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Godzilla Raids Again (1955)

Directed by Motoyoshi Oda

Action | Drama | Horror

Most recently watched by sleestakk, lordofthemovies, DaNiedabaya, Javitron

Overview

Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside a new monster named Anguirus. Without the weapon that killed the original, authorities attempt to lure Godzilla away from the mainland. But Anguirus soon arrives and the two monsters make their way towards Osaka as Japan braces for tragedy.

Rated NR | Length 82 minutes

Actors

Hiroshi Koizumi | Setsuko Wakayama | Minoru Chiaki | Takashi Shimura | Masao Shimizu | Seijirô Onda | Sonosuke Sawamura | Yoshio Tsuchiya | Mayuri Mokushô | Minosuke Yamada | Yukio Kasama | Senkichi Ômura | Ren Yamamoto | Shin Ôtomo | Takeo Oikawa | Shôichi Hirose | Teruko Mita | Haruo Nakajima | Katsumi Tezuka | Miyoko Hoshino | Toku Ihara | Takuzô Kumagai | Tadao Nakamaru | Hideo Shibuya | Shigemi Sunagawa | Masaaki Tachibana | Kôji Uno | Shin Yoshida

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Strangely, I don’t think I’ve ever actually seen this entire film before. Hard to believe given how many Godzilla films I’ve watched.

This was the Japanese version off the remastered DVD from the Toho Collection released in the mid-2000’s. Part of a mini-GFest I did over the weekend.

Godzilla Raids Again is a pale shade of the original Godzilla movie. This is the first movie where there’s actually silly rubber suit fighting between two creatures, which immediately undercuts the more somber tone of the first Godzilla movie. It also introduces the concept of more than one Godzilla, which I think was quickly discarded after this film.

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