Because of the Godzilla franchise success in Japan, heavily re-edited "Americanized" versions of some films were made for a theatrical release more suitable for the American audience.

What makes this so interesting is the fact that Mount Aso is central to the story of Rodan in his 1956 movie. A scene in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire served as a fitting tribute to Godzilla's ...

In a re-edited version of the Japanese movie from 1954, an American newsman in Tokyo recounts the story of a huge dinosaur roused from the sea by an atomic blast.