Godzilla "King of the Monsters"

Plot Summary for
Gojira (1984)
From out of the South Seas comes a gigantic monster that attacks Tokyo and devastates Japan. The American version of the film added Raymond Burr as a reporter named Steve Martin, who witnesses the destruction up close.
Summary written by Todd A. Bobenrieth {TAB146@PSUVM.EDU}

Godzilla returns for the first time in many years to demolish Tokyo but in time some things have changed...the buildings are now taller than he is, and the humans have developed an attack jet called Super X. Raymond Burr reprises his role as reporter Steve Martin in the American version.
Summary written by Todd A. Bobenrieth {TAB146@PSUVM.EDU}

A reporter investigates the disappearance of a ship. He finds the ship and discovers that all the hands have been killed by a giant sea louse except for one. He then tells the reporter that the ship was destroyed by Godzilla (Gojira). Fearing a panic, the Japanese government then takes the survivor into custody to keep him from revealing that Godzilla has returned. However, a Soviet nuclear submarine is destroyed and the situation puts them and the United States on the brink of nuclear war, until the Japanese decide to come clean and admit that it was Godzilla. Soon the Japan and the rest of the world are on red alert as they wait for Godzilla to begin his rampage anew.
Summary written by Brian Washington {Sargebri@earthlink.net}