Godzilla (1954)

[Drunk Monk]

This is the original Japanese version, not the watered down one with Raymond Burr. Honda was an outstanding director in B&W - Godzilla’s skin texture makes so much more sense. Some of the crowd scenes are quite big, especially the choral scene. And the details of the models is amazing, so intricate just to get smashed. A true classic Thar not only launched a franchise, it bore a genre.