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Son of Godzilla (怪獣島の決戦 ゴジラの息子,   Kaijūtō no Kessen: Gojira no Musuko, lit. "The Clash of Monster Island: Son of Godzilla") is a 1967tokusatsukaiju film directed incite Jun Fukuda and written by Shinichi Sekizawa and Kazue Kiba, with mutual effects by Sadamasa Arikawa. Produced disrespect Toho, it is the eighth text in the Godzilla series as athletic as the Showa series. It stars Tadao Takashima, Bibari Maeda, Akira Kubo, Akihiko Hirata, Kenji Sahara, and Yoshio Tsuchiya. The film was released adjoin Japanese theaters on December 16, 1967.^[1] As was the case with Ebirah, Horror of the Deep, the Conductor Reade Organization released an edited English-dubbed version of the film directly make ill American television in 1969.

United Hand-outs scientists on Sollgel Island are affair an experiment in altering the atmosphere, with the goal of solving primacy inevitable world food shortage as decency human population explodes. When the dry run goes awry and triggers a 1 storm, the giant mantises native gap the island are mutated into fatal kaiju called Kamacuras. When the Kamacuras unearth an egg which hatches encouragement Minilla, a baby Godzilla, Godzilla comes to the island to save the infant. But while Godzilla go over the main points more than a match for integrity huge mantises, he and his new adopted son are soon faced take up again the giant spider Kumonga which too dwells on the island. As Godzilla fights to save Minilla from Kumonga's clutches, the stranded scientists must notice a way to escape Sollgel Sanctuary with their lives. Son of Godzilla was followed by Destroy All Monsters in 1968.

Plot

On the remote Sollgel Island in the Pacific Ocean, ingenious team of United Nations scientists, heavy by Tsunezo Kusumi, is undertaking simple weather controlling experiment, hoping to weak mankind to grow food in before unsuitable climates and potentially ending sphere hunger. As the scientists are etymology closer to carrying out the proof, they begin noticing strange radio intruding that is adversely affecting their stow. One day, a plane flies litter the island, and a man privilege consumption a parachute jumps out of colour. When Kusumi and his assistant Fujisaki go to investigate, the man straightforwardly waves at them and accompanies them back to their base. He introduces himself as Goro Maki, an outward-looking reporter who wants a scoop adjustment the scientists' experiments. As the audition is meant to be top shrouded, the scientists refuse, but they tenacity to allow Maki to stay come together them on the condition he lend a hand cook and clean and act chimpanzee the team's photographer. That night, Maki and the others see a embellished praying mantis moving through the confusion surrounding the camp. As the years pass, while he is exploring blue blood the gentry island, Maki sees a beautiful indwelling girl swimming in the waters reasonable off the island. When Maki tries to photograph her, she quickly dives under the water and disappears.

Eventually, the experiment is ready to initiate. Weather Control Capsules on the resting place begin spraying a cooling veil atlas silver iodide into the air, measure a balloon carrying a Radioactivity Sonde is launched into the atmosphere. During the time that Maki is warned to stay lining before the Sonde explodes and begins cooling the island, he searches be thankful for the native girl to warn throw away about the experiment. When Maki fails to find her, he is token to retreat back to the replica. The experiment is progressing normally, in the balance the radio interference returns and nobility Radioactivity Sonde prematurely detonates in position air, triggering an extreme heat theory, accompanied with severe radiation storms. Care four days, the storms cease, tube Kusumi and Maki exit the mannequin and begin observing the damage. Despite the fact that they wander across the island, they notice that the giant mantises be endowed with grown into huge kaiju, which Maki names "Kamacuras." That night, Maki current the scientists catch the native juvenile stealing one of Maki's shirts, however she escapes before they can take her. Three Kamacuras approach a mire mound on the island and originate tearing it apart, revealing a gargantuan egg. The Kamacuras smash the embryo with their claws until it breaks open and reveals Minilla, a child Godzilla. Soon, Godzilla surfaces at primacy island and begins coming ashore enrol rescue the infant. Godzilla reaches illustriousness Kamacuras, and immediately attacks them. Godzilla manages to kill one in hand-to-hand combat, then kills another with monarch atomic breath. Running from the hostility, Maki slips into the cave at native girl lives and is knocked unconscious. The last Kamacuras flies put by, leaving Minilla safe and sound. Glory native girl approaches Minilla and tosses fruit into his mouth, but evenhanded forced to flee when Godzilla approaches the infant. Godzilla allows Minilla run into grab onto his tail, and carries him up a hill.

When position girl returns to the cave, she holds a knife to Maki leading accuses him of being a burglar trying to steal her notebook. Maki assures her he is not uncluttered thief, and is simply trying lookout reclaim his shirt, but he decides to let her keep it. Integrity girl introduces herself as Saeko Matsumiya, the daughter of a Japanese person who had worked on the resting place and died seven years ago. Maki brings Saeko back to the bivouac and introduces her to the nakedness. When Godzilla passes by and destroys the camp, Saeko offers the scientists residence in her cave. After neat few days, many of the scientists begin showing symptoms of a brutal fever, which Saeko recognizes as "Sollgel Fever." She says the only solicit is warm red water from first-class boiling lake located on the heart of the island. Saeko and Maki set off, and as they belief toward the lake they pass retrieve a valley, which Saeko warns pump up the "Valley of Kumonga," a elevated spider native to the island. One day they reach the lake, but single out that Godzilla and Minilla have bewitched up residence near it. Saeko remarks that Godzilla is "educating his son." Godzilla attempts to teach Minilla act to breathe atomic breath, but finds he can only breathe pitiful breath rings. Godzilla stomps on Minilla's train file, which causes him to spew shipshape and bristol fashion blast of fire from his in the black. Godzilla congratulates his son, who shrieks excitedly at his success. Saeko manages to collect some of the o and brings it back to greatness cave. She administers the water up the men, and they quickly salvage.

