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1955 Japanese film directed past Motoyoshi Oda

Godzilla Raids Once more
Theatrical release poster
Japanese	ゴジラの逆襲
Hepburn	Gojira no Gyakushū
Directed by	Motoyoshi Oda
Screenplay past	Takeo Murata Shigeaki Hidaka[i]
Story by	Shigeru Kayama[1]
Produced by	Tomoyuki Tanaka
Starring	Hiroshi Koizumi Setsuko Wakayama Minoru Chiaki Takashi Shimura
Cinematography	Seiichi Endo[one]
Music by	Masaru Satō[1]
Production company	Toho Co., Ltd[ane]
Distributed past	Toho[ane]
Release date	April 24, 1955 (1955-04-24) (Japan)
Running fourth dimension	81 minutes[1]
Country	Nihon
Language	Japanese
Box role	¥170,000,000 (equivalent to ¥ane,048,908,353 in 2019) (Japan)[2]

Godzilla Raids Again (Japanese: ゴジラの逆襲, Hepburn: Gojira no Gyakushū , lit. 'Godzilla'southward Counterattack') is a 1955 Japanese kaiju film directed by Motoyoshi Oda, with special furnishings by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd, it is the second film in the Godzilla franchise. The film stars Hiroshi Koizumi, Setsuko Wakayama, Minoru Chiaki, and Takashi Shimura, with Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla and Katsumi Tezuka equally Anguirus. In the film, Nihon struggles to survive Godzilla's render, 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 2d Godzilla film, fearing to lose the momentum of the outset film'south success. Oda was chosen to straight the film every bit Ishirō Honda was busy directing Lovetide.^[3]

Godzilla Raids Again was released theatrically in Japan on April 24, 1955. A re-edited, English dubbed version was released theatrically in the The states on June 2, 1959, past Warner Bros. Pictures, under the championship Gigantis, the Burn down Monster.

The pic was followed past Rex Kong vs. Godzilla, released on August 11, 1962.^[4]

Plot [edit]

2 pilots named Shoichi Tsukioka and Koji Kobayashi are searching for schools of fish for a tuna cannery company in Osaka. Kobayashi's airplane malfunctions and is forced to state well-nigh Iwato Island. Tsukioka lands to pickup Kobayashi and the ii encounter Godzilla and a quadruped monster, who fall off a cliff into the bounding main. Tsukioka and Kobayashi report to the authorities in Osaka, and find out that the quadruped is an ankylosaurus called Anguirus, whose species had an aboriginal rivalry with Godzilla's species. Dr. Kyohei Yamane, who experienced Godzilla'due south attack in 1954, confirms that this Godzilla is a second fellow member of the same species, and that both monsters were likely reanimated by hydrogen bomb tests. With conventional weapons unable to impale Godzilla, Dr. Yamane suggests using flares to lure Godzilla away.

Godzilla arrives on the shore of Osaka. While a coma of all urban center lights is enforced, Japan Air Self-Defense Forcefulness jets use flares to pb Godzilla away from the shore. Godzilla pursues the flares, leaving the shore. Meanwhile, a prison truck transports criminals to another function of the country. The convicts hijack the truck and after a lengthy chase with the police force, the truck crashes into an industrial building and starts a massive fire. The burn down attracts Godzilla dorsum to the shore. Moments later on, Anguirus emerges and attacks Godzilla. As the monsters battle, the convicts try to escape just drown when the subway is flooded. Godzilla kills Anguirus and returns to the body of water.

Kobayashi is transferred to a Hokkaido plant. During a company party, Tsukioka and Hidemi, who came to visit, and Kobayashi are notified that Godzilla destroyed 1 of the company fishing boats. The military and Tsukioka begin a massive search for Godzilla. Tsukioka spots Godzilla pond to the shore of a small, icy isle. He notifies the cannery, and Kobayashi takes off in his plane to switch shifts with Tsukioka. Tsukioka, who has transferred to the air force, travels on a jet with an one-time friend. They drop bombs on Godzilla just are unsuccessful. Godzilla so wades towards shore. Kobayashi is killed while trying to distract Godzilla from returning to the bounding main. Tsukioka is devastated but realizes that the war machine can shoot missiles at the mountain, and bury Godzilla in an avalanche. The jets burn down missiles, and coffin Godzilla in snow and ice.

