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''The Return of Godzilla'', released in Japan as , is a Japanese science fiction kaiju film produced by Toho. Directed by Koji Hashimoto, with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano, the film starred Ken Tanaka, Yasuko Sawaguchi, and Yosuke Natsuki. The sixteenth film in Toho's ''Godzilla'' series, it marked the beginning of a rebooted series of Godzilla films that ignores all the films from 1955's ''Godzilla Raids Again'' through 1975's ''Terror of Mechagodzilla''. The film acts as a direct sequel to the original 1954 film ''Godzilla''. Produced as part of Godzilla's 30th anniversary, the film returned the series to the darker themes and mood of some of the early films and returned Godzilla to his destructive antagonistic roots. In 1985, New World Pictures released ''Godzilla 1985'', a heavily re-edited American adaptation of the film which included new footage shot exclusively for its North American release, which featured Canadian actor Raymond Burr reprising his character from ''Godzilla, King of the Monsters!'', which was also produced, re-shot, and re-edited with the same techniques. ==Plot== After a volcanic eruption on Daikoku Island, the ''Yahata-Maru'' 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 Godzilla's 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 Hayashida's laboratory, Maki meets Okamura's 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 Maki's newspaper photographs the reunion. A Soviet submarine is destroyed in the Pacific. The Soviets believe the attack was done by the Americans, and a diplomatic crisis ensues, which threatens to escalate into nuclear war. The Japanese intervene and reveal that Godzilla was behind the attacks. The Japanese cabinet meets to discuss the defence of Japan. A new weapon is revealed, the Super X, a specially-armored and weaponed aircraft that will defend the capital. The Japanese military is put on alert. Godzilla attacks the Ihama nuclear power plant. While Godzilla is feeding off the reactor, it is distracted by a flock of birds and leaves the facility almost as quickly as it arrived. Hayashida believes that Godzilla was distracted instinctively by a homing signal from the birds. Hayashida, together with geologist Minami, propose to the Japanese Cabinet, that Godzilla could be lured back to Mt. Mihara on Oshima Island by a similar signal, and a volcanic eruption could be started, capturing Godzilla. Prime Minister Mitamura meets with Soviet and American envoys and, after some debate over the issue, decides nuclear weapons will not be used on Godzilla even if it were to attack the Japanese mainland. Meanwhile, the Soviets have their own plans to counter the threat posed by Godzilla, and a Soviet control ship disguised as a freighter in Tokyo Harbor prepares to launch a nuclear missile from one of their orbiting satellites should Godzilla attack. Godzilla is sighted at dawn in Tokyo Bay heading towards Tokyo, causing mass evacuations. That evening, Godzilla abruptly appears in Tokyo and is attacked by the JASDF, but their missiles are useless against it. Godzilla then proceeds to the harbor, where the army uses tanks and rockets against it, but they are quickly subdued by a long blast of its atomic breath. The battle causes damage to the Soviet ship and starts a missile launch count-down. The captain attempts to stop the missile from launching, however, he is killed by an explosion. Godzilla proceeds towards Tokyo's business district, wreaking havoc along the way. There, it is confronted by four laser-armed trucks and the Super X. Because Godzilla's heart is similar to a nuclear reactor, the cadmium shells that are fired into its mouth by the Super X seal and slow down its heart. After unleashing its atomic breath on the Super X, Godzilla falls down unconscious. The count-down ends and the Soviet missile is launched, leaving the Japanese government and people helpless to stop it. The Americans intervene and fire a counter-missile at the Soviet missile. Hayashida and Okamura are extracted from Tokyo via helicopter and taken to Mt. Mihara to set up the homing device before the two missiles collide above Tokyo. The American counter missile soon hits the Russian missile and Tokyo is saved. Unfortunately, the atmospheric nuclear blast creates an electrical storm and an EMP, which revives Godzilla once more and temporarily disables the Super X. Godzilla has a final battle with the Super X, eventually damaging the aircraft and forcing it to make an emergency landing where Godzilla destroys it by toppling a building on it. Godzilla continues its rampage, until Hayashida uses the homing device to distract it. Godzilla leaves Tokyo and swims across the Japanese sea, following the homing device to Mt. Mihara. There, Godzilla follows the device and falls into the mouth of the volcano. Okamura activates detonators at the volcano, creating a controlled eruption that traps Godzilla inside. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Return of Godzilla」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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