The Return of Godzilla

The Return of Godzilla, released in Japan as Godzilla , Gojira? , is a Japanese science fiction kaiju directed by Koji Hashimoto and a reboot of Tohos Godzilla franchise. It is the 16th film in the franchise and the first film in the Heisei series, despite the film having been produced during the Shwa period. The film serves as direct sequel to the original 1954 Godzilla film, completely ignoring the events of the Showa series, which saw the franchise return to the darker tone and themes of the 1954 film and returned Godzilla to his destructive antagonistic roots.

After a volcanic eruption on Daikoku Island, the YahataMaru Japanese fishing vessel is caught in strong currents off its shores. As the boat drifts into shore, the island begins to erupt, and a giant monster lifts itself out of the volcano. A few days later, reporter Goro Maki is sailing in the area and finds the vessel intact but deserted. As he explores the vessel, he finds all the crew dead except for one young man called Hiroshi Okamura, who has been badly wounded. Suddenly a giant Shockirus sea louse attacks him but he is saved by Maki who kills it with a cleaver.In Tokyo, Okamura realizes by looking at pictures that the monster he saw was a new Godzilla. Maki writes an article about the account, but the news of Godzillas return is kept secret and his article is withheld. Maki visits Professor Hayashida, whose parents were lost in the 1954 Godzilla attack. Hayashida describes Godzilla as a living, invincible nuclear weapon able to cause mass destruction. At Hayashidas laboratory, Maki meets Okamuras sister, Naoko, and informs her that her brother is alive and at the police hospital. When Naoko and her brother are reunited, a photographer at Makis newspaper photographs the reunion. ........

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