Thirty years after the original monster's rampage, a new Godzilla emerges and attacks Japan.
The Return of Godzilla, released in Japan as Godzilla (Gojira, also known as Godzilla 1984), is a 1984 Japanese science fiction kaiju film featuring Godzilla, produced and distributed by Toho. The film is directed by Koji Hashimoto, with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano and stars Ken Tanaka, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Yosuke Natsuki, and Keiju Kobayashi, with Kenpachiro Satsuma as Godzilla.