In this film, Japan was testing nuclear depth charges off the coast, which happens to stir an ancient monster from his underwater domain. Godzilla arises from the ocean and terrorizes Japanese cities! He appears immune to radiation and can shoot a powerful radioactive beam from his mouth, known as Atomic Breath.
The military is useless in harming the monster, but a passive scientist, wanting to study the misunderstood creature and not destroy him, invents a weapon that will eradicate the beast and struggles with his conscience on whether to use it or not to save mankind.
This classic spawned a legacy that currently spans 29 films in Japan. The franchise was just rebooted last year in Japan, with a new trilogy starting next month to continue the new series. Even America has made a few (poor-received) Godzilla films; the latest (2014) being the start of a new series called the MonsterVerse, which includes Kong: Skull Island (2017) as its official sequel.
Interesting trivia: (SPOILERS for this 1954 film)
The original Godzilla was actually destroyed in this film. There is no one specific creature called Godzilla. There have been 12 different creatures of the same species over the years who were all referred to as Godzilla.
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