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Son of Godzilla

Son of Godzilla

A great duel against a new monster by a parent-child combination!

19676.41h 26m

Overview

Reporter Goro Maki stumbles upon scientists conducting weather experiments on Sollgel Island in the South Seas. He discovers the island is inhabited by giant mantis and a woman named Saeko who's been cast away since the death of her father. The pair soon find a helpless infant monster that Godzilla must adopt and learn to raise as one of his own.

Directed by Jun Fukuda
Written by Shinichi Sekizawa, Kazue Kiba
Box Office0Revenue: $2.4M

Top Cast

Tadao Takashima

Tadao Takashima

Dr. Tsunezo Kusumi

Bibari Maeda

Bibari Maeda

Saeko Matsumiya

Akira Kubo

Akira Kubo

Goro Maki

Akihiko Hirata

Akihiko Hirata

Fujisaki

Kenji Sahara

Kenji Sahara

Morio

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Furukawa

Susumu Kurobe

Susumu Kurobe

Meteorological observation plane captain

Kazuo Suzuki

Kazuo Suzuki

Meteorological observation plane navigator

Ken'ichirō Maruyama

Ken'ichirō Maruyama

Ozawa

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Seishirō Kuno

Tashiro

Themes & Keywords

islandmonstersoncavegiant monstergiant spiderweather manipulationsequeltropical islandgojirakaijupraying mantismonster islandnativegodzillatropical foresttokusatsu

About Son of Godzilla

Son of Godzilla is a adventure, family, science fiction film released in 1967 exploring themes of island, monster, son, cave, giant monster, giant spider. Directed by Jun Fukuda, it stars Tadao Takashima, Bibari Maeda, Akira Kubo. Reporter Goro Maki stumbles upon scientists conducting weather experiments on Sollgel Island in the South Seas. He discovers the island is inhabited by giant mantis and a woman named Saeko who's been cast away since the death of her father. The pair soon find a helpless infant monster that Godzilla must adopt and learn to raise as one of his own.

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