Godzilla Raids Again
A second Godzilla battles Anguirus in the 1955 sequel.
Godzilla Raids Again is a 1955 film directed by Motoyoshi Oda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya, the second Godzilla film and a sequel to Godzilla (1954). Japan struggles to survive a second Godzilla and its destructive battle with its ancient foe Anguirus.
Quick Facts
- Producer
- Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Screenplay
- Takeo Murata; Shigeaki Hidaka
- Story
- Shigeru Kayama
- ja
- 香山滋
- Starring
- Hiroshi Koizumi
- Setsuko Wakayama
- Minoru Chiaki
- Takashi Shimura
- Music
- Masaru Satō
- Cinematography
- Seiichi Endo
- Editing
- Kazuji Taira
- Studio
- Toho Co., Ltd.
Lore & Background
Executive producer Iwao Mori told producer Tomoyuki Tanaka to start a second film immediately to keep the first film's momentum. Oda directed because Ishiro Honda was busy with another film.
It opened in Japan on April 24, 1955. A re-edited English version, Gigantis, the Fire Monster, came out in the United States on June 2, 1959.
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