The Return of Godzilla

Tokyo Bay. A wrecked fishing trawler. One terrified survivor. Godzilla returns, bigger and meaner. Bureaucrats scramble; cold war paranoia flares as two superpowers propose nuclear solutions. See it as a sober, FX-laden reboot for the post-Hiroshima age.

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Koji Hashimoto directed The Return of Godzilla in 1984. See Koji Hashimoto's full filmography, where to start with Koji Hashimoto, or where to go after you've seen everything by Koji Hashimoto.

The Return of Godzilla was released in 1984 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 103 minutes.