Son of Godzilla (1967)

Original title

怪獣島の決戦 ゴジラの息子

Directed by

Jun Fukuda

Genre

drama film, horror film, science fiction film, kaiju

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 249 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Scientists on a remote island conduct weather experiments and accidentally create a giant monster. Godzilla must protect his son from this new threat and other creatures on the island.

campylightheartedfamily-friendlywhimsicalslow-burnmelancholicold-schoolmonster-filled

What happens

Son of Godzilla (Japanese: 怪獣島の決戦 ゴジラの息子, Hepburn: Kaijū-tō no Kessen: Gojira no Musuko; lit. Monster Island's Decisive Battle: Godzilla's Son) is a 1967 Japanese kaiju film directed by Jun Fukuda, with special effects by Sadamasa Arikawa, under the supervision of Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd, it is the eighth film in the Godzilla franchise. It stars Tadao Takashima, Akira Kubo, Akihiko Hirata, and Beverly Maeda, with Hiroshi Sekita, Seiji Onaka, and Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla, and Marchan the Dwarf as Minilla. Son of Godzilla received a theatrical release in Japan on December 16, 1967, it received mixed reactions from critics and audience. It was released directly to television in the United States in 1969 through the Walter Reade Organization. The film was followed by Destroy All Monsters, released on August 1, 1968. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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