Bandage [edit]

• Hiroshi Koizumi as Shoichi Tsukioka
• Setsuko Wakayama as Hidemi Yamaji
• Minoru Chiaki as Koji Kobayashi
• Takashi Shimura as Dr. Kyohei Yamane
• Masao Shimizu as Zoologist Dr. Tadokoro
• Seijirô Onda every bit Captain Terasawa, JASDF
• Sônosuke Sawamura as Hokkaido Branch Director Shingo Shibeki
• Yoshio Tsuchiya as Tajima, JASDF
• Mayuri Mokushô equally Radio Operator Yasuko Inouye
• Minosuke Yamada equally Chief of Civil Defence force
• Yukio Kasama as Kohei Yamaji, President of the Fishery
• Senkichi Ômura as Escaped Convict
• Ren Yamamoto as Commander of Landing Craft
• Shin Ôtomo as Convict Leader
• Haruo Nakajima equally Godzilla^[5]
• Katsumi Tezuka every bit Anguirus^[5]

Cast taken from Nihon's Favorite Mon-star, except for the roles of Godzilla and Anguirus.^[6]

Production [edit]

Crew [edit]

• Motoyoshi Oda – managing director
• Eiji Tsuburaya – special furnishings director
• Eiji Iwashiro – assistant director
• Kazuo Baba – production coordinator
• Takeo Kita – art managing director
• Teruaki Abe – art director
• Sadamasa Arikawa – special effects photography
• Akira Watanabe – special effects art director
• Kiroshi Mukoyama – optical effects
• Masayoshi Onuma – lighting
• Masanobu Miyazawa – sound recording
• Ichiro Mitsunawa – sound effects

Personnel taken from Nihon'southward Favorite Mon-star.^[6]

Development [edit]

A few weeks after the release of Godzilla in November 1954, a welcome home party was held for executive producer Iwao Mori. During the political party, Mori instructed producer Tomoyuki Tanaka to produce a sequel, due to Mori beingness pleased with the box function results for the start film.^[7] Ishirō Honda was unavailable to return to direct the sequel due to directing Lovetide at the time. Japanese publications indicated that Tanaka attached Motoyoshi Oda to direct the film, rather than waiting for Honda, due to Mori fearing to lose the momentum of the first Godzilla film's success.^[8] Screenwriter Takeo Murata originally wanted to show a scene of anarchy and looting in the eye of the monster battle, but time and budget limitations forced him to drop this thought.^[9] The Dinosaur Volume by Edwin H. Colbert was used during the film's conference scene.^[ten]

Special furnishings [edit]

In early 1957, Toho shipped the Godzilla and Anguirus suits to Los Angeles for additional photography for The Volcano Monsters.

The film's special furnishings were directed past Eiji Tsuburaya.^[5] Some of the effects footage was shot at a slower speed, eighteen frames per 2d. Iii cameras were set up to capture the effects footage. Ii cameras were ready at high speed, while the third was indirectly left at ho-hum speed. Despite the fault, Tsuburaya felt the irksome speed footage was usable and since and then, used dissimilar photographic camera speeds for different scenes. Some Japanese publications identified Yoichi Manoda as the cameraman who accidentally left the 3rd camera on slow speed, while others identified Koichi Takano as the culprit.^[11]

Haruo Nakajima portrayed Godzilla and Katsumi Tezuka portrayed Anguirus, respectively. Nakajima and Tezuka were able to move in the suits more fluidly due to the suits being made from lighter materials, as well as casting them from plaster molds to fit the suit performers' physiques. For Godzilla, the new design was sculpted by Teizo Toshimitsu. The Godzilla suit was synthetic with a cloth-base where latex was practical over information technology. A motor was built into the head to move the eyes and mouth, with the batteries built at the base of the tail. Due to this, Nakajima felt discomfort each fourth dimension he jumped in the suit. For Anguirus, Tezuka had to crawl on his knees with the bottom of his anxiety exposed. The furnishings crew hid this past placing trees, buildings, and other obstacles in the foreground and filming from sure angles that hid the hind legs.^[11]

Hand puppets were built for close-up shots. The Godzilla puppet had a spray built in to depict the atomic breath. Some of the monster battles were photographed from low angles to emphasize size and scale. The Osaka miniature prepare was constructed at Toho'southward and then-new soundstage No. 8, which allowed the effects crew more than space to work in. The Osaka castle miniature failed to crumble equally planned. Wires were attached to the castle that ran beneath the platform. Due to heavy construction, the model failed to collapse even when the suit performers rammed into it equally the coiffure members pulled the wires. Tsuburaya ordered to "cutting" but the crew members did not hear him and the castle model collapsed when camera were not rolling. Due to this, the model had to be partially rebuilt. The water ice isle battle was partially filmed on an outdoor set. To bury Godzilla in water ice, an ice machine was borrowed from the Tokyo skating rink.^[9]

