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thenotcanadian · 1 year
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I’ve seen several people commenting on how Benoit Blanc’s husband/boyfriend/partner/Hugh Grant is baking a cake when we see him and what I need people to understand is that that man is holding a sourdough starter, and these are early pandemic days.
He’s baking bread, presumably sourdough. Not baking a cake.
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From the Saw II commentary
James Wan: Kevin the editor is such a great guy. He's such a good person to work with and I’m so glad he came back to work on the second film. We could keep Kevin chained to all the Saw films until Saw 10. 
Leigh Whannell: I'm sure he’d be happy to do that.
Eighteen years later:
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Thank you, Kevin.
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leofromthedark · 2 years
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ROCKY (1976) dir. John G. Avildsen
- Sylvester Stallone, Blu-Ray Commentary
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black-is-beautiful18 · 3 months
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I’m watching Origin starring Ryan Destiny. So far Ryan’s character Shay has been having these nightmares about this plantation but then gets asked by this white lady named Kate to come see her house, which is a plantation, cuz her mama sick and she need somebody to watch her kids. Long story short: the kids weird, Kate’s weird cuz any time she finds something proving that the house is in fact a plantation she tries to hide it or throw it away, Shay feels as if the house is familiar, there’s a cute guy who drove her to do the tour of the house and she called him to drive her back to the house after Kate calls late at night cuz her mama is getting worse. Shay also dropped her keys in the cute guys car when she was getting out…It’s not looking good for her y’all 🧍🏾‍♀️
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sarahnourwriter · 1 year
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chaosandstardust · 2 years
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The Turning Red discourse literally went from "teenage girls are actually way cooler than this" to "𝓌𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹𝓃'𝓉 𝓉𝒶𝓁𝓀 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑜𝒹𝓈 𝓅𝓊𝒷𝓁𝒾𝒸𝓁𝓎" to "nobody but the director's friends will relate" to "𝕀𝕋 𝔼ℕℂ𝕆𝕌ℝ𝔸𝔾𝔼𝕊 ℂℍ𝕀𝕃𝔻ℝ𝔼ℕ 𝕋𝕆 𝔻𝕀𝕊𝕆𝔹𝔼𝕐 𝕋ℍ𝔼𝕀ℝ ℙ𝔸ℝ𝔼ℕ𝕋𝕊" to "𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝟿/𝟷𝟷???????"
Has anyone tried turning the men off and then on again? This movie seems to have broken them.
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no-nightingalez · 8 months
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Adding onto my earlier thoughts about Ken in the Barbie movie. He perfectly represents the boys that feel unappreciated in their lives until they find themselves falling down the incel pipeline. Ken couldn’t find his place in the world, and he didn’t know who he was outside of his relationship with Barbie. Ken only knew what society expected of him, he was unremarkable and wasn’t special in the way that Barbie was, until he discovered the patriarchy. That discovery gave him a sense of community and a sense of importance, he didn’t even really believe everything he was saying but it gave him meaning so he stuck with it.
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fluffycakesistainted · 3 months
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Is it just me or was Felix Catton way more well-adjusted after growing up in that family than you'd expect?
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After doing some thinking on this, I think the most interesting movie in the Creed-Rocky universe is “Creed II”:
While most of the movies in the franchise are good, Creed II fascinates me since it’s actually different in how it approaches the main conflict. Most of the movies follow the same formula of underdog boxer must triumph over superior opponent, while Creed II feels more focused on the behind-the-scenes drama and history.
This movie could’ve easily just been a revenge story. Adonis wants to avenge his dad, so he beats up the son of his dad’s killer. However, it feels like the writers of the movie wanted to dig deeper into this. While the revenge story would be simpler and more theatrical, Creed II instead asks the audience how this would be realistically.
And the answer is…really sad, actually.
You’d think that Adonis would be at Kill Bill-levels of vengeful, but he’s not. Instead, he’s more frustrated by how he’s expected to want to avenge his father. He just became world champion and yet the media is only talking about him fighting Viktor Drago. Even Donnie admits you can’t talk about the Creeds without talking about the Dragos. Sure, he does resent Ivan, of course he would. But he doesn’t have a beef with Viktor, and it shows.
Viktor wasn’t doing any better. Although he was trash talking Donnie, you can tell how frustrated he was with how he was being used to “restore” Ivan’s honor. He hated how the Russian leaders, especially his mother, were only treating him and his father well after he started winning in the ring. None of it felt genuine, it’s like he was just a racehorse to them.
