Toho Kingdom

No that Comet is done running Godzilla in September, TCM steps up with some films for October.

On Friday Oct 4 starting at 8pm EST
Gojira (subtitled)
Godzilla King of the Monsters (1956)
Godzilla Raids Again
Mothra Vs Godzilla
Mothra

Added in 6 days 59 minutes 4 seconds:
It was nice to see that TCM showed the subtitled version of Godzilla Raids Again.

szmigiel wrote:It was nice to see that TCM showed the subtitled version of Godzilla Raids Again.

That's all we're going to see from now on.

Godzilla King of the Kaiju continues on Friday nights through October on TCM (all times EDT)

October 11th
8:00 PM Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster
9:45 PM Invasion of the Astro Monsters
11:30 PM Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
1:00 AM Son of Godzilla
2:45 AM Destroy All Monsters

October 18th
8:00 PM All Monsters Attack
9:30 PM Godzilla Vs Hedorah
11:15 PM Godzilla Vs Gigan
1:00 AM Rodan

October 25th
8:00 PM Godzilla Vs Megalon
9:30 PM Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla
11:00 PM Terror of Mechagodzilla

So pretty much a preview of the whole Criterion boxset.

I've been recording TCM's movies as they aired and thye do a short intro to each film with a bit of history but they also mention the Criterion set often, I'm thinking they picked Godzilla for the October Monster Fridays to coincide with the release.

Seven Samurai on TCM, the night of 12:30 am Nov 13th. (Actually the morning of the 14th.)

Looks like Comet is doing a Godzilla marathon on New Years Day
10:00 Godzilla King of the Monsters
12:00 Invasion of the Astro Monster
2:00 Son of Godzilla
4:00 Destroy All Monsters
6:00 Godzilla Vs Megalon
8:00 Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla
10:00 Terror of Mechagodzilla

TCM, January 11
2:15 PM Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
8:00 PM Rashomon (Not Toho, but should be of interest to classic Toho fans who haven't yet seen this masterpiece.)

Comet, January 12
10 AM "Gojira" (Subtitled)
12 PM Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (This should be the version with the "Godzilla" title card.)
2 PM "Godzilla vs. Monster Zero"
4 PM The War of the Gargantuas
6 PM Son of Godzilla
8 PM Destroy All Monsters
10 PM Godzilla vs. Megalon
12 AM Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla ('74)
2 AM Terror of Mechagodzilla

Comet, January 15
10 AM Destroy All Monsters
12 PM Godzilla vs. Megalon
2 PM Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla ('74)
4 PM Terror of Mechagodzilla

Comet, January 20
10 AM Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
12 PM "Godzilla vs. Monster Zero"
2 PM Son of Godzilla
4 PM Destroy All Monsters
6 PM Godzilla vs. Megalon
8 PM Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla ('74)
10 PM Terror of Mechagodzilla
12 AM The War of the Gargantuas
2 AM "Gojira" (Subtitled)

Added in 2 months 10 days 17 hours 40 minutes 5 seconds:
Kurosawa/Mifune all day on TCM, April 1, celebrating Mifune's 100th birthday:

6 Drunken Angel (1948)
7:45 Stray Dog (1949)
10 The Hidden Fortress (1958)
12:30 Sanjuro (1962)
2:15 Red Beard (1965)
5:30 High and Low (1963)
8 Seven Samurai (1954)
11:45 Rashomon (1950)
1:30 Yojimbo (1961)
3:30 Throne of Blood (1957)

You'll be quarantined so there's no excuse not to watch.

Also on TCM in April:
April 5, 2 AM: Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972) (Actually the morning of the 6th)
April 5, 3:30 AM: Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972) (" ")
April 7, 5 PM: Godzilla (1954), part of sci-fi all day from 6am to 8pm.
April 12, 2:45 AM: Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972) (Actually the morning of the 13th)
April 12, 4:15 AM: Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972) (" ")
April 19, 2 AM: Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973) (Actually the morning of the 20th)
April 19, 3:45 AM: Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974) (" ")
April 26, 2 AM: Fireworks (aka "Hana-bi") (1997) (Actually the morning of the 27th) Not Toho but a fine Japanese film from Takeshi Kitano.
April 26, 4 AM: Youth of the Beast (1963) (" ") Nikkatsu, directed by Seijun Sezuki.

