In the early ‘70s it became clear to everyone, audiences and Toho executives alike, that the once-majestic Godzilla franchise was taking a precipitous slide down the crapper. There were reasons for ...

A generation of monster-movie devotees grew up watching — and loving — a guy in a Godzilla rubber suit. While that's the kind of thing you'd expect to see in line next to you at Comic-Con nowadays, ...

TOKYO | The big-screen Godzilla that scared and thrilled viewers in 1954 was an actor in a rubber suit with a zipper up its back. And many Japanese fans still prefer that monster over a Hollywood ...

Although recent Godzilla films use computer graphics, the latest Japanese Godzilla remake, released last year, went back to using a human actor, Mansai Nomura, a specialist in the traditional theater ...