Japan Society & Escape From Tribeca Host Sold-Out DESTROY ALL MONSTERS Screening in NYC 06/16/23

This Friday, June 16, 2023, the Japan Society and Escape From Tribeca are hosting a 55th anniversary screening of DESTROY ALL MONSTERS (1968) in New York City. Tickets have sold out but you can read more on the event page.

The following info is from the Japan Society:

55th Anniversary Screening. Japan Society and Escape From Tribeca, the Tribeca Festival’s official psychotronic sidebar, are pleased to present a special 55th anniversary screening of the 1968 Toho tokusatsu classic Destroy All Monsters. One of the Showa era’s biggest Godzilla spectacles, director Ishiro Honda, special effects supervisor Eiji Tsuburaya (Ultraman), and composer Akira Ifukube send kaiju across the earth for innovative action and destruction spanning Tokyo, Paris, Beijing, Moscow and New York. Featuring an all-star cast including Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra, Anguirus, Varan, Baragon and King Ghidorah—Japan Society and Tribeca are bringing the best of Japan’s monsters to NYC!

Screening is followed by a reception. This event is co-presented with the Tribeca Festival’s official psychotronic sidebar, Escape From Tribeca. Escape From Tribeca is dedicated to movies that make audiences stomp their feet and shout out loud. Presenting the most fun horror, action and fantasy films from around the globe, with giveaways, guests and contests that turn their screenings into one of a kind events unavailable anywhere else. Sure to please even the rowdiest movie lovers, Escape from Tribeca celebrates the joys of the communal filmgoing experience.

Dir. Ishiro Honda, 1968, 86 min., DCP, color, in Japanese with English subtitles. With Akira Kubo, Jun Tazaki, Yukiko Kobayashi.

Beverages generously donated by:

Enjoy vintage Japanese figures and art prints before and after the screening from:

Opening remarks and trivia contest hosted by Kevin Derendorf, author of Kaiju for Hipsters.