When you look at Donnie and Viktor’s arcs as a whole, it’s fascinating just how the arcs work as an overall discussion on legacy. Legacy ends up being the true villain of the movie:
1) Donnie can’t establish his own legacy since he’s chained to his father’s legacy. Even though he has the belt, no one cared. They just wanted the spiritual successor to Apollo vs. Ivan.
2) Viktor was literally raised in hardship because of what happened to his father in the 1980s. Then, he realized he was being used as a way to restore his father’s legacy, which disgusted him.
3) For both Adonis and Viktor, neither of them harbored any actual hate to each other. Any feelings of resentment came solely from their fathers’ actions.
4) Rocky wouldn’t even put up pictures of his fight with Ivan, which makes sense since there wasn’t anything uplifting about that match. Sure, he ended the Cold War (lol) but it doesn’t change the fact that the fight was about vengeance.
5) Ivan was so traumatized by his defeat that he felt like he deserved his exiling. Exiled…for losing a damn boxing match. It took nearly losing his son in the ring for him to realize that reclaiming his lost glory was not worth it.
The end fight is, in my opinion, the most interesting showdown in the franchise. Instead of feeling like a battle between a hero and a villain, it felt more…therapeutic? It’s like Donnie and Viktor knew that they couldn’t move forward with their lives until they got this fight over with, so that’s what they do. You can tell there’s a feeling of relief on both ends once the fight finishes since Donnie got the win over Viktor (thus ending the media’s obsession over a Creed-Drago revenge match) and Ivan affirmed to Viktor that he’ll always have his father’s love.
I should note that there’s a deleted scene (it shouldn’t have been!) where Donnie, Viktor, and Ivan all make peace with each other. I feel like that was the point of making this sequel. It’s not a revenge story like what most people thought, it’s a story of healing, past trauma, generational conflict, and moving on from the past. That’s also why Creed III is a brilliant follow-up since, for the first time in the Creed series, it’s a movie that’s about Donnie’s legacy, not Apollo or Rocky’s.
Basically, Creed II treated the fight between the sons of Apollo and Ivan as an obligation that needed to be fulfilled. It’s funny since that actually works as meta commentary on the audience since that was what a lot of people wanted to see when the first Creed movie was announced. Once that obligation was finished, Donnie and Viktor were able to move on with their lives and establish their own legacies, as seen in Creed III.
And that’s kinda beautiful.
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diamondbrickz · 3 months
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just finished john wick and hooo there’s something really interesting about the inevitability of iosef’s death. the very moment this russian boy decided to kick the beehive that is baba yaga was the moment the guillotine blade went into freefall, and no matter how much he tried to squirm his way out of it, death comes nonetheless. and it did come, in the form of john wick, like the grim reaper himself. a force of nature.
and it might be easy to look at the violence in the movie and dismiss it as brainless but i very much think that it’s poetic in a weird sort of way, and interesting how it kind of plays out like a shakespearean tragedy, where you know what the fate of this character (iosef not john) will be, but what’s engaging is seeing how he tries to run and escape from it, and especially so how others try to help him escape from it as well
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reilleclan-blog · 6 days
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American Psycho review
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Alrighty*claps hands together* I watched this fucking movie. And I find it hilarious hilarious ppl really took what was in that movie and was like "yeah I'm him" genuinely wanting to be that guy. Shows a lot about our society today the "privilege" ppl like him get to have to even remotely even BE PATRICK BATEMAN. Uh I'm ngl I feel bad for the actor who plays him cause I hear it can be mentally taxing for a "regular" person to play a literal killer.
But aside from that, the movie everytime that nigga Patrick was on screen, genuinely terrified me. Scared the living hell out of me. I'd say this movie could be a horror but um yeah. The fact he has these "identities" so much so that at the very end of the movie he's still just "dismissed" from the crimes he committed and that really made me think of "society"
How could this white rich straight man possibly be a killer he has everything. The fact Bateman BLATANTLY SAYS "YO I KILLED OVER 40 PPL" and the dude genuinely thought he was joking is insane to me. Again the ending just SCREAMS THE PRIVILEGE IN UR FACE. I kinda can't take the movie seriously but the fact men like that exist in real time is the most serious part of it all. (Also adding to the fact, ppl would often mistake who he was also showed how all of them(business bros) are so much the same, but they want to be seen as "different" I guess)
The fact the only person that (I guess) "genuinely" cared about Bateman was the white girl that was "so nice" and she "was the girl for him all along". The god damn receptionist. THE FACT HE FLAT OUT STOPPED HIMSELF FROM KILLING HER B/c who the fuck knows. I genuinely don't think it had anything to do with her being the receptionist maybe he just wanted to actually stop? But like who could tell. (Also she is technically I guess, the only person who finds how sick he is and is still alive. It was either branching off into "I can fix him" territory or she just looks at him differently) who can say.
