"The Return of Godzilla" (1984)

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"The Return of Godzilla" (1984) is a Japanese kaiju film that rebooted the Godzilla franchise with a darker, more serious tone, ignoring most previous sequels and serving as a direct follow-up to the 1954 original.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Godzilla film
Japanese film
feature film
kaiju film
cinematographyBy Yoshinori Sekiguchi
continuityNote ignores previous Godzilla sequels after the 1954 original
countryOfOrigin Japan
director Koji Hashimoto
distributor Toho
editedBy Yoshitami Kuroiwa
EnglishVersionDistributor New World Pictures
EnglishVersionTitle Godzilla 1985
eraWithinFranchise Heisei era Godzilla series precursor
featuresActor Haruo Nakajima
featuresSuitActorForGodzilla Kenpachiro Satsuma
follows Godzilla (1954 film)
genre disaster film
kaiju film
monster film
science fiction film
hasEnglishVersion Godzilla 1985
mainCharacter Godzilla
musicBy Reijiro Koroku
notableFor rebooting the Godzilla franchise in the 1980s
returning to a darker tone similar to the 1954 original
originalLanguage Japanese
originalTitle ゴジラ
linked to: Godzilla
partOfSeries Godzilla franchise
linked to: Godzilla universe
producer Tomoyuki Tanaka
productionCompany Toho
rebootOf Godzilla film series
linked to: Godzilla universe
releaseDate December 15, 1984
releaseYear 1984
romanizedTitle Gojira
runtime approximately 103 minutes
screenwriter Hideichi Nagahara
Koji Hashimoto
Tomoyuki Tanaka
setting Japan
Tokyo
specialEffectsDirector Teruyoshi Nakano
stars Keiju Kobayashi
Ken Tanaka
Shin Takuma
Yasuko Sawaguchi
Yosuke Natsuki
storyBy Tomoyuki Tanaka
title The Return of Godzilla
tone dark
serious

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Godzilla appearsIn "The Return of Godzilla" (1984)