Godzilla, King of the Monsters! Page #2

I'm afraid my Japanese

is a little rusty.

[ Japanese ]

Dr. Yamane is suggesting

to the officials...

that they question

the natives of a small island.

He says that Odo Island

is close to the area...

where the disasters

have taken place.

[ Steve Narrating ]

Odo Island...

a bleak spot of land in the Pacific...

populated

with several hundred natives...

who were now

half paralyzed with fear.

[ Japanese ]

[ Murmuring Excitedly ]

[ Steve Narrating ]

These people were the only ones...

who had seen

some of the fires at sea.

[ People Shouting ]

[ Chattering Excitedly ]

[ Shouting In Japanese ]

[ Chattering Excitedly ]

They were also the only ones

who saw a survivor of the sinkings...

and his visit was a short one.

[ Shouting In Japanese ]

[ Japanese ]

[ Shouting ]

[ Aircraft Flying Overhead ]

[ Steve Narrating ] The next morning,

a helicopter was dispatched from Tokyo.

The security officer, Mr. Iwanaga,

had arranged for me to join...

the group of officials who were

to question the natives of Odo Island.

While various natives

of the island...

were being interrogated

by the officials...

Tomo and I went out

among the natives.

[ Japanese ]

Hey, Tomo, we make him mad?

He's frightened.

He's terribly frightened.

He must've seen something.

He claimed he saw a monster,

a horrible monster.

If he saw a monster,

he's had too much sake.

No, no, Mr. Martin.

These island people are very superstitious.

Well, let's see what else

we can find out.

[ Steve Narrating ]

It was decided that we'd spend the night...

and it gave me an opportunity

to witness a rare ceremony...

one that was all but forgotten.

[ Native ]

The island people are beset

by many dangers, Steve -

some real, some imagined.

This ceremony is dedicated

to one such danger.

There's a legend

among the island people...

that somewhere off their shores

there exists a monster...

too terrible

for a mortal to conceive.

Many centuries ago, they used

to send a young girl out on a raft...

each year as a sacrifice.

[ Continues ]

What's the name of this monster?

[ Man ]

Godzilla. Godzilla!

[ Japanese ]

Did you hear that? Godzilla.

They believe their, uh, Godzilla...

is responsible

for all these ship disasters?

They're certain of it.

[ Wind Gusting ]

[ Gusting Grows Louder ]

[ Thunderous Pounding In Distance ]

[ Pounding Grows Louder ]

[ Japanese ]

[ Boy Shouting In Japanese ]

[ Shouts ]

[ Creature Bellowing ]

[ Thunderous Pounding ]

[ Creature Bellowing ]

[ Boy Shouting ]

[ All Shouting ]

[ Steve Narrating ]

It was more than wind, rain, and lightning.

Much more.

I wasn't just sure what it was.

No one was sure.

No one except the natives,

and they were positive.

They said it was Godzilla.

The next morning, the officials brought

some of the islanders back to Tokyo...

to make a direct report.

[ Chattering In Japanese ]

[ Japanese ]

Each of the natives of Odo Island...

told his own story

of the sudden turbulence...

and had his own ideas

of its cause.

They were all of the opinion

that the destruction was brought about...

by a living creature.

[ Japanese Continues ]

[ Japanese ]

I have not been

to the island myself...

but the world today is filled

with many mysteries.

In the Himalayas, footprints

of snowmen have been found.

No one knows

anything about them...

so there's no one

who can explain

a phenomenon

at the top of the world.

Is it not possible that some other

unexplainable phenomenon....

might exist at the bottom

of the ocean?

A research party should be

organized to make...

a scientific survey of Odo Island.

[ People Applauding ]

I'm going to catch Dr. Yamane.

I'll see you later.

It seems to me there are still

forces left in this world...

that none of us can understand.

[ Japanese ]

Oh, excuse me.

[ People Chattering ]

- Dr. Yamane.

- Steve Martin. It is good to see you.

You take this monster talk seriously?

Who can tell?

I understand you're heading

the research group to Odo Island.

Yes. We leave this afternoon.

With your permission, I'd like to come.

I've been cleared by the security office.

Of course. Pier J at 2:00.

Good. I'll see you then.

- [ People Shouting ]

- [ Brass Band ]

[ Steve Narrating ]

Pier J swarmed with well-wishers...

for Dr. Yamane and his party.

[ Shouting Continues ]

[ Horn Blowing ]

[ Japanese ]

But there was still

a feeling of anxiety among us all...

for every ship

that had taken this course...

had vanished

from the face of the earth.

Yes, there was a feeling of anxiety.

But perhaps the two exceptions...

were Emiko and a young

marine officer named Ogata.

At the moment, they seemed

more interested in each other.

When I'd last seen Emiko...

she had just become engaged

to Dr. Serizawa.

It was the usual triangle...

only this time it was

to play an important part...

in the lives of millions of people.

[ Japanese ]

[ Geiger Counter Clicking ]

This well is contaminated.

Please stay back.

- This ground is dangerous!

- [ People Exclaiming ]

Mr. Ojihara...

these are footsteps

of a living creature.

[ Flashbulb Pops ]

[ Rapid Clicking ]

They're also radioactive.

This ground is dangerous!

Everybody, please stay back!

[ Crowd Chattering ]

Emiko...

a trilobite, a three-ringed worm...

which was thought to be extinct.

Don't hold it in your bare hands!

What does that mean?

It's a fabulous discovery.

Trilobite?

- Isn't that a -

- [ Bell Clanging ]

Godzilla!

[ Shouting, Indistinct ]

What's that, Tomo?

It's safer up on the hills.

[ Panicked Shouting ]

[ Thunderous Pounding ]

[ Clanging Continues ]

[ Japanese ]

[ Pounding Grows Louder ]

[ All Screaming ]

[ Roaring ]

- [ Screams ]

- [ Roaring ]

[ Roaring ]

[ Pounding Fades ]

[ Dr. Yamane ]

Emiko! Emiko!

- Emiko!

- [ Crowd Shouting ]

- Emiko! Ogata!

- [ Panicked Chattering ]

[ Man Shouts in Japanese ]

[ Japanese ]

Look at the size of those footprints!

It can safely be assumed

that two million years ago...

It can safely be assumed

that two million years ago...

this brontosaurus and other

ancient reptiles roamed the earth.

It was known as the Jurassic age.

During this period,

there was another species which

we may call the intermediary animal...

a cross between the land-living

and the sea-living animals.

Let us call this creature Godzilla...

according to the legend

of Odo Island.

And judging from this photograph...

this creature is over 400 feet tall.

[ All Murmuring ]

[ Man Exclaiming In Japanese ]

Of course,

the question we are...

asking ourselves is how this animal...

happened to reappear

after all these centuries...

and so near to the coast of Japan.

One answer could be that some

rare phenomenon of nature...

allowed this breed

of the Jurassic age to reproduce itself...

and for a long span of time, it had

no reason to reappear to the world.

But now that analysis

of radioactivity...

of the creature's footprint...

shows the existence of strontium 90...

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