Although moviegoers loved the monster, the original "Gojira" contained a metaphor for the monster of militarism that nearly destroyed Japan a few years before. The English version with Raymond Burr is watchable if stilted, but the subtitled original is really worth seeing not for the creature but for the view of Japan reflecting on the recent war and the long term cost of ending it with nuclear weapons.
Although moviegoers loved the monster, the original "Gojira" contained a metaphor for the monster of militarism that nearly destroyed Japan a few years before. The English version with Raymond Burr is watchable if stilted, but the subtitled original is really worth seeing not for the creature but for the view of Japan reflecting on the recent war and the long term cost of ending it with nuclear weapons.
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Although moviegoers loved the monster, the original "Gojira" contained a metaphor for the monster of militarism that nearly destroyed Japan a few years before. The English version with Raymond Burr is watchable if stilted, but the subtitled original is really worth seeing not for the creature but for the view of Japan reflecting on the recent war and the long term cost of ending it with nuclear weapons.