Product Details

• Actors: Yuriko Hoshi
• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English, Japanese
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 8
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Classic Media
• DVD Release Date: November 20, 2007
• Run Time: 583 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (79 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000VXWK86
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,350 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • #12 in Movies & TV > DVD > Foreign Films
  • #66 in Movies & TV > DVD > Science Fiction

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Mothra vs. Godzilla

More visually splendid and imaginatively written than the other Godzilla sequels, this (the fourth in the series) starts when Mothra's gigantic egg washes ashore in Japan, having been dislodged from Mothra Island by a hurricane. Two tiny twin girls (sometimes singing like dual-diminutive Dorothy Lamours) from the island come to plead for the return of the egg by the greedy business guys who bought it for a tourist attraction, but to no avail. Radiation from nuclear testing revives Godzilla from the earth, who proceeds to threaten the egg and the cities, unless Mothra and his larvae hatched from the egg can stop him. The battle sequences between Mothra and Godzilla, and between Godzilla and the larvae, are spectacularly vivid and colorful. --Jim Gay

Terror of Mechagodzilla

In 1974, Inoshiro Honda, the original and best Godzilla director, returned after a five-year absence to direct this 20th-anniversary commemoration to Gojira (the original Japanese name for Godzilla, before the West Anglicized it). This is the fifteenth film in the Godzilla series, and the eleventh by director Honda. Yet again the aliens (from the third planet of the black hole, whatever that means; they don't really provide directions) stage a takeover of Earth, this time with the aid of Mechagodzilla and Titanosaurus (they're just what they sound like). They owe the mad scientist Mafuni for the use of Titanosaurus, who in turn owes the aliens for resurrecting his daughter, Katsura, badly hurt in an accident, albeit now as a cyborg with the ability to control their two mecha-monsters. It shapes up as the fight of the century when Godzilla is pressed into service for our side. The battling behemoths afford the most dramatic and vivid fight scenes in all of Godzilladom in this one. Let's hope the aliens don't win; they're so smug. --Jim Gay

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Gojira / Godzilla, King of the Monsters

The first of the Godzilla movies, and the most somber and serious in tone, Gojiro was originally a 98-minute Japanese horror film, until a U.S. company bought the rights and reissued the film at 79 minutes, replacing sequences involving a Japanese reporter with new inserts of a dour, pipe-smoking Raymond Burr. Both versions appear together for the first time in this release from Sony Wonder.

Godzilla Raids Again

Godzilla is back, and this time he’s not alone! Godzilla and the spiny monster Anguirus are in a heated battle on a small Japanese island. As the threat of destruction mounts, two Japanese heroes muster their courage for the final showdown with Godzilla.

Mothra vs. Godzilla

After a fierce typhoon, Mothra’s gigantic egg washes ashore Japan. Meanwhile Godzilla reawakens and tramples across the land, heading straight for the big egg. Can Mothra save her offspring from Godzilla? Will Japan survive this epic monster battle?

Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster -- A prophetess from Venus foretells cataclysmic disasters! Godzilla, Mothra and Rodan reappear in Japan, wreaking havoc! A giant meteor crashes into the mountains and the three-headed, fire-spitting space dragon King Ghidorah emerges! As the Venusian's prophecies come true, assassins from a tiny Asian kingdom hunt her down, while the Earth monsters must decide whether to settle their petty differences and join forces against the extraterrestrial enemy!

Invasion of Astro-Monster

Invasion of Astro-Monster/Godzilla vs. Monster Zero -- Aliens from Planet X borrow our monsters for a little extermination project, but they've got something else up their sleeves: world domination! Using mind-control technology, these vinyl-and-sunglasses wearing spacemen turn Godzilla, Rodan and King Ghidorah loose in Japan, demanding Earth's surrender! It's up to American astronaut F. Glenn, his galaxy-trotting buddy Fuji, and nerdy inventor Tetsuo to break the aliens' hold on the monsters and save our planet from certain doom.

Terror of Mechagodzilla

Evil spacemen from the Black Hole are plotting to flatten Tokyo and build their own utopian city. Aided by deranged scientist Dr. Mafune, the aliens unleash a rebuilt Mechagodzilla and the monster Titanosaurus to do their evil bidding, until Godzilla surfaces to defend his homeland and the earth-shattering destruction begins.

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111 of 121 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Correct titles & a bit of a trick...., November 16, 2007

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Keith Picozzi (Williamstown ,New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Godzilla Collection (DVD)

Amazon has the incorrect titles in the boxset listed. The titles included in this are:
GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS (which is 2 DVDs); GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN; MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA; GHIDORAH, THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER; INVASION OF ASTRO MONSTER; TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA; and ALL MONSTERS ATTACK

All of the titles except TOM & All Monsters Attack have been released separately prior to the inclusion in this collection, so if you do not have any of them this is a great buy!! On the other hand if you are like me and have all the titles already and were awaiting TOM & AMA to be released separate I understand they will only be released (as of now) in this collection, for only that reason I give this release 4 instead of the 5 stars it should get.

37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Collection, February 3, 2011

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Joshua Downham (Muncie, IN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Godzilla Collection (DVD)

All Godzilla fans should own this set. Included in this gargantuan collection are the following creature features:

1.Godzilla/Godzilla, King of the Monsters
Inspired by the huge success of Warner Bros' The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, Toho set out to make its own monster movie - with a creature that manifested a deep concern among the Japanese. While it is easy to laugh at the tongue-in-cheek sequels of the 1960s and 1970s, the original Godzilla is actually a pretty somber film. Shot in stark black and white, Godzilla's first rampage is dark and brooding - a sincere attempt to deal with the serious issues of the period, mainly the nuclear arms race in the aftermath of World War II. Before he became a beloved icon, Godzilla was a collossal nightmare - a physical manifestation of a nuclear bomb. The solemn and thought-provoking Japanese original version is offered here in this set, along with the 1956 American version starring Raymond Burr. Also included are informative audio commentaries and featurettes.

