakaiHiroshi KoizumiKyôko KagawaAn expedition to Infant Island uncovers a native tribe and twin tiny fairy priestesses of a mythical deity, who sets out to rescue the pair after they are kidnapped by a greedy businessman.aka Mothra
- RegistaEugène LouriéStelleBill TraversWilliam SylvesterVincent WinterGreedy sailors capture a giant lizard off the coast of Ireland and sell it to a London circus, inciting the wrath of the creature's much-larger mother.A British Godzilla, with perhaps a bit of inspiration coming from the 1959 dinosaur vs London film, Behemoth the Sea Monster (which in turn was a British version of The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, making everything confusingly circular, as Godzilla was also influenced by it).
- RegistiPoul BangSidney W. PinkStelleBent MejdingAsbjørn AndersenPovl WøldikeAfter copper miners discover a piece of the frozen tail of a giant prehistoric reptile in Lapland, scientists inadvertently bring it back to life.The Danish Godzilla - 1961 was clearly the year of Eurozilla!!
- RegistiIshirô HondaTom MontgomeryStelleTadao TakashimaKenji SaharaYû FujikiUn reporter delle Nazioni Unite racconta l'apparizione di un mostro preistorico che emerge dal letargo, mentre un'azienda farmaceutica cerca pubblicità con un mostro tutto suo.aka King Kong vs. Godzilla
- RegistiJerry A. BaerwitzIshirô HondaMotoyoshi OdaStelleMyron HealeyTsuruko KobayashiClifford KawadaHeavily alerted American version of Japan's Varan. A prehistoric behemoth is unwittingly awoken from hibernation due to a U.S-Japanese military experiment for economic means on it's watery lair.The US edit of Giant Monster Varan
- RegistaIshirô HondaStelleRyô IkebeYumi ShirakawaAkira KuboA Tokyo scientist and his colleagues shift Earth to avoid a red-hot planet on a collision course.aka Gorath
Featuring Maguma.
Third in Toho's trilogy of space-operas, the first being The Mysterians and the second is the non-kaiju film Battle in Outer Space. - RegistaTokuzô TanakaStelleKyôko EnamiShiho FujimuraKôji FujiyamaA fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it. A Japanese variation of the "Moby Dick" story.aka Whale God or Killer Whale
http://godzilla.wikia.com/wiki/Kujira_Gami_(1962_film)