Motoyoshi Oda

Godzilla Raids Again

Godzilla Raids Again

Toho Studios followed the enormous success of the original Godzilla with this sequel, efficiently directed by Motoyoshi Oda as a straight-ahead monsters-on-the-loose drama. An underrated standout among the Showa Godzilla films, Godzilla Raids Again introduces the monster-versus-monster format that would dominate the remainder of the series, pitting Godzilla against the ferocious, spiny Anguirus as the kaiju wreak havoc in the streets of Osaka in a series of elaborate set pieces that succeed in upping the ante for destruction.

New cover illustration by Katsuya Terada

Film Info

  • Japan
  • 1955
  • 81 minutes
  • Black & White
  • 1.37:1
  • Japanese

Available In

Collector's Set

Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975

Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975

Blu-ray Box Set

8 Discs

$179.96

Godzilla Raids Again
Cast
Hiroshi Koizumi
Shoichi Tsukioka
Minoru Chiaki
Koji Kobayashi
Setsuko Wakayama
Hidemi Yamaji
Takashi Shimura
Professor Kyohei Yamane
Yukio Kasama
Kyohei Yamaji
Masao Shimizu
Dr. Tadokoro
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Tajima
Sonosuke Sawamura
Manager Shingo Shibeki
Credits
Director
Motoyoshi Oda
Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Original story by
Shigeru Kayama
Screenplay
Takeo Murata
Screenplay
Shigeaki Hidaka
Director of photography
Seiichi Endo
Art director
Takeo Kita
Art director
Teruaki Abe
Music
Masaru Sato
Editor
Kazuji Taira
Special-effects director
Eiji Tsuburaya
Special-effects photography
Sadamasa Arikawa
Special-effects art director
Akira Watanabe

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