Criterion will release a US Blu-ray collector’s box set containing all of the ‘Godzilla’ films from Japan’s Showa era (1954-1975) on October 29, 2019.

The set will be made up of the following fifteen films:

• Godzilla (1954)

• Godzilla Raids Again (1955)

• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)

• Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)

• Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)

• Invasion of 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)

• Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)

Special Features:

• High-definition digital transfers of all fifteen films, released together for the first time, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks

• High-definition digital transfers of ‘Godzilla, King of the Monsters’, the 1956 U.S.-release version of ‘Godzilla’; and the 1962 Japanese-release version of ‘King Kong vs. Godzilla’

• Audio commentaries from 2011 on ‘Godzilla’ and ‘Godzilla, King of the Monsters’ featuring film historian David Kalat

• International English-language dub tracks for ‘Invasion of Astro-Monster’, ‘Son of Godzilla’, ‘Destroy All Monsters’, ‘Godzilla vs. Megalon’, ‘Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla’, and ‘Terror of Mechagodzilla’

• Directors Guild of Japan interview with director Ishiro Honda, conducted by director Yoshimitsu Banno in 1990

• Programs detailing the creation of Godzilla’s special effects and unused effects sequences from Toho releases including ‘Destroy All Monsters’

• New interview with filmmaker Alex Cox about his admiration for the Showa-era ‘Godzilla’ films

• New and archival interviews with cast and crew members, including actors Bin Furuya, Tsugutoshi Komada, Haruo Nakajima, and Akira Takarada; composer Akira Ifukube; and effects technicians Yoshio Irie and Eizo Kaimai

• Interview with critic Tadao Sato from 2011

• Illustrated audio essay from 2011 about the real-life tragedy that inspired Godzilla

• New English subtitle translations

• Trailers

• A lavishly illustrated deluxe hardcover book

‘Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954-1975’ is available for pre-order now from Amazon.com.