The Castro Theatre in San Francisco was the place to be November 17-23, 2004, in honor of Godzilla's 50th birthday The best Godzilla Film Fest we have known about took place there. This is the 16 page program book from the event sponsored by Bay Area Film Events which showed 20 Godzilla or Kaiju Films.
The special guests were great:Russ Tamblyn (the first ever appearance in regard to War of the Gargantuas), Hiroshi Koizumi who was in Godzilla Raids Again, and many other Godzilla movies (he reprised his role in Mothra 1961 42 years later in Tokyo Sos), Tsutomu Kitagawa (the latest actor to don the Godzilla suit), Jerry Ito best remembered for his role of the vile Clark Nelson in Mothra 1961), Akira Kubo played many roles in Toho Films including Matago, Gorath, Son of Godzilla, Destroy All Monsters.
There are biographies of all the guests in the program. Also every film shown is given several paragraphs of synopsis and commentary by August Ragone of Henshin! Online. The center page has photos from some of the Godzilla Movies. The cover illustration is Mark Nagata.
Here is the movie program ONLY available at some of the theaters showing the Newest incarnation of Guilala the X from Outerspace.
The movie opened in Japan on July 26, 2008. The program is done in Japanese retro 60's style. The front and back covers resemble kids' books from that period with a place for a record inserted in the back cover. The "record" for the program is done in cardboard and is a promotion for the soundtrack by the band Cosmic Mind.
The interior photos and graphics recall artwork from the late 1960's. There is a wonderful drawing of Guilala revealing his internal organs and their process! A diagram of the soundstage during filming of the movie pays subtle homage to Godzilla. It shows Guilala and the film director doing the Godzilla dance made popular in Godzilla vs Monster Zero!
The program is 17 pages all in color! There is a center fold out that can be seen by gently opening the perforation along the edge. The artwork is awesome! Also contains photos of the theater exclusive and other merchandise produced for the movie.
The dimensions of the program are 8 1/2 inches by 8 inches. Guilala Returns! That loveable Monster X from 1967 has been brought back in Guilala Stikes Back/G8 Summit Attack! The movie by Shochiku Company the same Producers of the 1967 movie was written and directed by Minoru Kawaski. He is an independent director with a definite taste for comedy. Without giving out too much of the movie story, we can say that it brings a new twist to the Daikaiju Genre.
Guilala attacks during the G-8 Summit and the world leaders respond with methods for combat that reflect their cultural beliefs. Kawasaki handles this with hilarious satire.
A must have for ALL KAIJU LOVERS! Scroll down to see additional photos.
This awesome book is part of the new Kodansha Official File Magazine Tokusatsu series. Daimajin is the focus of Volume 11. There are lots of photos from all the Daimajin movies.
In addition to the Daimajin material, there is an interview (in Japanese of course) with Kumi Mizuno best remembered for her roles in Matango and Godzilla vs Monster Zero.
There are photos from Matango also. There is a section on Booska the loveable character from Japanese TV and other Tokusatsu heroes. These are FUN books with lots of rarely seen photos.
The book is 34 full color pages and measures approximately 9 by 12 inches. Scroll down for additional photos.