Godzilla – 1954

Condition: Excellent/Very Good

Folded as Issued 

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Size: 24 x 32 Inches (60 x 80 cm)

Original French Moyenne poster for the first release of Ishirō Honda’s 1954 cult classic “Godzilla”. Poster features artwork by the legendary A. Poucel and appears to have never been displayed.

“Godzilla” is a 1954 Japanese epic kaiju film directed and co-written by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho, it is the first film in the Godzilla franchise. The film stars Akira Takarada, Momoko Kōchi, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura, Sachio Sakai, Fuyuki Murakami, Keiji Sakakida and Tsuruko with Haruo Nakajima and Katsumi Tezuka as Godzilla.

In the film, Japan's authorities deal with the sudden appearance of a giant monster, whose attacks trigger fears of nuclear holocaust in post-war Japan
The film details the arrival of Godzilla in a then-modern Japan, and the consequences of his presence and very existence. Godzilla acted as an allegory and metaphor to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki less than ten years earlier, with the titular monster himself being a symbol of nuclear holocaust.

"Godzilla, a weapon of science, a great battle of wonder and terror!"

Tags: Japanese 1950s Sci-Fi French Action Adventure Moyenne