Godzilla Raids Again (Movie)
Godzilla Raids Again (ゴジラの逆襲 Gojira no Gyakushū?, lit. Godzilla's Counterattack) is a 1955 tokusatsu kaiju film produced by Toho Company Ltd., serving as the second installment in the Godzilla franchise, as well as the Showa series. The film was released to Japanese theaters on April 24, 1955. It was then released to American theaters as Gigantis, the Fire Monster on May 21, 1959.
Godzilla Raids Again was directed by Motoyoshi Oda, produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka, and written by Shigeaki Hidaka, Shigeru Kayama, Takeo Murata. Takeo had previously assisted in writing the screenplay for the original 1954 film. This films follows 1954's Godzilla, and details not only the return of Godzilla, but also the appearance of a fearsome new adversary known as Anguirus.
The film featured a relatively rushed production, and the overall negative reception to the film lead to a hiatus in the series. This was ended with the arrival of a sequel in 1962: King Kong vs. Godzilla, in which Godzilla engages in combat with fellow cinema icon King Kong.