More quarantine fare, this time on SONY movie channel (793 if you have uverse):

Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla - SAT 4/4 9:40am, SAT 4/11 3:00pm, WED 4/15 10:45am
Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla II - SUN 4/5 12:35pm, SAT 4/11 4:35pm, WED 4/15 12:15pm
Rebirth of Mothra - TUES 4/7 5:20pm, WED 4/15 8:50am

Edit: A few more times were added-
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla - WED 4/29 4:45am
Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla II - WED 4/29 2:50am
Rebirth of Mothra - WED 4/29 6:20am

It's always pleasant to flip through the channels and find a Godzilla movie playing on Turner Classic Movies.

It's funny to think how the Japanese version unavailable in America for so many years, and now it feels like it's the one most commonly on television. TCM seems to run it pretty frequently!

Monday June 1 Comet is running a marathon of the Criterion TV Godzilla films Starting at 10. Godzilla (Raymond Burr), Invasion of the Astro Monster, Son of Godzilla, Destroy All Monsters, Godzilla Vs Megalon, Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla, Terror of Mechagodzilla, and Gojira (54).

szmigiel wrote:Monday June 1 Comet is running a marathon of the Criterion TV Godzilla films Starting at 10. Godzilla (Raymond Burr), Invasion of the Astro Monster, Son of Godzilla, Destroy All Monsters, Godzilla Vs Megalon, Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla, Terror of Mechagodzilla, and Gojira (54).

Unfortunately missed most of it - a shame, I had wanted to watch Astro Monster and War of the Gargantuas, trying to watch DAM but dealing with quite a few distractions

G2000 wrote:Unfortunately missed most of it - a shame, I had wanted to watch Astro Monster and War of the Gargantuas, trying to watch DAM but dealing with quite a few distractions

Don't worry Comet will be running the films over and over this month. With June 13th being another marathon.

There was a marathon this past weekend too.

That will be the last marathon for awhile, probably till September. The Heisei and Millennium films have pretty much faded off the TV movie channels. I think they only play on the SONY Movie channel which I don't get. So other then a film playing on TCM there might not be much Toho on TV this summer.

I hope I am wrong.

Only Godzilla film I've found airing in July (so far) is:

Godzilla 2000- EPIX on FRI 7/10 at 1:05pm

On a side note: MGM channel will be showing Yongary on FRI 7/10 at 4:15am.

Kurosawa's comeback pic, Kagemusha, will be on FXM/FXM Retro on July 22. Their online schedule sucks (take a look for yourselves) but these are the times it will be playing, according to their site:

July 22
12:14 am
3:14 am
5 am
8 am

Just a side note but it looks like Comet TV will no longer be a movie channel. So chance of catching a Toho film outside of a Godzilla Marathon is very slim to none. Even more Godzilla Marathons are in doubt.

szmigiel wrote:Just a side note but it looks like Comet TV will no longer be a movie channel. So chance of catching a Toho film outside of a Godzilla Marathon is very slim to none. Even more Godzilla Marathons are in doubt.

Source?

Just take a look at their 2 week schedule and "This Month on Comet TV". They run infomercials all morning till Noon. There is currently only 10 hour movie block on Saturday from 4pm till 3AM which is five 2 hour movie. Starting Aug 22 it is cut down 6 hour block from 8PM to 2AM or three 2 hour movies. Sunday is typically a marathon of one of the 8 TV shows they run. The movies are no longer from the MGM library, they now seem to be SyFy channel "original" movies from the 2000.

They have gone from a sci-fi and horror movie channel to a TV rerun channel for the most part.

Not saying they will never marathon Godzilla again, but if they do it will be the same Criterion selection they have been showing. They haven't run a Sony Heisei or Millennium film in 2020. But I highly doubt they will be running Mothra, Gorath, Battle in Outer Space, or any other Japanese film with the newer TV show focused schedule.

Looks like Comet might have just been taking August a little light. They only have 2 days of September showing, but they've got Gojira (midnight ET 9/2 technically), Mothra VS. Godzilla at 2am, Ghidorah: tTHM at 10am and Rodan at noon.