Godzilla Raids Again
Director: Motoyoshi Oda Run Time: 82 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1955 Language: Japanese with English subtitles
Starring: Hiroshi Koizumi, Masao Shimizu, Minoru Chiaki, Setsuko Wakayama, Takashi Shimura
Screenwriters: Takeo Murata, Shigeaki Hidaka
Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka
The Atomic Monster is back again to wreak havoc in Osaka! 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.
