世紀の怪物!「ゴジラ」東宝キヌタ撮影所を急襲!
The Monster of the Century! “Godzilla” Raids Toho Kinuta Studios!
太平洋の深海に眠っていた二百万年も前の両棲類、丸ビルほどもある大怪物が水爆の実験で海面に浮び上り、日本本土に上陸してくるといふ空前の空想科学映画だ。このゴジラたるや海上自衛隊をまず品川沖で叩きつぶし、戦車も重砲弾もはじき飛ばすといふすさまじさ。放射能の火炎を吐きならしながら至る所荒れ廻るといふ構想なので、そのスペクタクル場面の撮影には今、日本映画界に誇る東宝特殊技術陣が総動員で大汗をかいている。
An amphibian sleeping in the deep sea of the Pacific two million years ago, a huge monster as large as Maru Building, rises to the surface of the sea due to a hydrogen bomb test and lands on the mainland of Japan in this unprecedented science fiction film. This Godzilla first crushes the Maritime Self-Defense Force off the coast of Shinagawa, and is frightening enough to fend off tanks and heavy artillery shells. The idea is to roam everywhere while spitting out radioactive flames, so for the filming of that spectacle scene, Toho’s special technical team, which is the pride of the Japanese film industry, is sweating profusely.
ゴジラそのものは記録にのこるジュラ紀や白亜紀に棲息したという恐龍やブロントサウルスの形を綜合、それに海棲類から陸上獣類に進化しつつある動物といふ条件をつけて創造したのも。実際の製作にはプラスティックを使用して、小道具係が当つたものだが、このゴジラを動かす俳優はこの暑さにプラスティックのぬいぐるみにすっぽり入るわけだからこのかくれたる主演者こそ並大抵の仕事ではあるまい。
Godzilla itself was created by combining the forms of dinosaurs and brontosaurus, which are said to have lived in the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, which are recorded in the records, and adding the condition that it is an animal that is evolving from marine to terrestrial mammals. In the actual production, plastic was used, and the props were hit, but the actor who moves this Godzilla fits into a stuffed plastic costume in the heat, so this hidden star must be no ordinary job.