RODAN-1956-After a “cheery” intro
about the H-bomb, a narrator named Shigeru Kawamura (Kenji Sahara)
tells us what's happening in the mines of Kyushu. After his future
brother in law Goro (Rinsaku Ogata) has a fight, he talks about the
uneasiness of the miners on that day and how mine #8 was deeper than
any of the others. After a flood in the tunnel, they find one miner
“hacked to pieces”. Goro is the other missing miner who's found
and blamed for the death. A police officer and two miners investigate
and are killed. Goro's sister (and Shigeru's main squeeze) Kiyo (Yumi
Shirakawa) doesn't have it easy as everyone thinks her brother is a
murderer. A giant insect invades a village. Rodan shows up with his
mate and although they destroy several cities and kill many people
their deaths are quite poignant.
Keye Luke provides the dubbed voice
of Shigeru and other well known voices are provided by Paul Frees,
Art Gilmore and George Takei. Following up his success with GODZILLA,
director Ishiro Honda shot this in color with most of the “Big G's”
personal behind him.
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