KUMI MIZUNO IN GODZILLA VS 'INVASION OF THE ASTRO-MONSTER'

<p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhplmfm1bp5ndAkBucLRyRuDThWzSEZ3wRUsL7SjYVniN_t0d-FzOhrICoBcg73nx5Tqv1gVLj3lmPPbVvOfI0_IB9uraUbAgLJd1LO0h84GcJfcTDLH0mQtXXfNfE1rx1bx_81Gc11LAFZZPs1hIAmWKswT9jwmfKax6JgU2MQt6UWD73ku4Z7roNExe/s2536/Z.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="2536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhplmfm1bp5ndAkBucLRyRuDThWzSEZ3wRUsL7SjYVniN_t0d-FzOhrICoBcg73nx5Tqv1gVLj3lmPPbVvOfI0_IB9uraUbAgLJd1LO0h84GcJfcTDLH0mQtXXfNfE1rx1bx_81Gc11LAFZZPs1hIAmWKswT9jwmfKax6JgU2MQt6UWD73ku4Z7roNExe/s16000/Z.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: INVASION OF THE ASTRO-MONSTER Year: 1965 Rating: ****1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Ironic that American actor Nick Adams, who did a horrible job dubbing the dead James Dean's voice in GIANT, is dubbed horribly in INVASION OF THE ASTRO-MONSTER, the second Godzilla feature where Godzilla and Rodan are sort of helpful until being turned into their true monstrously-destructive selves when...</p><p></p><p></p><p>Well there's so much going on in what's the first truly science-fiction Godzilla, as in men in space including Adams as Astronaut Glenn (get it?) and franchise regular (albeit in different roles) Akira Takarada as Astronaut Fuji, the investigative heroes in what are the best, most suspenseful scenes during their mission to a hidden Planet X, forcefully-yet-politely invited into a high-tech underground dwelling ruled by mind-bending locals called Xiliens...</p><p><span class="sc-42125d72-1 igbBrx" data-testid="plot-l" role="presentation"><span></span></span></p>

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KUMI MIZUNO IN GODZILLA VS 'INVASION OF THE ASTRO-MONSTER'

Title: INVASION OF THE ASTRO-MONSTER Year: 1965 Rating: ****1/2 Ironic that American actor Nick Adams, who did a horrible job dubbing the de...

YURIKO HOSHI UNCOVERS ISHIRÔ HONDA'S 'MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb-R666z4F-DbDzfKDa2Wc3XHCKmR4dxdsHKzklI0gSHTA9xO_V0Oc3HdZokUZzlvLKvtM8jNcPZdqro0ZGXWHW-Urweab1B8KJnJRn95dXjIwbcbUy8EBNRjuEwPb0vMsbHmUxk2uXgBhTQYNTiV2Yh-YOsjmxIa78m1-IFlpsjPf95T3gLkJDa-scXlp/s1136/1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="1136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb-R666z4F-DbDzfKDa2Wc3XHCKmR4dxdsHKzklI0gSHTA9xO_V0Oc3HdZokUZzlvLKvtM8jNcPZdqro0ZGXWHW-Urweab1B8KJnJRn95dXjIwbcbUy8EBNRjuEwPb0vMsbHmUxk2uXgBhTQYNTiV2Yh-YOsjmxIa78m1-IFlpsjPf95T3gLkJDa-scXlp/s16000/1.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA Year: 1964 Rating: ****1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Japanese actress Yuriko Hoshi is one of the best Toho starlets, appeared in both GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA and GHIDORAH: THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER as a reporter named Junko, a hybrid of the lovely leading lady and the spunky leading lady's quirky best friend that steals the show...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Original GODZILLA franchise director Ishirô Honda uses the same KING KONG theme/plot from his standalone MOTHRA about a corporation exploiting the titular beast, but only as a starting-off point: after a giant colorful egg washes up on a Japanese island, it's greedily purchased to headline a billion dollar theme park... but Mothra's two tiny twin-fairies have a dire warning for Japan... return the egg to their island, or else...  <br></p><p><span></span></p>

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YURIKO HOSHI UNCOVERS ISHIRÔ HONDA'S 'MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA'

Title: MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA Year: 1964 Rating: ****1/2 Japanese actress Yuriko Hoshi is one of the best Toho starlets, appeared in both GODZI...

DIRECTOR ISHIRÔ HONDA'S 'GOJIRA' AKA THE ORIGINAL 'GODZILLA'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqZcHuDkODkOWuZIjUz_-PnZvE7cw4eClWT0YdE_uGg8XIi-yvJH52q0iYPhY1AFzD0BU4dCSL3U8SJFY9ZsC_SrzvKaIZfV8h-mcsffrAdodSNKwQzvfsfd7hCmldl79Dm9k3EOLf29TMosaBQaTVMkqR6bgHBljq4tZ04-YzsFo2o_IxGfibqIRDc3dx/s1724/Screen%20Shot%202025-03-25%20at%209.11.39%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="906" data-original-width="1724" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqZcHuDkODkOWuZIjUz_-PnZvE7cw4eClWT0YdE_uGg8XIi-yvJH52q0iYPhY1AFzD0BU4dCSL3U8SJFY9ZsC_SrzvKaIZfV8h-mcsffrAdodSNKwQzvfsfd7hCmldl79Dm9k3EOLf29TMosaBQaTVMkqR6bgHBljq4tZ04-YzsFo2o_IxGfibqIRDc3dx/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-03-25%20at%209.11.39%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: GORJIRA/GODZILLA Year: 1954 Rating: ****1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Ironically, the original grainy black-and-white GODZILLA, that spawned countless colorful sequels and reboots, seems intended as a one-off, being more of a symbolic cautionary-tale presentation about the effects of using nuclear weapons in the past and testing nuclear weapons in the future...<br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>In Japan, a prehistoric dinosaur was hibernating/surviving in a cave for millions of years... until H-bomb testing made the creature indestructible since, if a nuke doesn't kill you, it will only make you stronger...</p>

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DIRECTOR ISHIRÔ HONDA'S 'GOJIRA' AKA THE ORIGINAL 'GODZILLA'

Title: GORJIRA/GODZILLA Year: 1954 Rating: ****1/2 Ironically, the original grainy black-and-white GODZILLA, that spawned countless colorful...