Godzilla: Still relevant and raging after 60 years in Japan

2014/06/18 08:24:56 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

While a digitalised Hollywood reboot stomps its way to box office success around the world, the original Godzilla -- a man in a rubber suit -- has hit screens in Japan again, as relevant as ever. The 1954 classic, which spawned more than two dozen follow-ups, has been cleaned up for a two-week run in Tokyo to mark the 60th anniversary of the monster from the deep. & quot;I was really surprised to see a Tokyo that isn & #039;t the current, neat Tokyo, but was just some 10 years after war, trampled again, & quot; said Kenichi Takagi, 44, who took along his 10-year-old son. Film studio Toho released & quot;Gojira & quot; -- a Japanese portmanteau of & quot;gorilla & quot; and & quot;kujira & quot; (whale) -- directed by Ishiro Honda, in November 1954, a few months after Akira Kurosawa & #039;s classic & quot;Seven Samurai & quot;.
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