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The Return of Godzilla
1984 film by Kōji Hashimoto
The Return of Godzilla
The Return of Godzilla (ゴジラ, Gojira; Released in Japan as Godzilla), is a 1984 Japanese kaiju film directed by Koji Hashimoto, with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano. Distributed by Toho and produced under their subsidiary Toho Pictures, it is the 16th film in the Godzilla franchise. While it was the last film produced during Japan's Shōwa era, it is officially recognized as the first entry in the franchise's Heisei series. The film serves as both a sequel to the original 1954 film and a reboot of the franchise that ignores the events that followed the first film. The Return of Godzilla stars Ken Tanaka, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Yosuke Natsuki, and Keiju Kobayashi, with Kenpachiro Satsuma as Godzilla. After the commercial underperformance of Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975), Toho placed the franchise on hiatus. Producer Tomoyuki Tanaka, the character's creator, was determined to revive the series with a more serious tone that returned closer to the spirit of the original 1954 film. He conceived...
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