Inoshiro Honda's 1954 classic spawned a virtual industry of Japanese monster movies when it was released overseas in 1956 in a reworked‚ English version with added scenes‚ featuring ‚ Raymond Burr as a US reporter. Even this tampering (more carefully done than subsequent efforts) couldn't erase the bleak atomic age metaphor that makes‚ both incarnations the most somber and funereal of all‚ apocalyptic ‚ movies. Great score by Akira Ifukube. http://www.trailersfromhell.com