When the ocean's surface begins to boil white-hot and a Japanese freighter Eiko-maru vanishes into the Pacific, the superstitious villagers of Odo Island Fishing mysteriously drop to zero elder fear an ancient legend has come true the legend of Godzilla! Awakened from an eons-long sleep by an H-bomb explosion, the behemoth seeks revenge on the civilized world, turning Tokyo into a wasteland of atomic fire and rubble. Young lovers, Emiko and Ogata, Dr Serizawa find themselves facing this atomic-breath Godzilla.