Mothra (1962)
Apr 19, 2010Japanese Monster Movie
The most successful of the original monster movies Toho made after the success of Godzilla, the only one to spawn its own sequels, and one of the best kaiju eiga of the era
Hiroshi Koizumi
Atragon (1963)
Sep 17, 2024Super-Submarine Adventure
Ishiro Honda, the director of Godzilla, makes a colourful dventure film about a super-submarine battling an undersea empire in the vein of other works of the era like Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Ghidrah the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
Feb 23, 2008Japanese Monster Bash
The fifth Godzilla film, the point where Godzilla becomes a good guy joining Mothra and Rodan to battle Ghidrah. The best Godzilla film from this period with the effects team operating at the peak of their game
Godzilla vs the Thing (1964)
Oct 19, 2002Japanese Monster Bash
The fourth Godzilla film, the first in which Godzilla battled another Toho monster, namely Mothra. Colourfully enjoyable and taking itself more seriously than many of the entries that would follow
Godzilla vs the Cosmic Monster (1974)
Apr 16, 1999Japanese Monster Bash
The fourteenth Godzilla film, noted for the introduction of Mecha-Godzilla, a robot copy of Godzilla that became a recurring nemesis. By this point in the series, the effects and quality of production had become very shabby