Gigantis, the Fire Monster
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Gigantis, the Fire Monster or Godzilla Raids Again is a 1955/1959 Japanese-American horror monster movie produced by Toho Company, Ltd. and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures released in April 24, 1955 and United States in May 21, 1959. an edited version of Godzilla Raids Again done by Jack Bernhard and originally by Motoyoshi Oda. as the sequel of Godzilla, King of The Monsters in 1956, as of the second film of the English-dubbed Godzilla franchise, notably Godzilla as Gigantis and Angurus later in other names, Angilas, Anguirus, this the despite an Godzilla film only as being a standalone movie.
| Gigantis, the Fire Monster | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Motoyoshi Oda Jack Bernhard |
| Written by | Shigeaki Hidaka Takeo Murata Hugo Grimaldi Ib Melchior Ed Watson |
| Produced by | Tomoyuki Tanaka Edmund Goldman Paul Schreibman Harry B. Swerdlon |
| Starring | Hiroshi Koizumi Minoru Chiaki Setsuko Wakayama Haruo Nakajima |
| Narrated by | Keye Luke |
| Cinematography | Seichi Endo |
| Edited by | Kazuji Taira Hugo Grimaldi |
| Music by | Masaru Sato |
Production companies | Toho Company, Ltd. |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 82 minutes 78 minutes (US) |
| Countries | Japan English |
| Languages | Japanese English (dubbed) |
SynopsisEdit
an mountain of ice whereas sighted by Shoichi piloting the plane and find Kobayashi then rest, attacked by Gigantis and Angurus brawls on top of the mountains, pushed down. the Japanese army alerting around by immobilized by fighter jets, tanks and rocket launcher trucks to destroy Gigantis. Gigantis attacks the city, smashed the lighthouse probably the army using flares to fire the monster. then resumed the fight by Gigantis fights Angurus in the middle of the night, the two monsters dragged by bridge then by flooding the subway, Gigantis slams the Osaka Castle and crashed the place, then bitten and killed Angurus's neck by Gigantis and drags down and burning him then the city on fire. Shoichi plans to bury Gigantis off from an ice, later by Japanese Navy and Army hunted down by using gasoline, jet fighters to blown the mountain and Gigantis burying alive, then Kobayashi hitting the mountain and explodes, then numerous jets to blown the ice caps, Gigantis lies down the ground and frozen, defeated by Shoichi.
CastEdit
- Hiroshi Koizumi - Shoichi (Keye Luke, voice)
- Setsuko Wakayama - Hidemi (June Foray, voice)
- Minoru Chiaki - Kobayashi (Marvin Miller, voice)
- Takashi Shimura - Dr. Yamane (Paul Frees, voice, replaced by Sammee Tong)
- Haruo Nakajima - Gigantis, Godzilla
- Katsumi Tezuka - Angurus
- Ren Yamamoto - Ikeda (George Takei, voice)
Release datesEdit
 Canada |
June 1, 1959 |
 United States |
May 21, 1959 |
 Mexico |
June 30, 1960 |
 Portugal |
November 10, 1955 |
 Germany |
August 29, 1958 |
 Brazil |
January 20, 1961 |
 Australia |
March 10, 1960 |
 Poland |
September 10, 1959 |
 Spain |
December 10, 1958 |
 France |
October 1, 1957 |
| Taiwan | July 12, 1956 |
 Russia |
March 10, 1957 |
 Philippines |
May 17, 1961 |
 Turkey |
August 10, 1960 |
 Italy |
November 26, 1957 |
 South Korea |
May 17, 1960 |
 Japan |
April 24, 1955 |
