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Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954-1975 will be released on October 29 via The Criterion Collection, carrying spine #1000. The Blu-ray box set collects all 15 Godzilla films from Japan’s Showa era across eight discs.

It features: Godzilla (1954), Godzilla Raids Again (1955), King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963), Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964), Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964), Invasion of the Astro-Monster (1965), Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966), Son of Godzilla (1967), Destroy All Monsters (1968), All Monsters Attack (1969), Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971), Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972), Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973), Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974), and Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975).

Godzilla, King of the Monsters - the 1956 American version of Godzilla - is also included, along with both the Japanese and English cuts of King Kong vs. Godzilla.

All 15 films has been digitally transferred in high definition with uncompressed Japanese monaural soundtracks and newly-translated English subtitles. English-dubbed audio is available on Invasion of Astro-Monster, Son of Godzilla, Destroy All Monsters, Godzilla vs. Megalon, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, and Terror of Mechagodzilla.

The set comes with a deluxe, hardcover book featuring an essay by cinema historian Steve Ryfle, notes on each film by cinema historian Ed Godziszewski, and new illustrations for each film.

Special features are listed below, where you can also get a look inside the set.

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