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CriticCrunch has 4 Takeo Murata titles in its catalog, ranked by quality percentile. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Godzilla.
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Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.
Dir. Ishirō Honda · With Akira Takarada, Momoko Kôchi, Akihiko Hirata
Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehistoric nymphs are discovered emerging from the mines. After an attack on the local village, Shigeru heads deeper into the mines only to make a more horrifying discovery in the form a prehistoric flying creature. Soon a second monster appears as the two converge in Fukuoka.
Dir. Ishirō Honda · With Kenji Sahara, Yumi Shirakawa, Akihiko Hirata

During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric monster the Japanese call 'Godzilla'. The only hope for both Japan and the world lies on a secret weapon, which may prove more destructive than the monster itself.
Dir. Terry O. Morse, Ishirō Honda · With Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura, Momoko Kôchi
Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside a new monster named Anguirus. Without the weapon that killed the original, authorities attempt to lure Godzilla away from the mainland. But Anguirus soon arrives and the two monsters make their way towards Osaka as Japan braces for tragedy.
Dir. Motoyoshi Oda · With Hiroshi Koizumi, Setsuko Wakayama, Minoru Chiaki
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