Godzilla Raids Again
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Godzilla Raids Again (Japanese: ゴジラの逆襲, Hepburn: Gojira no Gyakushū, lit. 'Godzilla's Counterattack') is a 1955 Japanese horror monster movie directed by Motoyoshi Oda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. It was produced and distributed by Toho Company, Ltd., and is the second movie in the Godzilla franchise.
| Godzilla Raids Again | |
|---|---|
| Japanese | ゴジラの逆襲 |
| Hepburn | Gojira no Gyakushū |
| Directed by | Motoyoshi Oda |
| Screenplay by | Takeo Murata Shigeaki Hidaka |
| Produced by | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
| Starring | Hiroshi Koizumi Setsuko Wakayama Minoru Chiaki Haruo Nakajima |
| Cinematography | Seichi Endo |
| Edited by | Kazuji Taira |
| Music by | Masaru Satō |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Toho |
Release date |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The movie was released in theatres in Japan on April 24, 1955. A re-edited, English dubbed version was released theatrically in the United States on June 2, 1959, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The version was named Gigantis, the Fire Monster.
Plot change
A 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.
Cast change
- 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 dates change
 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 |
