Son of Godzilla
“A great duel against a new monster by a parent-child combination!”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 51, rated by 1 admin.
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Godzilla discovers that parenting involves more patience than destroying a city. Giant insects, weather experiments and a small monster with much to learn turn island adventure into creature-family chaos. The creature work is often impressive; the baby-monster antics are a matter of taste.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 4/10
- Plot
- 6.5/10
- Effects
- 3/10
- Dialogue
- 4.5/10
- Rewatchability
- 7.5/10
“Atomic breath lessons are harder than they look.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 51
Synopsis and movie facts
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.
- Released
- 1967
- Directed by
- Jun Fukuda
- Running time
- 86 min
- Original title
- 怪獣島の決戦 ゴジラの息子
Starring
- Tadao Takashima as Dr. Tsunezo Kusumi
- Bibari Maeda as Saeko Matsumiya
- Akira Kubo as Goro Maki
- Akihiko Hirata as Fujisaki
- Kenji Sahara as Morio
- Yoshio Tsuchiya as Furukawa
- Susumu Kurobe as Meteorological observation plane captain
- Kazuo Suzuki as Meteorological observation plane navigator
Research behind this pick
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- Film reference · themoviedb.org
TMDB identity and credits retrieved on 2026-11-10: Son of Godzilla (1967), directed by Jun Fukuda. The importer rechecks identity, poster, synopsis, release date, runtime, genres and cast against live metadata.
- Review · millionmonkeytheater.com
The review places it between serious monster cinema and children's comedy, criticises Minilla's antics, and specifically praises the giant insect puppetry. Full review text consulted on 2026-11-10.
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