Godzilla Showa Era Special Features
| Title | Toho (Japan) | Classic Media DVD | Media Blasters / Tokyo Shock | Criterion Box |
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Godzilla (1954) ゴジラ dir: Ishirō Honda |
Audio Commentary by Steve Ryfle & Ed Godziszewski | Audio Commentary by David Kalat | ||
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Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956) Terry Morse re-edit dir: Ishirō Honda |
Audio Commentary by Steve Ryfle & Ed Godziszewski | Audio Commentary by David Kalat | ||
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Godzilla Raids Again (1955) ゴジラの逆襲 dir: Motoyoshi Oda |
Audio Commentary by Steve Ryfle | |||
| King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
キングコング対ゴジラ dir: Ishirō Honda |
2014
Audio commentary by Koji Kajita and Yu Fujiki, isolated score (4.0 Surround), Champion Festival edit of the film, 4 trailers, interview with Keizo Murase (20 minutes), footage from a 40th anniversary Godzilla event (4 minutes), Then & Now look at the miniatures and their real-life equivalents (16 minutes), radio spot (3 minutes), publicity material slideshow (3 minutes), publicity brochure (12 images)[1] |
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Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) モスラ対ゴジラ dir: Ishirō Honda |
Audio commentary by Kenji Sahara, theatrical trailer, 75-minute reissue edit from 1980, 8mm version of Mothra, "Mothra Attacks Tokyo" narrated storybook | Audio Commentary (U.S. version) by Steve Ryfle & Ed Godziszewski
Akira Ifukube featurette (13 minutes), poster slideshow |
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Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) 三大怪獣 地球最大の決戦 dir: Ishirō Honda |
Special features: Theatrical trailer, 1971 Toho Champion Festival cut, 8mm narrated behind the scenes footage, interview with Haruo Nakajima, 8mm promotional footage, audio commentary | Audio Commentary by David Kalat | ||
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Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) 怪獣大戦争 dir: Ishirō Honda |
Audio Commentary by Stuart Galbraith IV | |||
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Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) dir: Jun Fukuda |
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| Son of Godzilla (1967)
dir: Jun Fukuda |
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| Destroy All Monsters (1968)
怪獣総進撃 dir: Ishirō Honda |
Audio commentary by Seiji Tani, three 8mm films (two for Destroy All Monsters, one for Atragon) and narrated storybooks based on them, theatrical trailer | 2011
Audio Commentary by Steve Ryfle & Ed Godziszewski, galleries of posters, production stills, and behind-the-scenes images, Japanese, French, and American trailers, Super 8 digest version of the film (8 minutes)
special features removed in 2014 re-issue |
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All Monsters Attack (1969) dir: Ishirō Honda |
audio commentary from critic Richard Pusateri | |||
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Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) dir: Yoshimitsu Banno |
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Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) dir: Jun Fukuda |
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| Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
dir: Jun Fukuda |
audio commentary from Steve Ryfle & Stuart Galbraith IV | |||
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Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) ゴジラ対メカゴジラ dir: Jun Fukuda |
Audio commentary by Teruyoshi Nakano and Yasuo Kurashiki, theatrical trailer, scans of the theatrical program, "Mechagodzilla Encyclopedia," Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla teaser trailer, still gallery, Shisa information, map of Okinawa locations in the film, examination of Mechagodzilla's design by Shin'ichirou Kobayashi, Godzilla advances to Okinawa Reiko Tajima, A great guy has arrived! Mechagodzilla Appears! !! Akihiko Nakano vs. Akihiko Iguchi [2] | EmbedVideo is missing a required parameter.
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Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) dir: Ishirō Honda |
audio commentary from Keith Aiken & Bob Johnson, both editors for SciFi Japan |
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