Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
"Gojira no gyakushû" (original title)

Godzilla battles an irradiated Ankylosaur and destroys Osaka in the process.

Director:

Motoyoshi Oda

Writers:

Shigeaki Hidaka, Shigeru Kayama (novel),

Stars:

Hiroshi Koizumi, Setsuko Wakayama, Minoru Chiaki

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Hiroshi Koizumi	...	Shoichi Tsukioka
Setsuko Wakayama	...	Hidemi Yamaji
Minoru Chiaki	...	Kôji Kobayashi
Takashi Shimura	...	Kyohei Yamane-hakase
Masao Shimizu	...	Zoologist Dr. Tadokoro
Seijirô Onda	...	Captain Terasawa of Osaka Defense Corps
Sonosuke Sawamura	...	Hokkaido Branch Manager Shingo Shibeki
Yoshio Tsuchiya	...	Tajima, Member of Osaka Defense Corps
Mayuri Mokusho	...	Radio Operator Yasuko Inouye
Minosuke Yamada	...	Chief of Civil Defense
Yukio Kasama	...	Koehi Wamaji, President of the Fishery
Senkichi Ômura	...	Small Escaped Convict
Ren Yamamoto	...	Commander of Landing Craft
Shin Ôtomo	...	Convict Leader
Takeo Oikawa	...	Osaka Municipal Police Commissioner

Storyline

In this second entry of the Godzilla series, another monster is introduced to fight Godzilla. The new creature is called Anguirus and looks like a big spiked turtle. The two creatures wage their war in Japan and level cities along the way.

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Plot Keywords:

monster | godzilla | pilot | giant monster | island | 

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Taglines:

Roasting Anything In Its Path!

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Horror | Romance | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

21 May 1959 (USA)

Also Known As:

Counterattack of the Monsters

Company Credits

Production Co:

Toho Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya wanted the fight scenes filmed in slow motion, but a camera technician accidentally undercranked the camera instead of overcranking it, resulting in the action appearing faster than reality. Tsuburaya liked the effect, and decided to use it in the film.

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Goofs

When the jets find Godzilla on the iceberg and fly above him, it is clear that he's actually an unmoving model.

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Quotes

[last line; Japanese version]
Shoichi Tsukioka: Kobayashi... we beat Godzilla for you.

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Crazy Credits

In the closing credits, Minoru Chiaki's name is misspelled as "Mindru Chiaki".

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Connections

Featured in 42nd Street Forever, Volume 2: The Deuce (2006)

User Reviews

Not nearly as good as the first, but one of the best in the series.

As stated in the first film, the Godzilla killed by the oxygen destroyer was not the only one of its species. This time another of the Godzilla species is back with a spike-backed monster named Angilas. Unlike the first film and its subtext of nuclear horror, this is just a typical monster on the loose film of the 50's. You can easily tell this film was rushed and the hurried nature in which it was assembled. The only thing really bad in this film was the speed at which the fighting scenes were filmed. It looked too comical and the radioactive rays are poorly animated and very crude. The Godzilla suit used this time was very strange, his teeth stick out too much and has very thin wrists and ankles. The Japanese version of this film was excellent compared the the horrible version Warner Brothers put out. Warner dubbed Godzilla's roar with Angilas' sometimes and Dr. Yamane sounds like Elmer Fudd. They replaced Sato's score with horrible stock music and added this STUPID scene of how the 'fire monsters' were created in the conference room. And they dubbed this film so bad, they made the hero of the film (Kobayashi), sound like a complete idiot. Spend your money on the Japanese version of this film, not the American.