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Godzilla Raids Again

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Godzilla Raids Again
Japaneseゴジラの逆襲
HepburnGojira no Gyakushū
Directed byMotoyoshi Oda
Screenplay byTakeo Murata
Shigeaki Hidaka
Produced byTomoyuki Tanaka
StarringHiroshi Koizumi
Setsuko Wakayama
Minoru Chiaki
Haruo Nakajima
CinematographySeichi Endo
Edited byKazuji Taira
Music byMasaru Satō
Production
company
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • April 24, 1955 (1955-04-24) (Japan)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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.

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. That version was tited Gigantis, the Fire Monster.

  • 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)

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