Masao Tamai

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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1963)
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Different Sons (1962)
Director of Photography
Happiness of Us Alone (1962)
Director of Photography
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
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Gojira (1954)
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Sound of the Mountain (1954)
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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1963)
Director of Photography
Different Sons (1962)
Director of Photography
Happiness of Us Alone (1962)
Director of Photography
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
Camera
Gojira (1954)
Cinematographer
Sound of the Mountain (1954)
Cinematographer
Late Chrysanthemums (1954)
Director Of Photography
Wife (1953)
Cinematographer

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Godzilla, King Of The Monsters (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Fabulous Discovery Dr. Yamane (Takashi Shimura), with daughter Emiko (Momoko Kochi) now leading the expedition on Odo Island, American reporter Steve (Raymond Burr) and sidekick Iwanaga (Frank Iwanaga) observing, as the star makes his first appearance, in Godzilla, King Of The Monsters, 1956, edited from the original 1954 Japanese feature.
Gojira (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Anything Could Happen Frightened islanders rushing back to the mainland to tell their story, scientist Yamane (Takashi Shimura) makes his first appearance, proposing an expedition, daughter Emiko (Momoko Kochi) at his side, in Inoshiro Honda's original Gojira (a.k.a. Godzilla), 1954.
Godzilla, King Of The Monsters (1956) -- (Movie Clip) No Tomorrow Raymond Burr is both the narrator and the American reporter Steve Martin, coming-to amid the rubble of Tokyo, entering the flashback and opening the original American release of Godzilla, King Of The Monsters, 1956, re-edited from Ishiro Honda's Gojira, 1954.
Godzilla, King Of The Monsters (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Tokyo Has No Defense Relatively safe in a newsroom, American reporter Steve (Raymond Burr) sets up his tape recorder, maybe for posterity, as the monster gets down to business in Tokyo, in the original U.S. version of Godzilla, King Of The Monsters, 1956.
Gojira (1954) -- (Movie Clip) What Could Have Caused This? The opening of the original feature by Ishiro Honda for Toho Films, with trouble at sea, followed by the introduction of Akira Takarada as sea salvage worker Hideo and Momoko Kôchi as girlfriend Emiko, in Gojira, 1954, re-cut and released two years later in the U.S. as Godzilla.
Gojira (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Godzilla Was Spotted Without pauses for explanations, the monster making quicker progress than in the Hollywood-edited Godzilla, emerging from Tokyo harbor and attacking the city, in Inoshiro Honda's original Gojira, 1954.
Godzilla, King Of The Monsters (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Unexplainable Phenomenon After a night of big trouble on an outlying island, American reporter Steve (Raymond Burr) returns with the natives to Tokyo, wise Dr. Yamame (Takashi Shimura) offering testimony, his first appearance, in the original Godzilla, King Of The Monsters, 1956.

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