| Hiroshi Koizumi | ... | Shoichi Tsukioka | |
| Setsuko Wakayama | ... | Hidemi Yamaji | |
| Minoru Chiaki | ... | Kôji Kobayashi | |
| Takashi Shimura | ... | Kyohei Yamane-hakase | |
| Masao Shimizu | ... | Zoologist Dr. Tadokoro | |
| Seijiro 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 Omura | ... | Small Escaped Convict | |
| Ren Yamamoto | ... | Commander of Landing Craft | |
| Shin Otomo | ... | Convict Leader | |
| Takeo Oikawa | ... | Osaka Municipal Police Commissioner | |
| Shoichi Hirose | ... | Convict | |
| Junpei Natsuki | ... | Escaped Convict | |
| Katsumi Tezuka | ... | Angirasu | |
| Haruo Nakajima | ... | Gojira | |
| Marvin Miller | ... | Narrator (voice: English version) | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Toku Ihara | ... | Policeman | |
| Takuzo Kumagaya | ... | Captain of Hokkai-maru (as Jirô Kumagai) | |
| Hoshino Miyoko | ... | Singer of cabaret | |
| Tadao Nakamaru | ... | Policeman | |
| Hideo Shibuya | ... | Visitor of cabaret | |
| Sunagawa Shigemi | ... | Visitor of cabaret | |
| Masaaki Tachibana | ... | Policeman | |
| Shin Yoshida | ... | Convict | |
| Paul Frees | ... | Voice (uncredited) (voice: English version) | |
| Keye Luke | ... | Hiroshi Koizumi (uncredited) (voice: English version) | |
| George Takei | ... | Voice (uncredited) (voice: English version) | |
Directed by | |||
| Motoyoshi Oda | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Shigeaki Hidaka | writer | |
| Shigeru Kayama | novel "Gojira" | |
| Takeo Murata | writer | |
Produced by | |||
| Edmund Goldman | .... | producer | |
| Paul Schreibman | .... | producer | |
| Tomoyuki Tanaka | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Masaru Satô | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Seiichi Endo | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Hugo Grimaldi | |||
| Kazuji Taira | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Teruaki Abe | |||
| Takeo Kita | |||
Production Management | |||
| Kazuo Baba | .... | executive in charge of production | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Eiji Iwaya | .... | chief assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Ichirô Minawa | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Masanobu Miyazaki | .... | sound recordist | |
| Alvin Sarno | .... | sound effects editor: US version | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Hiroshi Mukoyama | .... | matte work | |
| Eiji Tsuburaya | .... | director of special effects | |
| Akira Watanabe | .... | special effects art director | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Sadamasa Arikawa | .... | special effects assistant camera (uncredited) | |
| Edward Nassour | .... | visual effects producer (uncredited) | |
Stunts | |||
| Haruo Nakajima | .... | stunt choreographer | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Masayoshi Onuma | .... | lighting technician | |
Music Department | |||
| Rex Lipton | .... | music editor (US version) | |
Other crew | |||
| Paul Frees | .... | voice dubbing: multiple characters (U.S. version) | |
| Hugo Grimaldi | .... | dubbing director (US version) | |
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| Kingu Kongu tai Gojira | Godzilla, King of the Monsters! | Gojira | Gojira vs. Kingu Gidorâ | Gojira, Ebirâ, Mosura: Nankai no daiketto |
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The Two pilots Kobayashi and Tsukioka must land on a remote Pacific Island and become witnesses of the fight between two giant monsters. After the battle, they both disappear into the ocean. Tsukioka informs scientists (including Dr. Yamane from the first "Godzilla" film) and the army about Godzilla and an unknown monster that looks like a prehistoric Ankylosaurus. The new monster therefor is named Angilas. Meanwhile, some bandits escape near Osaka and cause a car crash that is followed by large explosions. The fire attracts Godzilla to Osaka. The Japanese army tries to stop the monster using tanks, missiles and the air force. Then Angilas shows up too! The two monsters fight each other in the middle of the city in a brutal battle which is won by Godzilla. In order to stop him, the Osaka Defense Corps (and the two friends Kobayashi and Tsukioka) follow Godzilla to a snowy island near Hokkaido in northern Japan. Many pilots die in the final battle against the monster, as the army tries to cause an avalanche to bury Godzilla...
This is the little-known second film of the legendary Japanese Godzilla series, and the last that was filmed in black & white. It lacks, of course, most of the metaphoric meaning the first film had and is just a very entertaining, classic monster movie. The beautiful music score was composed by Masaru Satô, the favourite composer of Akira Kurosawa. It sounds a bit like a softer version of Akira Ifukube's great theme music for the first film. Like in the first "Godzilla", the black & white photography adds to the plausibility of the special effects, therefor they work really good most of the time. Probably the biggest problem with the effects is that the monsters move by far too fast in their fight scenes. But fortunately "Gojira no gyakushû" was the only Japanese monster movie ever to use this technique. Please note that this commentary is based on the original, uncut Japanese version of the film which really is the ONLY way to see it!! The American version is badly dubbed, has half of the movie cut out, inserts new scenes that don't make ANY sense, and has special effects footage stolen from other movies... it's just total crap. Everybody who is interested in seeing this film should look for the Japanese version, it's definitely worth the effort. Unfortunately, it is probably very hard to find. Despite the success of the film in Japan, the next "Godzilla" movie was not made for seven years.