2.Godzilla Raids Again/Gigantis, The Fire Monster
Once Toho Co., Ltd. realized that the big fire-spitting, charcoal-gray lizard was a major box office draw, audiences didn't have to wait long for the follow up. Godzilla Raids Again followed a year later in 1955 and features a new monster, Angurius, a porcupine-like beast and Godzilla's first foe. Godzilla Raids Again is the first of a neverending series of sequels and the only sequel to be filmed in glorious black and white.

As with most sequels, Godzilla Raids Again is not nearly as great a film as it's predecessor. Ishiro Hondo could not return to direct and composer Akira Ikufube was working on another film. With a different director and composer, Godzilla Raids Again has a less serious mood than the first film and has a more action/adventure tone. With few exceptions, this would be the template for all subsequent Godzilla films.

For some silly reason, when Godzilla Raids Again was released in the US in 1959, it was renamed Gigantis: The Fire Monster. Godzilla was redubbed Gigantis and his roar was even changed to sound like Angurius' roar! Numerous other changes were made, making the film, to put it kindly, a bit of a mess. The original Japanese version and the US Gigantis: The Fire Monster (retitled back to Godzilla Raids Again, but with no other corrections) are included in this set.

3.Mothra vs. Godzilla/Godzilla vs. The Thing
Widely considered by many fans as the best of all Godzilla sequels, Mothra vs. Godzilla is pure nostalgic popcorn entertainment. Made long before the days of CGI, Mothra vs. Godzilla harkens back to a time when stuntmen in rubber monster suits stomped on miniature buildings, wrecking havoc on the big screen while audiences watched in awe. More enjoyable than Godzilla Raids Again and King Kong vs. Godzilla, Mothra vs. Godzilla was a welcome return to form. It also shows for the first time since the 1954 original just how indestructable the charcoal grey beast is. The Japanese military (with help from the US navy in the American version) try everything from bombs, missles, tanks, and electricity to stop Godzilla. Of course, none of these methods work so its up to Mothra to save the day.

The American cut is actually pretty faithful to the Japanese original. Very little was edited out, but for marketing reasons the title was changed to Godzilla vs. The Thing. This was a silly marketing ploy to spark audience interest as to who the mysterious "thing" was. Both versions are presented on this collection.

4.Ghidrah, The Three-Headed Monster
Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster was a turning point in the Godzilla series. This is where the monster rumble was born. Godzilla, Mothra (in larvae form), and Rodan team up to battle a new monster named Ghidrah (or Ghidorah in the Japanese version). Ghidorah is an impressive beast - a colossal 3-headed dragon that spits yellow gravity beams. This is Rodan's first appearance since 1956. Unfortunately, the design of the suit was changed to look less menacing. This is when the series begins to gear towards children. Godzilla becomes a reluctant hero. In a rare instance of continuity in the series, Mothra vs. Godzilla is referenced. Invasion of the Astro-Monster (or Monster Zero) followed a year later and these 3 films really form a trilogy.

Both the Japanese and American versions of Ghidorah are included. The Japanese versions runs about 93 minutes and the English dubbed version runs about 85. This was the last Godzilla film to be extensively altered when brought to America. Both versions have their positives. Also included is an Image Gallery and Slide Show of movie posters, an Eiji Tsuburaya biography, and the original Japanese trailer.

5.Invasion of the Astro Monster
Invasion of the Astro Monster (a.k.a Monster Zero, a.k.a Godzilla vs. Monster Zero) is one of the most colorful and delightfully campy entries in the long-running Godzilla series. Aliens from planet X (located just behind Jupiter) borrow Godzilla and Rodan to combat Ghidorah, the three-headed dragon. Mothra is nowhere to be seen this time around. Unfortunately, Toho did not have the budget to throw Mothra into the mix.

Special Features include the english-subtitled Japanese version (runs 94:13) and the english-dubbed American cut (runs 92:57). Also includes an Image Gallery, Poster Slide Show, Tomoyuki Tanaka biography, and the original Japanese trailer. The best special feature is that the film is presented in Anamorphic Widescreen. This flick is a sci fi blast from the past and one of my favorites.

Here we get a gap between films. It's too bad that Classic Media does not own the DVD release rights to Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (1966) and Son of Godzilla (1967). 'Sea Monster' and 'Son' are available through Sony. Destroy All Monsters (1968) has finally gotten a great DVD release with a menu, chapter selection, and the superior AIP dub.

6.Godzilla's Revenge/All Monsters Attack
This one is the pits. Only Godzilla vs. Megalon may be worse.

Godzilla vs Hedorah and Godzilla vs. Gigan are available on Sony DVDs. Godzilla vs. Megalon has recently gotten an official DVD release.
7.Terror of Mechagodzilla
The sequel to Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) and last film in the Showa era. Ishiro Honda returned to direct and Akira Ikufube returned to score. After this film, Godzilla took a nine year break.

51 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Classic Media Vs. Godzilla fans, November 16, 2007

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Pizza (Cleveland, OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Godzilla Collection (DVD)

Without a doubt, Classic Media has done a great job presenting Godzilla the way he should be on DVD. They've previously released 5 of the big guy's flicks with both American and original Japanese edits in their widescreen glory along with some decent bonus material. The problem is two Godzilla films are currently only available in this set. It's been reported on a few posting boards that they will be released early in 2008. Good news for those of us who have been rabidly buying each title as they've been released, but it would have nice if they were put out at the same time as this set. For those who haven't dipped in the Godzilla pond yet, this is a great package if you enjoy these kinds of films.