Paper from 1955

4.8.2021

I ran into a roadblock collecting original Godzilla tickets. Getting tickets before the start of the Toho Champion Festival might be impossible. My collection is just about complete, only missing tickets from Gojira (1954), Godzilla Raids Again (1955), Son of Godzilla (1967) and Destroy All Monsters (1968). So in their place, I’ve decided to collect other paper products such as newspaper and magazine advertisements. The first in my collection was an Son of Godzilla ad. My second came from this magazine.

A few days ago, the April 24, 1955 edition of Sunday Mainichi Magazine (サンデー毎日 4月24日号 30昭和). Inside is this great advertisement for Godzilla Raids Again (ゴジラの逆襲 1955, aka Gigantis. The Fire Monster).

Godzilla Raids Again ad — Godzilla Raids Again (ゴジラの逆襲) Ad

The advertisement reads as follows:

ゴールデンウィークを飾る大東宝の二大巨篇
Two big stories of Toho that decorate Golden Week

怪獣ゴジラ対巨龍アンギラス凄絶の死斗‼︎
大東宝が再び放つ水爆大怪獣映画！
Monster Godzilla vs. the Giant Dragon Anguirus Terrible Death! ︎
A big monster movie of a hydrogen bomb released by Toho again!

ゴジラの逆襲 Godzilla Raids Again

小泉博 Hiroshi Koizumi
千秋実 Minoru Chiaki
若山セツ子 Setsuko Wakayama
土屋嘉男 Yoshio Tsuchiya
山本廉 Yoshio Tsuchiya
清水将夫 Masao Shimizu
志村喬 Takashi Shimura

原作香山滋 Original by Shigeru Kayama
監督小田基義 Director Motoyoshi Oda
特技　円谷英二 Special Effects Eiji Tsuburaya

東宝 Toho
配給 Distribution
製作 Production

麥笛 (むぎぶえ) Flute

者の心に秘めた初変の甘く悲しい想ひ出を、詩情豊かんい描く文芸大作！
A literary masterpiece that depicts the sweet and sad memories of the first change hidden in the hearts of people with a rich poetic sentiment!

久保明 Akira Kubo
太刀川洋一 Hiroshi Tachikawa
青山京子 Kyoko Aoyama

越路吹雪 Koshiji Fubuki
志村喬 Takashi Shimura

原作室生犀星 Original Murou Saisei
性に眼覚める頃より From “When I Awaken to Sex”
監督豊田四郎 Director Shiro Toyoda

東宝製作 • 配給
Toho Production • Distribution

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