Movie Poster Collecting: Hiroyuki Kawase

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster 1971 Akira Yamauchi Italian locandina

Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster (1971) - (Akira Yamauchi) Italian locandina

This is a 14" x 26" Italian locandina for the 1971 Yoshimitsu Banno film Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster AKA Godzilla vs. Hedorah written by Yoshimitsu Banno and Takeshi Kimura and starring Akira Yamauchi as Dr. Toru Yano. Plot summary: Pollution provides an environment for the growth of a poisonous monster named Hedorah, which sinks an oil tanker and menaces the population. Only Godzilla can confront Hedorah and save the planet.

Cast and crew: Yoshimitsu Banno, Takeshi Kimura, Akira Yamauchi, Toshie Kimura, Hiroyuki Kawase, Toshio Shiba, Keiko Mari, Yoshio Yoshida, Haruo Suzuki, Yoshio Katsube, Susumu Okabe, Kentaro Watanabe, Wataru Omae, Tadashi Okabe, Shigeo Kato, Takuya Yuki, Eisaburo Komatsu

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Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) - (dir: Jun Fukuda) German one-sheet

This is a 23" x 33" German poster made to promote the 1973 Jun Fukuda film Godzilla vs. Megalon based on a story by Takeshi Kimura and starring Katsuhiko Sasaki as Inventor Goro Ibuki. Plot summary: Once again nuclear testing by surface civilizations incites the wrath of undersea monsters, this time in the form of the monster Megalon acting on behalf of an undersea civilization known as Seatopia. Fortunately for the surface world, Goro Ibuki, an inventor, creates a humanoid robot named Jet Jaguar (shown in the foreground on this German poster) who enlists the aid of Godzilla on nearby Monster Island to defend the surface world against the attack from Megalon.

Cast and crew: Jun Fukuda, Takeshi Kimura, Katsuhiko Sesaki, Hiroyuki Kawase, Yutaka Hayashi, Robert Dunham, Kotaro Tomita, Ulf Otsuki, Gentaro Nakajima, Sakyo Mikami, Fumiyo Ikeda, Kanda Mori, Shinji Takagi, Hideto Odachi, Tsugutoshi Komada, Kenpachiro Satsuma, Rolf Jessup