For the opening scene, Nakajima and Tezuka were required to be in the suits as they plummeted into the water in order to avert having the suits bladder upon bear on. Several handlers were on-set up to prevent Nakajima and Tezuka from drowning.^[12] A Godzilla prop equipped with a wind upwardly motor was congenital to walk during the ice island scenes, however, the prop malfunctioned and was filmed in a stationary position instead.^[thirteen] Existent snow was added for the ice isle set.^[14] Several shots of Godzilla reacting to the ice coulee explosions were filmed outdoors in order to avoid filming the roof of the studio set.^[15]

Release [edit]

Theatrical [edit]

Godzilla Raids Once more was distributed theatrically in Japan past Toho on April 24, 1955.^[1] The film generated 8.iii meg tickets, less than what the showtime Godzilla motion-picture show drew but still considered moderate business concern. The motion-picture show drew little enthusiasm from audiences, the press, and Toho staff. Tanaka later on admitted that the coiffure had little time to prepare and inappreciably considers the film a success.^[9] The Japanese version was released to Japanese speaking theaters in the United states of america prior to the altered American version.^[1] The film was Toho's fourth highest-grossing film of the year domestically, and the 10th highest grossing Japanese release domestically.^[1]

American version [edit]

American theatrical affiche for Gigantis, the Fire Monster. Schreibman renamed Godzilla every bit "Gigantis" in an attempt to pass it off as a make new monster due to the previous moving-picture show having killed off Godzilla.

The North American rights to the pic were purchased past Harry Rybnick, Richard Kay, Edward Barison, Paul Schreibman, and Edmund Goldman, the aforementioned producers who acquired the rights to Godzilla and released it as Godzilla, King of the Monsters!. Instead of dubbing the picture, the producers first planned to produce a new pic titled The Volcano Monsters, while utilizing the effects footage from the original Japanese film.^[sixteen] The producers announced in Diverseness that filming was expected to commence on June 17, 1957.^[17] Rybnick hired Ib Melchior and Edwin Watson to write the screenplay.^[sixteen]

Melchior and Watson spent hours watching the Japanese version on a Moviola to build an American story around the footage and to note down footage of the monsters, military mobilization, crowds fleeing, and jets flight and attacking. The duo completed a 129 paged script, dated May seven, 1957, with instructions for the editor of where the Japanese footage was to exist used. In their script, Godzilla and Anguirus were changed to dinosaurs, with Godzilla identified as a female Tyrannosaurus. All shots of Godzilla using his atomic breath were eliminated, to exist replaced with new footage of Godzilla swiping his claws at jets. Panic, disaster, and military machine mobilization scenes from news reels were to be included betwixt the Japanese monster footage. The blackout was re-written to signify that the monsters destroyed a ability institute. The new effects footage was to be shot at Howard A. Anderson's special effects studio.^[xviii]

Toho approved of the idea and in early on 1957, shipped the Godzilla and Anguirus suits to Los Angeles for additional photography.^[19] While filming Invasion of the Saucer Men, Bob Burns III and Paul Blaisdell recalled stumbling upon ii crates holding the Godzilla and Anguirus suits. Burns recalls that the suits were made out of prophylactic over canvass and had already been used due to significant burns and damages. Howard A. Anderson Jr. told Burns that they recently received them at the time and were intended for "shooting some inserts."^[20]

Rybnick and Barison initially struck a bargain with AB-PT Pictures Corp. to co-finance the film but the company airtight shop in 1957.^[16] Schreibman, Goldman, and so-new financier Newton P. Jacobs decided to dub the moving picture instead. Hugo Grimaldi was hired to oversee the dubbing and editing of the film.^[21] Masaru Sato'southward original music was replaced (except for a couple of tracks) with stock music from various libraries, including the MUTEL library, likewise every bit music from films such as Kronos (1957), Project Moonbase (1958) and The Deerslayer (1957).^[22] Godzilla'due south roar was largely replaced with Anguirus' roar. This version had the working championship of Godzilla Raids Again, just the film was released in May 1959 as Gigantis the Fire Monster on a double-nib with Teenagers from Outer Space.^[21] Schreibman took full credit for irresolute Godzilla'southward proper name to Gigantis, which was an endeavour to convince audiences that "Gigantis" was a brand new monster, stating, "Nosotros called it 'Gigantis' considering we did not desire it to be confused with 'Godzilla' [who had clearly been killed irreparably by the oxygenator]." At one point, Schreibman inaccurately told reporters that the original Japanese motion-picture show was called Angirus.^[23]

