Showa era Godzilla films

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The Showa era Godzilla films are the original series of Japanese kaiju movies produced from the 1950s through the 1970s, known for introducing Godzilla and evolving him from a destructive metaphor for nuclear devastation into a more heroic, family-friendly monster icon.

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Showa era Godzilla series 4
Showa era Godzilla films canonical 2
Godzilla film series 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Godzilla film era
Japanese film series
film series
kaiju film series
basedOn nuclear weapons themes
countryOfOrigin Japan
distributor Toho NERFINISHED
endTime 1975
eraNameDerivedFrom Shōwa period of Japan
linked to: Showa era
firstFilm Godzilla (1954 film)
followedBy Heisei era Godzilla films
genre kaiju film
monster film
science fiction film
tokusatsu
hasTheme Japanese postwar trauma
environmental destruction
monster heroism
nuclear devastation
inception 1954
includesFilm All Monsters Attack
Destroy All Monsters
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
linked to: King Ghidorah

Godzilla (1954 film)
Godzilla Raids Again
Godzilla vs. Gigan
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
Godzilla vs. Megalon
Invasion of Astro-Monster
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Son of Godzilla ONNED1
Terror of Mechagodzilla
introducedCharacter Anguirus
Ebirah
Gigan
Godzilla
Hedorah
King Caesar
King Ghidorah
Kumonga
Mechagodzilla
Minilla
Mothra
Rodan
lastFilm Terror of Mechagodzilla
laterTargetAudience children and families
mainCharacter Godzilla
notableFor evolving Godzilla into a heroic character
introducing Godzilla as a metaphor for nuclear weapons
miniature model effects
suitmation special effects
numberOfWorks 15
originalLanguage Japanese
partOf Godzilla franchise
linked to: Godzilla universe
precededBy none
producer Toho ONNED1
productionCompany Toho Studios NERFINISHED
setInPeriod contemporary Japan of the 1950s–1970s
startTime 1954
targetAudience general audience

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Godzilla appearsIn Showa era Godzilla films
Toho notableWork Showa-era Godzilla films
linked to: Showa era Godzilla films
Godzilla universe hasPart Showa era Godzilla films
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956 film) partOfSeries Godzilla film series
linked to: Showa era Godzilla films
Heisei era Godzilla series follows Showa era Godzilla series
linked to: Showa era Godzilla films
Millennium era Godzilla series precededBy Showa era Godzilla series
linked to: Showa era Godzilla films
Anguirus debutEra Showa era Godzilla series
linked to: Showa era Godzilla films
Mothra vs. Godzilla partOfSeries Showa era Godzilla series
subject linked to: "Mothra vs. Godzilla" (1964)
linked to: Showa era Godzilla films