Son of Godzilla

Name: Son of Godzilla
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Comedy, Family
Released: 1967-12-16
Duration: 1 h 26 min
Rating: 5.2
Cast: Tadao Takashima, Akira Kubo, Bibari Maeda, Akihiko Hirata, Yoshio Tsuchiya

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

怪獣島の決戦ゴジラの息子 (1967)

Timing: 1:26 (86 min)

6.4/10
197

5.15/10
1231

5.2/10
6800

All about film

Video 0

Photo 33

Actors and characters

Release date

1967-12-16

Country

Japan

Production

TOHO

Genre

Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Comedy, Family

Budget

Revenue

$2 399 280

Website

Director

Jun Fukuda

Actors

Tadao Takashima, Akira Kubo, Bibari Maeda, Akihiko Hirata, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Kenji Sahara, Ken'ichirō Maruyama, Seishirō Kuno, Yasuhiko Saijō, Susumu Kurobe
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Shinichi Sekizawa, Kazue Kiba

Producer

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Operator

Kazuo Yamada

Composer

Masaru Satō

Artist

Audition

Editing

Ryôhei Fujii
All team (9)

Short description

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.

What's left behind the scenes

In 1969, the film was released in the USA with minor changes.
The very plot of the film was inspired by "Son of Kong" (1933), filmed 34 years earlier. The American film "Tarantula" (1955) also had a strong influence – the plot of "Son of Godzilla" has similar elements – the work of scientists that caused the emergence of a giant spider, which is the main antagonist of the film. The giant mantis Kamacuras was taken from "Deadly Mantis" (1957).
In the American version of the film, Kamacuras is named "Himantus" (Gimantis), and Kumonga is named "Spiega".
In Japan, 2,480,000 viewers watched the film in theaters.
Actor Haruo Nakajima, who portrayed Godzilla in some scenes, also appeared in the film "Escape from King Kong" (1967) that same year, where he played the role of King Kong.
In this film, Minilla eats a fruit thrown to him, despite his father – Godzilla – being a clear predator.
The very plot of the film was inspired by "Son of Kong" (1933), filmed 34 years earlier. The American film "Tarantula" (1955) also had a strong influence – the plot of "Son of Godzilla" has similar moments – the work of scientists causing the appearance of a giant spider, which is the main antagonist of the film. The giant mantis Kamacurus was taken from "The Deadly Mantis" (1957).
Actor Haruo Nakajima, who portrayed Godzilla in some scenes, also starred in "Escape from King Kong" (1967) that same year, where he played the role of King Kong.

Did you like the film?