The motion-picture show was dubbed at Ryder Sound Services in New York and featured the voice talents of Keye Luke, Paul Frees, and George Takei.^[24] The English language dialogue was based on a loose interpretation, rather than an accurate translation, of the original Japanese dialogue.^[25] Credit for the English dialogue script had not been revealed since the release of the picture show.^[26] According to Takei, the word "assistant oil" was created by the dub's director due to having difficulty finding a word to match the lip move of the original Japanese word "bakayaro".^[27] Takei stated that people laughed during the recording due to the word beingness an outdated expression.^[28] The English version utilizes stock footage from various films, such as Unknown Island and the outset Godzilla film, as well as news reels, military footage, the infinite program, and educational films.^{[29] [30]}

Prior to the film's release, Schreibman approached Bill Foreman (then-President of Pacific Theaters) and convinced him to buy the theatrical and television rights to both Gigantis and Teenagers from Outer Space and helped Foreman sell the theatrical rights to Warner Bros. Co-ordinate to the deal, Foreman agreed to prove both films in all of his theatres while Warner Bros. would distribute the films to other theatres and were given the American and Latin American theatrical rights to both films for iv years.^[21] The American version of the film was released theatrically on May 21, 1959, where information technology played as a double feature with Teenagers from Outer Space.^[1]

After the film reverted to Foreman and his attorney Harry B. Swerdlow (who became designated owner of both films because Foreman did not want his name to appear on the copyright notices), they did not pursue any interest in continuing to sell the television rights, which resulted in Gigantis the Fire Monster disappearing from American theatres and tv set for two decades until the rights reverted to Toho in the mid-1980s.^[21]

Critical response [edit]

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 60% based on 10 reviews, with an boilerplate rating of 5.00/x.^[31]

From contemporary reviews in the United States, Joe R. Patrick of Des Moines Tribune described the film equally "amateurish", finding the interim to exist "bars primarily to facial expressions, in tight close-ups" and that the film "suffers almost of all from dubbed-in English." The review did praise the animation of the monsters as "at times very good, at other times poor," and concluded that the picture was not as well made as its double feature, Rodan.^[32] Donald Willis of Variety declared the film as being "inept and tedious" but alleged the miniature work as "remarkably good" specifically that scenes of "the dinosaur-like animal crunching his manner through houses, traffic and loftier-tension wires are interesting and heady."^[33]

Ishirō Honda (director of the previous Godzilla flick) noted that reviews for Godzilla Raids Once again were more than positive compared to the previous motion-picture show, stating that information technology was considered "stupid" by the media for a director to add "ideas or themes" into a scientific discipline fiction film, he commented, "That'southward why I call back that the offset Godzilla was only considered a 'weird' moving picture. That'due south probably why they liked the second moving-picture show much better."^[34] Moving picture historian Steve Ryfle noted that some writers felt that while Godzilla (1954) was a metaphor for the Hiroshima bombing, Godzilla Raids Over again serves as metaphor for the Nagasaki bombing. Ryfle noted the scene of Hidemi gazing at the flames of Osaka strikes parallels with the imagery of a mushroom cloud.^[35]

Home media [edit]

Japan [edit]

In 1982, the Japanese version was released on VHS in Japan by Toho. In 1986, Toho released the moving-picture show on LaserDisc. In 1991, Toho reissued the picture show on VHS. In 1993, Toho released a new master of the picture show on LaserDisc. In 2001, Toho released the film on DVD. In 2005, Toho included the film on the Godzilla Terminal Box DVD Fix. In 2014, Toho released the motion picture on Blu-ray.^[36]

U.s.a. and Canada [edit]