And yeah, rip my girl Christie(funny u never know her actual name , I don't think) I knew she wasn't making it out alive but she had the right idea trying to leave.
(Sidenote: i genuinely couldn't tell the difference between the men and women on the screen they genuinely ALL looked alike. Aside from some features. So when they were talking about some bitch named Evelyn I was like "wasn't that the fiancé" but maybe he just found another girl that was named Evelyn lol. Or he wanted to kill his fiancé by proxy or something EDIT: actually the woman he killed was named Elizabeth)
Um the fact the men were just allowed to be actual dickheads and the women just smiled and waved. Like trophies hung up in a room , was very fitting. And also the idea of being this "perfect" person to fit in made me wonder why do alot of killers( and yes I know, narcissists, I just don't want to be like "all narcissists are killers") think they need to Be "perfect". With Bateman it made "sense" cause he's trying to "fit in" but all that effort he puts in didn't necessarily need to be done. I think he wanted to convince himself it mattered cause when u think about "societal norms" most of it is irrelevant. And or he could've been trying to fit in so hard b/c if he didn't he'd look like a neurodivergent ass nigga around a bunch of neurotypicals. And that couldn't go well especially when ur in "corporate". He walks around with headphones always on, he talks about his special interests(music) and he draws. Definitely sounds like he is on the spectrum.(lol I'm literally him, lookin ass)
Uh this movie made me physically sick and why they needed to add "American Psycho" again poking at America's culture(business culture and white ppl in general) AmeriKa , it's literally true (this movie could've also popularized the jerking off of serial killers as well. .. romanticizing a serial killer romanticizing mental illness. It's a lot and it's very sick) Sidenote Sidenote: Bateman had money he was rich back then shit was cheap as well so he could've easily bought services for help and kept it under wraps but he didn't want to, he wanted to kill those ppl b/c society told him it's ok to be a psychopath if ur rich white and a Man U CAN BE WHATEVRR U WANNA BE👍🏾😬
Edit edit: now that I think about it even more, I think he wanted to get caught so badly. B/c ig the most "interesting" thing this guy could ever say/do was that he killed ppl. He wanted to fit in so badly he never has a "real identity" nobody even knows who he was unless it was ppl that interacted with him daily(friends , receptionist) he was just another face. It's almost like he hated that about himself the most but he "couldn't figure it out"
The fact he's ALLOWED to have mental breakdowns, commit mass shootings, and then go back to his job the next day like nothing happened. It's just fucking classic. Do u know how many news reports there is of BLACK AUTISTIC PPL HAVING AN EPISODE AND THEY ARE JUST FLAT OUT KILLED? Way too many. There was one recently. Kid named Ryan Gainer 15 years old was killed.
It's incredibly cringe the way he's like "this is it for me"*swallows pills* and genuinely nobody gave a fuck lol. As in nobody cares cause he's a rich white dude, and "nobody cares" cause there's no empathy or sympathy when it comes to mental health. (Can tie in men's mental health but most of the shit they deal with is brought upon themselves)
This guy was a genuine nobody but also someone
Sick movie but ngl I did like analyzing it. Some parts of it made me genuinely cry b/c ppl like this have no morals. He's a person on the surface but on the inside he's sick and he's allowed to be. He's told he can be sick and it's acceptable.
(Side note side note side note: I'm not here to convince anyone of anything I'm simply sharing my thoughts and feelings. I'm not here to sugar coat or make u feel comfortable. If I made u uncomfortable at all then I did my job. If u want to stay a dumbass and be willfully ignorant I cannot stop u, but don't think u can comment or repost my shit and think I won't respond or just flat out block u. I have no energy for stupidity. I'm not privileged enough to be a fucking dumbass when all this shit is happening around me. Kindly leave my page and go on with ur life.)
