1965’s Gamera, the Giant Monster, however, did get a longer lease on life. In fact, like Godzilla, the Gamera franchise has ...

Toho Studios, producer of the Godzilla movies, played off this in a fun way ... which will mark 70 years since Ishirō Honda‘s original Gojira opened in Japan on Nov. 3, 1954.

Ishiro Honda's 1954 "Gojira" was an overwhelmingly sad and downbeat movie. Godzilla was not yet fighting other monsters, serving as Japan's bouncer. In the beginning, the monster was a force of ...