Toho has made many other kaiju masterpieces.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Toho, the powerhouse Japanese entertainment company responsible for Godzilla, also produced and distributed many successful monster movies that didn't include the titanic lizard. Since its origins in the 1930s, Toho has been responsible for the production of films across several genres, including many works from iconic directors like Akira Kurosawa, Kaneto Shindo, and Ishirō Honda, the man behind the original 1954 Godzilla.
10 Varan the Unbelievable Varan the Unbelievable is one of the earlier works from Honda, and features special effects from the ultra-influential Eiji Tsuburaya, known by film experts as the "father of tokusatsu." Like many other kaiju films, Varan begins with the discovery of a massive creature — in this case, a reptilian monster with wings that enable it to fly and glide.
8 King Kong Escapes Also from Honda, the sometimes silly King Kong Escapes has earned a place in monster movie lore for featuring the Mecahani-Kong, a mechanized version of King Kong that even predates Mechagodzilla. The Mechani-Kong is designed by an evil genius bent on controlling a rare element found only at the North Pole. Mechani-Kong is meant to dig it out for him. When Mechani-Kong fails, the genius known as Dr. Who ape-naps the real King Kong to finish the job.
5 Atragon Atragon is another Honda and Tsubaraya collaboration, and the movie features an antagonistic underwater empire similar to Atlantis, along with its deity, Manda. In the film, a heavily armored submarine capable of both underwater travel and flight stands as the only potential weapon against the empire bent on world domination. Both Manda and the ship, the Gotengo, went on to appear in Godzilla: Final Wars in 2004.
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