Synopsis:

The main goal of this edit was to improve the pacing of Godzilla Raids Again. Watching it was always a chore for me. Every time I'd sit down and view it I would think: "They could have cut that part out." or "The robbers add nothing to the story." The movie is literally 25% filler! But beneath all of that fluff and filler, there's a fairly solid 50s monster movie in there. Seeing as there were no other edits of this sort, I decided to take on the task myself. I feel that this cut of the film is far more watchable than the original.

Intentions:

Shiochi Tsukioka and Koji Kobayashi, two scout pilots, make a horrifying discovery after Kobayashi gets stranded on an island. There is a second Godzilla! To make things even worse, he's brought a new monster with him: Anguirus! When news of this revelation makes its way to the mainland, fear grips the nation. With these two titans of terror taking their fierce battle to Osaka. A counterattack is devised to lure the two creatures away from the city. Will the counterattack be successful? Or will japan have to face destruction at the hands of Godzilla a second time?

Change List:

I wanted to stay as true to the original as possible. I barred myself from using any Ifukube tracks or any Toho SFX created after the 50s. (No late Showa-era Godzilla or Anguirus roars for example.) Whenever I did have to make a substantial change in pacing, I used future Godzilla movies as a reference to how I went about making those changes. Cuts and Additions: Cuts: - Janus Films logo removed - Trimmed the shot of Tsukioka looking for Kobayashi. - Tsukioka now only flies around the island once instead of twice. - Changed the order of the reaction shots. - Added the sound of Godzilla's footsteps so that the characters are reacting to an actual sound now. - Slowed down the footage of Godzilla and Anguirus. (Minus them falling into the water.) - Removed the showing of footage from the previous film. The dialogue still flows perfectly. - Removed references to the prisoners. - Cut the second instance of soldiers being relieved. - Cut out the prisoner subplot entirely. - Re-edited the refinery explosion scene in a way that doesn't involve the prisoners. - Godzilla notices a straggler (that was flying backward in the original cut) which fires at him.? - Godzilla retaliates and the plane crashes into the refinery.? - Cut to Kobayashi and Tsukioka arriving to imply the crash without showing it.? - Re-edited the reaction to only have one establishing shot instead of two. - Added missing explosion sound effects.? - Restructured the military fight. added sound effects to certain shots to maintain continuity. - Cut the fishery president looking back into his binoculars at Anguirus. - Slowed down a majority of the monster footage. - Added an explosion sound effect that was absent. - Cut a second establishing shot of the harbor being on fire. - Added ambient monster noises to the human scene. - Added a Godzilla roar. - Changed the pacing of the fishery explosion. It cuts to the president's reaction quicker. - Added an Anguirus roar. -Removed any cutaways to the prisoners. - Cut a few shots of Godzilla fighting Anguirus. - Added missing Anguirus roars. - Interspliced original footage with slowed footage. - Cut a shot of Osaka Castle crumbling. - Fixed film alignment issue of Osaka Castle beginning to crumble. - Removed some shots of the burning city. - Kobayashi is now the first character we see in the Hokkaido office. The interaction between two characters has been cut out. - Cut out a few shots of boats. - Cut the scene with the two hostesses and the drinking song. - Cut exterior shot of plane and Tsukioka's second reaction to Godzilla. - Replaced the original aerial shot of Godzilla with a repurposed shot from later. - Cut all references to the fire fence and the navy. - There is no longer a naval component, all shots of boats and naval soldiers have been removed. - Replaced all the planes with the ones used in the actual final fight. - Reworked the overhead shot of Godzilla. Edited it to make it look like he noticed the plane over his shoulder. - Added a missing roar. - Replaced the third aerial shot of Godzilla repurposing a previous shot. - Tweaked bombing footage to use the planes from the original cut's last fight. - Added missing roars. -Reworked the final fight. - Rather than the jets needing to return and the navy holding Godzilla in place until they return, the scene has been changed to make Kobayashi's death more meaningful.? - The jet's missiles don't work on Godzilla, Kobayashi sacrifices himself, and it's at this moment that our heroes know how to defeat Godzilla.? - The sequence has been incredibly streamlined. (Far fewer shots of exploding mountaintops.)? - Some shots from the cut naval sequence are repurposed to better convey Godzilla getting buried under ice.? - Missing roars have been added in places.? - A few cockpit shots have been cut to give the illusion that Tsukioka is still in the backseat of the plane.? - Yamaji reporting Kobayashi's death is moved to be the second to last scene of the movie, giving it a more somber ending.

Additional Notes:

Cuts: - Janus Films logo removed - Trimmed the shot of Tsukioka looking for Kobayashi. - Tsukioka now only flies around the island once instead of twice. - Changed the order of the reaction shots. - Added the sound of Godzilla's footsteps so that the characters are reacting to an actual sound now. - Slowed down the footage of Godzilla and Anguirus. (Minus them falling into the water.) - Removed the showing of footage from the previous film. The dialogue still flows perfectly. - Removed references to the prisoners. - Cut the second instance of soldiers being relieved. - Cut out the prisoner subplot entirely. - Re-edited the refinery explosion scene in a way that doesn't involve the prisoners. - Godzilla notices a straggler (that was flying backward in the original cut) which fires at him.? - Godzilla retaliates and the plane crashes into the refinery.? - Cut to Kobayashi and Tsukioka arriving to imply the crash without showing it.? - Re-edited the reaction to only have one establishing shot instead of two. -

Other Sources:

Special Thanks:

Addiesin: For pointing me to Flowframes. My friends who kept me sane and served as my test audience.