Showa era Godzilla films

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Godzilla film era Japanese film series film series kaiju film series

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 Showa era ⓘ
surface form: Shōwa period of Japan
firstFilm Godzilla (1954 film) ⓘ
followedBy Heisei era Godzilla series ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
King Ghidorah ⓘ
surface form: Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

Godzilla (1954 film) ⓘ
Godzilla Raids Again ⓘ
Godzilla vs. Gigan ⓘ
Godzilla vs. Hedorah ⓘ
Terror of Mechagodzilla ⓘ
surface form: 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 universe ⓘ
surface form: Godzilla franchise
precededBy none ⓘ
producer Toho ONNED1 ⓘ
productionCompany Toho Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInPeriod contemporary Japan of the 1950s–1970s ⓘ
startTime 1954 ⓘ
targetAudience general audience ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Godzilla → appearsIn → Showa era Godzilla films ⓘ
Toho (for Godzilla character rights) → notableWork → Showa era Godzilla films ⓘ
subject surface form: Toho
this entity surface form: Showa-era Godzilla films
Godzilla universe → hasPart → Showa era Godzilla films ⓘ
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956 film) → partOfSeries → Showa era Godzilla films ⓘ
this entity surface form: Godzilla film series
Heisei era Godzilla series → follows → Showa era Godzilla films ⓘ
this entity surface form: Showa era Godzilla series
Millennium era Godzilla series → precededBy → Showa era Godzilla films ⓘ
this entity surface form: Showa era Godzilla series
Anguirus → debutEra → Showa era Godzilla films ⓘ
this entity surface form: Showa era Godzilla series
"Mothra vs. Godzilla" (1964) → partOfSeries → Showa era Godzilla films ⓘ
subject surface form: Mothra vs. Godzilla
this entity surface form: Showa era Godzilla series