1956 - RODAN, worth a couple of laughs, not much else.

Another Toho monster or as the call them Kaiju film, apparently the first one in color.  Rodan is some sort of supersonic flying monster who can flap his wings and make cities tumble down.

This is a typical Toho monster movie,  Ishiro Honda's direction is just about nonexistent, the special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya are his usual highly detailed models and miniatures.  If I didn't know better I would think that the Japanese Defense Force was made up entirely of miniature tanks and rocket launchers.

Rodan is really not one of the better Kaiju films, it's not silly enough to be funny and even the dubbed Japanese dialog is not up to the usual ridiculous standards of these films. 

I suppose Rodan was kind of fun to go to or watch on TV for the Saturday matinee crowd during the 50's or early 60's.   It is under 90 minutes.

82 minutes.