# Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)

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**Runtime**: 81 min
**Genres**: Science Fiction, Horror
**Directed by**: Ishirō Honda, Terry O. Morse
**Written by**: Tomoyuki Tanaka, Ishirō Honda, Takeo Murata
**Starring**: Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura, Momoko Kôchi, Akira Takarada, Akihiko Hirata, Sachio Sakai

> *Incredible, unstoppable titan of terror!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Tokyo streets at dusk a siren blares 
a city besieged by scaly giant 
Ishirō Honda's classic monster movie endures.

**Mood tags**: dread, epic

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