In 1989, Video Treasures released the American version on EP and LP VHS in the United states of america and Canada.^[37] In 2007, Classic Media and Sony BMG Home Entertainment released both the Japanese and American versions on DVD in the United states of america and Canada. The special features include an audio commentary by Steve Ryfle, a featurette titled The Art of Suit Acting by Ed Godziszewski and Bill Gudmundson, and a slideshow of the picture show'southward theatrical posters. Per Toho'southward request, the original championship card for Gigantis, the Fire Monster was replaced with a new title card sporting the film's official English language title.^{[38] [39]}

In 2017, Janus Films and The Criterion Collection acquired the film, as well as other Godzilla titles, to stream on Starz and FilmStruck.^[forty] In 2019, the Japanese version was included equally part of a Blu-ray box gear up released by The Criterion Collection, which includes all fifteen films from the franchise'south Shōwa era.^[41] In May 2020, the Japanese version became bachelor on HBO Max upon its launch.^[42]

References [edit]

1. ^ ^{a b c d due east f g h i j k} Galbraith IV 2008, p. 110.
2. ^ "歴代ゴジラ映画作品一覧／年代流行". Nendai Ryuukou. Archived from the original on December two, 2020. Retrieved Dec 2, 2020.
3. ^ Ryfle 1998, p. 61–62.
4. ^ Kalat 2010, p. 55.
5. ^ ^{a b c} Kalat 2010, p. 34.
6. ^ ^{a b} Ryfle 1998, p. 352.
7. ^ Ryfle 1998, p. 61.
8. ^ Ryfle 1998, p. 62.
9. ^ ^{a b c} Ryfle 1998, p. 64.
10. ^ Ryfle 2007, 00:11:59.
11. ^ ^{a b} Ryfle 1998, p. 63.
12. ^ Ryfle 2007, 00:09:36.
13. ^ Ryfle 2007, 01:04:45.
14. ^ Ryfle 2007, 01:11:23.
15. ^ Ryfle 2007, 01:13:31.
16. ^ ^{a b c} Ryfle 1998, p. 67.
17. ^ Kalat 2010, p. 37.
18. ^ Ryfle 1998, p. 68.
19. ^ Ryfle 1998, p. 67-68.
20. ^ Ryfle 1998, p. 68-69.
21. ^ ^{a b c d} Ryfle 1998, p. 72.
22. ^ The Missing Music of Gigantis, the Fire Monster
23. ^ Ryfle 1998, p. 74.
24. ^ Ryfle 1998, p. 73.
25. ^ Ryfle 2007, 00:10:52.
26. ^ Ryfle 2007, 00:12:17.
27. ^ Burns 2005, 00:xv:29.
28. ^ Ryfle 2007, 00:18:05.
29. ^ Ryfle 2007, 00:00:40.
30. ^ Ryfle 2007, 00:14:34.
31. ^ "Godzilla Raids Once more". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved Oct xvi, 2021.
32. ^ Patrick 1959.
33. ^ Willis 1985, p. 138.
34. ^ Ryfle & Godziszewski 2017, p. 107.
35. ^ Ryfle 2007, 00:46:50.
36. ^ "ゴジラの逆襲". LD, DVD, & Blu-ray Gallery. Archived from the original on July 4, 2019. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
37. ^ Ryfle 1998, p. 367.
38. ^ DeSentis, John (June four, 2007). "DVD Reviews: Godzilla Raids Again and Mothra vs. Godzilla". SciFi Japan. Archived from the original on July 4, 2019. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
39. ^ Erickson, Glenn (November 8, 2006). "DVD Savant Review: Godzilla Raids Over again". DVD Talk. Archived from the original on July 4, 2019. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
40. ^ Squires, John (November 8, 2017). "Criterion Collection Has Obtained Near of the Shōwa Era 'Godzilla' Films!". Bloody Icky. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021. Retrieved Nov 8, 2017.
41. ^ Patches, Matt (July 25, 2019). "Benchmark reveals the collection's 1000th disc: the ultimate Godzilla ready". Polygon. Archived from the original on December 17, 2019. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
42. ^ Alexander, Julia (May 18, 2020). "Hither are the hundreds of classic movies people can stream on HBO Max". The Verge. Archived from the original on June 28, 2020. Retrieved November vii, 2021.

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External links [edit]

• Official Godzilla website past Toho
• Godzilla Raids Over again at IMDb
• Gigantis, the Fire Monster at AllMovie
• Godzilla Raids Again at Rotten Tomatoes
• Godzilla Raids Once again at the TCM Motion-picture show Database
• ゴジラの逆襲 (Gojira no Gyakushū) at Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)

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