Godzilla Raids Again (ゴジラの逆襲, Gojira no Gyakushū), also known in the United States as Gigantis, the Fire Monster, is a 1955 Japanese black and white tokusatsu kaiju film directed by Motoyoshi Oda, written by Shigeaki Hidaka and Takeo Murata, and produced by Toho. It was a sequel to the previous year's successful Godzilla and was the second film in the Godzilla franchise. It is the first film to feature Anguirus. It is the first film in the series...
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Godzilla Raids Again (ゴジラの逆襲, Gojira no Gyakushū), also known in the United States as Gigantis, the Fire Monster, is a 1955 Japanese black and white tokusatsu kaiju film directed by Motoyoshi Oda, written by Shigeaki Hidaka and Takeo Murata, and produced by Toho. It was a sequel to the previous year's successful Godzilla and was the second film in the Godzilla franchise. It is the first film to feature Anguirus. It is the first film in the series (and in kaiju eiga) to feature a battle between two monsters. Raids Again features newcomer director Motoyoshi Oda but retained the special effects talent of Eiji Tsuburaya. The film never bore the onscreen title Godzilla Raids Again, which appears to have been invented by Toho before the U.S. releasers decided to change the name. The 1959 U.S. release was titled Gigantis the Fire Monster, and Godzilla's name is changed in this version of the film. The two versions of the film vary considerably.
Pilots Shoichi Tsukioka and Koji Kobayashi are...
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