Here is the plot text as I wrote it for the Wikipedia article.[]

This is the original text I wrote for the Wikipedia article, unaltered by other editors. It was written with Wikipedia's plot section guidelines in mind (400-700 words max), and typically plot sections here are much more expansive, so feel absolutely free to use this, alter it, whatever, into a suitable plot section for this article. Giftheck (talk) 18:44, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

Plot[]

In 1945, at the end of World War II, Kōichi Shikishima, a kamikaze pilot, feigns technical issues with his plane and lands on Odo Island. Godzilla appears during the night and attacks the island, killing everybody except Kōichi and the lead mechanic, Sōsaku Tachibana.

Following his return to Tokyo, Kōichi is plagued by survivor’s guilt. He has started a relationship with Noriko Ōishi and they have adopted a child whose parents were lost in the bombing of Tokyo during World War II. Godzilla is mutated by the Bikini Atoll nuclear tests, and he destroys several US warships before heading for Japan. The USA refuses to aid Japan owing to tensions with the USSR.

Working on a mine removal ship, Kōichi meets scientist Kenji Noda. The mine removal ship’s crew are tasked with stopping Godzilla’s approach to Japan. They release a mine into Godzilla’s mouth and detonate it, but Godzilla regenerates from his injury. The ship Takao arrives and engages Godzilla, but is subsequently destroyed when Godzilla unleashes his atomic breath.

Kōichi tells Noriko about Godzilla’s attack, expressing his survivor’s guilt to her. Godzilla makes landfall, attacking Ginza in Tokyo. Noriko witnesses the attack, while Kōichi attempts to rescue her. Meanwhile, the Japanese military engages Godzilla. Godzilla fires his atomic breath, which decimates Tokyo and apparently kills Noriko.

Kenji comes up with a plan to kill Godzilla, although the Japanese government refuses to help, leaving it up to the civilians and Naval veterans to enact it. Kōichi recruits Tachibana to repair a damaged plane that they need, in which Kōichi will fly the plane into Godzilla’s mouth and destroy him from the inside. Meanwhile, Kenji plots to destroy Godzilla by sinking him to a depth of 1,500 meters. Should that plan fail, then balloons would be inflated under Godzilla to force him back up to the surface, killing him through explosive decompression.

Godzilla is dragged down to 1,500 meters but survives. The balloons are activated, forcing Godzilla up to 800 meters but manages to break free. Two ships try to haul Godzilla to the surface but don’t have enough power to do so. A fleet of tugboats lend their assistance and Godzilla is brought to the surface, injuring him but not killing him. Enraged, Godzilla destroys all of the ships.

Kōichi flies his plane into Godzilla’s mouth, destroying Godzilla’s head. Before he reaches Godzilla, Kōichi ejects from the plane. Godzilla’s body is destroyed by the atomic breath he was charging when Kōichi’s plane struck him. Back at port, Kōichi receives a telegram and he heads to hospital, where Noriko is waiting for him, having survived Godzilla’s rampage in Tokyo.

Meanwhile, a chunk of Godzilla’s remaining flesh sinks to the bottom of the ocean and begins to regenerate.