Godzilla Was Very Different 60 Years Ago — online.wsj.com

TOKYO—Godzilla has come a long way in 60 years. When the original film opened in Japan on Nov. 3, 1954, Godzilla was made from bamboo, cloth, paper, wire and whatever was available, says Eizo Kaimai, the 85-year-old chairman of Kaimai Productions. This was long before digital wizards came along to create a T-Rex or Transformer, before Star Wars, Jurassic Park or Avatar. “Back then, when we first created monster movies, we didn’t even have plastic or urethane material available,” says Mr. Kaimai, one of the few surviving members from the team that created the first Godzilla film. “It was hard work.”

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