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tallulahchanel · 4 months
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The Mutant Academy Podcast Episode 9: Wakanda Forever: The Fair and Trash Takes
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In this episode of the Mutant Academy Podcast, the headmistress recounts the takes regarding Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and what she deems fair and trash takes. To help her in this endeavor, she has enlisted Guest Professor Justin to aid her in this.
Listen on Spotify and Amazon
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Listen on Spotify and Amazon
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Bonus episode coming soon
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littlethriftywalker · 5 months
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the mask
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mintycurry · 11 months
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// Minor spoilers to GOTG vol. 3
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I love that even the long-running joke about Rocket (that he likes to steal/buy cybernetic parts) is relevant, as it is related to his background. But, the joke didn't make his past seem cheap or write it off as just for laughs. It was funny when they used the joke over the years, but there's a lot less of it in Vol. 3, and that's great.
I did once think that it was just him being aware that he's an "animal" and wanting / collecting things to make himself feel more "human". But no, it's his way of remembering his first group of friends 😢
Does he have a whole collection somewhere filled with cybernetics? Most likely.
What I'm trying to say is that I love how they managed to make the trilogy feel so consistent. I don't think I've ever felt that degree of consistency from any MCU movie series. It's part of why I love it the most. You can just feel that it is a Guardians movie, that they're the stars of the show, but also that they're still the same characters as when they were first introduced to me in the first movie.
It makes their journey feel clearer, rewarding, and even more heartfelt.
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black-is-beautiful18 · 6 months
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✨SPOILERS AHEAD✨
Watched Candyman (2021) for the first time and it’s honestly a good commentary on cycles and how they keep repeating themselves. Not just cycles though. Stories and legends. William, I’m pretty sure that’s his name, says that Candyman isn’t just Sherman. It’s a list of Black men, and even boys, who were wrongfully killed at the hands of oppressors. It’s a hive. Literally. This also shows in how Anthony names his art exhibit “Say My Name”. It’s not just for Sherman. It’s for every single person who makes up the hive. Who makes up Candyman. He even tells Brianna at the end to tell everybody. In so many different cultures all around the globe, this is how stories, legends, and even history continue to be spread. You have to tell them and speak their names. This is how we remember those who were wrongfully and unjustly taken from this world due to racism and prejudice as well. We have to keep talking about them to keep them alive, or else they may be forgotten. Yeah….it’s a 10/10 for me.
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thebrikbox · 7 months
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Godzilla, 1954
The most iconic and most recognized movie star in the world isn’t Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, or anyone else on the Hollywood A-list; it’s the one, the only: GODZILLA!
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Godzilla is the most recognized movie star in the world and he is the most beloved character. From his Japanese debut in 1954, and introduction to American audiences in 1956, Godzilla struck a chord with newfound fans and his popularity continued to grow tremendously so much so that fans get antsy between releases. What will be his new nemesis? Will he have a makeover from the last movie? What? When? Ahhh!
The beginning
We owe Japanese filmmaker, Tomoyuki Tanaka, an honorable bow for bringing his imagination to life. Tormented by the destruction caused by the atom bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Tomoyuki conjured a symbol that reflected the fear of his country’s people - radiation. He imagined a giant monster appearing out of the ocean while on a plane. Looking down at the Pacific Ocean, Tanaka not only imagined a monster, but he thought about the trauma he and his people suffered and their struggles of rebuilding from the tragedy. The monster would be an enormous size and with radioactive powers.
“Japanese people back then had a great fear of radiation which is what gave Godzilla his enormous size. He always stood for nature’s retaliation against humanity.” - Tomoyuki Tanaka
Tanaka collaborated with Ishiro Honda and Eiji Tsuburaya to create Godzilla’s personality, a history if you will, where soon after, the idea for a monster took shape. The team wanted a significant menacing look for monster yet to be named. Tanaka remembered an American movie, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, and the scary T-Rex which became the inspiration for Godzilla’s look.
Appearance
Akira Watinabe knew what to do. The monster needed to be amphibious and reptilian. He combined features of a T-Rex, an alligator, a stegosaurus, and an Iguanodon and designed a menacing being. The skin’s texture represented keloid scars from the survivors of the atom bomb. Three rows of serrated plates were placed along the back down to its powerful long tail and this feature allowed the monster to swim flawlessly in water.
