The Return of Godzilla

After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.

Cast

Keiju Kobayashi

as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura

Ken Tanaka

as Goro Maki

Yasuko Sawaguchi

as Naoko Okumura

Shin Takuma

as Hiroshi Okumura

Yōsuke Natsuki

as Professor Makoto Hayashida

Eitarō Ozawa

as Minister of Finance Kanzaki

Taketoshi Naitō

as Chief Cabinet Secretary Takegami

Nobuo Kaneko

as Home Affairs Minister Isomura

Mizuho Suzuki

as Foreign Minister Emori

Junkichi Orimoto

as Director-General of the Defense Agency

Reviews

John Chard

It's good to have the moody atomic beast back! After an extended break, Godzilla as a movie force made its comeback with this the 16th Godzilla film and the first of what would be the Heisei series. It's a reboot that basically follows on from the original Gojira film of 1954. Plot has Godzilla b...

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