Godzilla Raids Again

Godzilla Raids Again
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji	ゴジラの逆襲
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Gojira no Gyakushū
Directed by	Motoyoshi Oda
Special effects by	Eiji Tsuburaya
Screenplay by	Takeo Murata Shigeaki Hidaka[1]
Story by	Shigeru Kayama [ja][1]
Produced by	Tomoyuki Tanaka
Starring	Hiroshi Koizumi Setsuko Wakayama Minoru Chiaki Takashi Shimura
Cinematography	Seiichi Endo[1]
Edited by	Kazuji Taira
Music by	Masaru Satō[1]
Production company	Toho Co., Ltd.[1]
Distributed by	Toho[1]
Release date	April 24, 1955 (1955-04-24) (Japan)
Running time	81 minutes[1]
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Budget	¥32 million[2]
Box office	¥170 million (Japan rentals)[3]

Godzilla Raids Again (Japanese: ゴジラの逆襲, Hepburn: Gojira no Gyakushū, lit. 'Godzilla's Counterattack') is a 1955 Japanese kaiju film directed by Motoyoshi Oda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd., it is the second film in the Godzilla franchise, and a sequel to Godzilla (1954). The film stars Hiroshi Koizumi, Setsuko Wakayama, Minoru Chiaki, and Takashi Shimura, with Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla and Katsumi Tezuka as Anguirus. In the film, Japan struggles to survive Godzilla's return, as well as its destructive battle against its ancient foe Anguirus.

Executive producer Iwao Mori instructed producer Tomoyuki Tanaka to immediately commence production on a second Godzilla film, fearing to lose the momentum of the first film's success. Oda was chosen to direct the film as Ishirō Honda was busy directing Lovetide.^[4]

Godzilla Raids Again was released theatrically 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, under the title Gigantis, the Fire Monster.

The film was followed by King Kong vs. Godzilla, released on August 11, 1962.