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64% Critic Match
Son of Godzilla
“A great duel against a new monster by a parent-child combination!”
6.4 / 10• 1967• 1h 26m•PG• Japanese
AdventureScience FictionFantasy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Tadao Takashima
Dr. Tsunezo Kusumi
Lead
Bibari Maeda
Saeko Matsumiya
Akira Kubo
Goro Maki
Akihiko Hirata
Fujisaki
Kenji Sahara
Morio
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Furukawa
Susumu Kurobe
Meteorological observation plane captain
Kazuo Suzuki
Meteorological observation plane navigator
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jun Fukuda's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Son of Godzilla is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
