Directed by Motoyoshi Oda Ishirô Honda Written by Takeo Murata   Shigeaki Hidaka   Shigeru Kayama   Ib Melchior   Ed Watson   Cast Hiroshi Koizumi ... Shoichi Tsukioka Setsuko Wakayama ... Hidemi Yamaji - Koehi's Daughter Minoru Chiaki ... Kôji Kobayashi Takashi Shimura ... Kyohei Yamane-hakase Masao Shimizu ... Zoologist Dr. Tadokoro Seijirô Onda ... Captain Terasawa of Osaka Defense Corps Sônosuke Sawamura ... Hokkaido Branch Manager Shingo Shibeki Yoshio Tsuchiya ... Tajima, Member of Osaka Defense Corps Mayuri Mokushô ... Radio Operator Yasuko Inouye Minosuke Yamada ... Chief of Civil Defense Yukio Kasama ... Koehi Yamaji, President of the Fishery Senkichi Ômura ... Small Escaped Convict Ren Yamamoto ... Commander of Landing Craft Shin Ôtomo ... Convict Leader Shirô Tsuchiya ... Captain of Fishing Boat (as Hirotoshi Tsuchiya) Takeo Oikawa ... Osaka Municipal Police Commissioner Sôkichi Maki ... Escaped Convict Shôichi Hirose ... Convict Shin Yoshida ... Convict Junpei Natsuki ... Escaped Convict Teruko Mita ... Japanese Restaurant 'Yayoi' Madam Katsumi Tezuka ... Angirasu Haruo Nakajima ... Gojira Miyoko Hoshino ... Singer of cabaret Toku Ihara ... Policeman Takuzô Kumagai ... Captain of Hokkai-maru (as Jirô Kumagai) Marvin Miller ... Narrator (voice) Tadao Nakamaru ... Policeman Hideo Shibuya ... Visitor of cabaret Shigemi Sunagawa ... Visitor of cabaret Masaaki Tachibana ... Policeman Kôji Uno ... Shibeki's Assistant Uncredited Cast Paul Frees ... Voice (voice) Keye Luke ... Shoichi Tsukioka (voice) George Takei ... Commander of Landing Craft (voice) Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka   Original Music by Masaru Satô

Additional Info Premiere: April 24, 1955 Theatrical Release: May 21, 1959 DVD Release: April 03, 2007 Blu-ray Release: October 29, 2019 Country: Distributor: The Criterion Collection Websites: Alternate Titles Counterattack Of The Monsters Gigantis The Fire Monster Godzilla's Counter Attack Gojira No Gyakushû Gojira Strikes Again The Return Of Godzilla The Volcano Monster Production Companies Toho Distributors Toho   (1955) (World-wide) (theatrical) Warner Bros.   (1959) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed) CST Entertainment Imaging   (1989) (USA) (video) Video Treasures   (1989) (USA) (VHS) Liberty Home Video   (1997) (USA) (VHS) Classic Media   (2007) (USA) (DVD) Genius Products   (2007) (USA) (DVD) Sony BMG Music Entertainment   (2007) (USA) (DVD) Anderson Digital   (2013) (USA) (video) (Digital) The Criterion Collection   (2019) (USA) (Blu-ray) Rating Stats Overall Rating 5.7 / 10 Our Rating 5.9 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 5.9 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #4,942 / 20,725 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 1 total rating Almost Perfect 1 total rating Average 1 total rating Site Ranking #4,938 The Terror (1963) #4,939 Zombieland (2013) #4,940 Deep Blue Sea 2 (2018) #4,941 Possum (2018) #4,942 Godzilla Raids Again (1955) #4,943 Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle Of The Realms (2021) #4,944 Witchboard (1986) #4,945 Helvetica (2007) #4,946 Mysterious Island (1961)