The Return of Godzilla

The Return of Godzilla in Japan and as Godzilla 1985 in North America, is a 1984 science fiction kaiju film. The sixteenth film in Toho's Godzilla series, it was produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka and directed by Koji Hashimoto with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano. The film, despite being preceded by other Godzilla movies and its original title, is not a remake and chronologically takes place after the events of Godzilla, ignoring the events of the previous sequels. It was also the first in the Heisei Series of Godzilla films, despite being filmed in the Showa Era. It was Tanaka's intent to... restore the darker themes and mood of the early films in the series and to return Godzilla to his destructive villainous roots. The film's redesign of Godzilla's facial features, giving him a darker appearance, would make the Heisei incarnation popular among fans. A Japanese fishing vessel is trying to find its way to shore in a horrible storm while near an uninhabited island, when a giant monster appears and attacks the boat.
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