Teizō Toshimitsu sculpted a prototype figure to give it life, a realistic concept and Tanaka couldn’t have been more satisfied. Now, what to call it.
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A name
How Godzilla was named will always be debated. One tale claims Tonaka named the monster Gojira afrer learning of a Toho worker who was nicknamed that. Gojira is a combined word of “gorira - gorilla” and “kujira - whale.” The name suited the monster’s origin and it was perfect. Toho Studios confirmed this, however, Tonaka’s widow disputes this. No matter, the name was selected and couldn’t be more fitting.
Gojira was changed to Godzilla once American studios collaborated with Toho.
Abilities
It was important to Tanaka that radiation was a part of Godzilla. He would generate nuclear power from within with the idea of him using it as a weapon. The creating team wanted Godzilla to have atomic breath, a radioactive beam so powerful it could melt steel like wax. His skin couldn’t be pierced by any kind of man-made weapon; the idea was to give mankind a sense of hopelessness and doom.
Godzilla’s voice
Akira Ifkube created a chilling roar with pine tar resin on a glove that he rubbed on a contrabass. The recorded sound was played back, but to get it right, the recording was slowed down at various speeds until it was perfect.
The suit
The original monster suit was made of hard to find materials after WWII. Plastics, rubber, cotton, and silicone were these materials, and Toho used whatever they could get and they made it work, but at the expense for the actor. Wires and bamboo was used to shape Godzilla’s body and chicken wire held the shape together. For comfort, fabric was used to cushion the inside. The finished product weighed 100kg and was grueling for Haruo Nakajima. Lack of ventilation made it difficult to breathe and he’d sweat profusely as soon as the headpiece was put on. He was Godzilla for over a decade and in the duration of his time, the suit changed to latex materials which was lighter and easier to move in, but still with some challenges when filming.
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Miniature scale locations, landscapes, and the ocean. Special effects artist, Eiji Tsuburaya was limited to resources for the filming of Gojira, he used wiring and support mechanisms when filming. Eiji’s bigger challenge was Godzilla in water. The material absorbed too much water and proved difficult for Haruo to walk; Eiji incorporated support beams and wires that attached to the suit.
Release
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October 27, 1954, Gojira premiered in Nagoya, and then released in Japan November 3. Edmund Goldman of Jewell Enterprises heard about wanted the movie adapted for American audiences. He worked out an agreement with Toho studios in 1955 to remake the movie by adding Raymond Burr as an American journalist in Japan when Godzilla emerged. The movie was remade with English dubbing added and was released in America as Godzilla, King of the Monsters.
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The movie was a sensation, except for one man who hated it. Ray Harryhausen made the claymation movie The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms and he accused Toho Studios of stealing his T-Rex and mimicking his movie. He believed that Japan mocked him and he remained bitter his entire life. Yes, Godzilla was inspired by the T-Rex, but they did not steal anything from the the movie. Rumors claimed Ray was angry, jealous, of Godzilla’s success.
Global impact
American critics of Japan accused them for exploiting the devastation they suffered from the atomic bomb in WWII and the Daigo Fukuryū Maru incident, a claim Japan denied.
"They called it grotesque junk, and said it looked like something you'd spit up. I felt sorry for my crew because they had worked so hard!" - Ishiro Honda, quoted in the Tokyo Journal.
The same critics said Godzilla’s atomic breath was strange, nothing alive would have such physical traits. But after the movie received great reviews, the critics began singing a different tune. Millions of fans loved everything about him.
From 1954 to today, millions of fans worldwide anticipate every movie release because of how he destructive he is, how the Japanese defend themselves, but mostly to see what new nemeses the king of monsters will battle. I will admit that it’s a grueling wait between movie releases. Godzilla is my all-time favorite movie star and I’ve seen every movie made multiple times with a fluttering heart and excitement like seeing them for a first time.
Cast and crew
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Actors: Akira Takarada, Momoko Kochi, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura
Directed by: Ishiro Honda
Produced by: Tomoyuki Tanaka
Story by: Shigeru Kayama
Special effects: Eiji Tsuburaya
Written by: Takeo Murata, Ishiro Honda
Score: Akira Ifukube
Cinematography: Masai Tamai
Edited by: Taichi Taira
Productions: Toho Co., Ltd.
Movie Grade: 0.0 to 4.0
Score: 4.0
Photo references: Getty Images
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