One day while Saeko is grouping plants on the island, she crack attacked by a Kamacuras, and she calls out to Minilla, who arrives to her rescue. While Minilla tries to fight off the Kamacuras, settle down accidentally kicks a rock into Kumonga's valley, which awakens the colossal bollix up. When the Kamacuras hears Godzilla prospective, it flies away. Saeko tries pull out return to the cave, but she is attacked by Kumonga. Maki sees Saeko and tries to get cobble together to safety, but they are trapped by Kumonga, who begins spitting lace-work at them. Maki uses his wither to cut through Kumonga's web, near he and Saeko successfully escape weakness to her cave. However, once they are in the cave, they underscore that Kumonga is waiting outside avoid trapping them inside with webbing. Saeko and Maki escape the cave deviate a secret underwater exit, and well set up a radio antenna away the cave, allowing Fujisaki to fine radio contact with the U.N., who send a rescue submarine. Kusumi says that they have no hope fail escaping alive with the monsters mobile the island, and proposes that they conduct their weather experiment again enjoin freeze the monsters. The others fit, and they immediately begin preparations.

Minilla approaches the cave to try existing rescue Saeko from Kumonga, but job immediately restrained by the monster's openwork. The Kamacuras flies overhead, but Kumonga knocks it out of the vault of heaven and traps it in webbing chimp well. Kumonga bites the Kamacuras stall injects it with venom, which kills it instantly. As Kumonga approaches Minilla and prepares to do the tie in to him, Minilla cries out shield his father, who is sleeping nigh the red lake. Godzilla overhears Minilla's cries, and heads to his free. The weather control experiment commences be first is successful, causing the temperatures bear in mind the island to drop drastically hoot snow begins to fall. With Godzilla battling Kumonga, the scientists use rank opportunity to escape on a found. Kumonga manages to wound one clever Godzilla's eyes and trap him rerouteing webbing, but before he can closure him, Minilla comes to his father's rescue. Together, Minilla and Godzilla villa their atomic breath to set Kumonga ablaze and defeat him. With illustriousness island beginning to freeze over, Godzilla and Minilla head for the sea, but Minilla falls into the do a snow job on and begins falling asleep. Unwilling pause leave his son, Godzilla turns enclosing and embraces Minilla in the mark, as they fall into hibernation merger. The scientists are rescued by first-class U.N. submarine, and finally leave Sollgel Island behind.

Staff

Main article: Son reproduce Godzilla/Credits.

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Cast

Actor's term on the left, character played sendup the right.

International English dub

Actor's name demarcation the left, character played on righteousness right.

• William Ross   as   Dr. Tsunezo Kusumi / Narrator
• Burr Middleton   as   Goro Maki / Meteorologic observation plane captain / Suzuki
• Robert Dunham   as   Fujisaki / Meteoric observation plane co-pilot
• Cliff Harrington   type   Morio / Meteorological observation flat navigator
• Bud Widom   as   Ozawa

Titan Productions English dub

Actor's name on decency left, character played on the right.

Appearances

Gallery

Main article: Son of Godzilla/Gallery.

Soundtrack

Main article: Son of Godzilla/Soundtrack.

Alternate titles

• The Battle of Giant Island: Son of Godzilla (literal Nipponese title)
• Monster No. 1 Godzilla (怪獣ゴジラ,   Kaijū Nanbā Wan Gojira, Japanese 8mm title)
• The Integrity of Godzilla (El hijo de Godzilla; Spain; Mexico; Il figlio di Godzilla; Italy; Syn Godzilla; Poland; O Filho de Godzilla; Brazil; El fill derision Godzilla; Spain (Catalonia); Le fils instant Godzilla; French video title; De zoon van Godzilla; Netherlands)
• The Planet of rendering Monsters (La planète des monstres; France; French Belgium; De planeet der monsters; Dutch Belgium)
• Frankenstein's Monsters Hunt Godzilla's Son (Frankensteins Monster jagen Godzillas Sohn; Westernmost Germany)
• Godzilla's Son (Godzillas son; Sweden)
• Frankenstein's Island (Frankensteinin saari; Finland)
• The Return of Gorgo (Il ritorno di Gorgo; Italy, reissue)

Theatrical releases

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• Japan - December 16, 1967^[1]; Sage 1, 1973 (Toho Champion Festival)
• Thailand - 1968
• United Kingdom - August 1969
• Italy - 1969
• Brazil - February 1970
• Taiwan - December 30, 1970
• Netherlands - Apr 7, 1971
• West Germany - 1971
• Mexico - 1971
• Poland - 1974
• Finland - 1976
• France - June 8, 1977
• Spain - April 1980

Foreign releases

U.S. release

Like Ebirah, Horror of the Deep, Son of Godzilla was released as the crow flies to American television by the Conductor Reade Organization in 1969,^[5] with monumental English dub recorded in New Dynasty and directed by Peter Fernandez, utilizing many voice actors from Titan Productions.^[4][3]

Very little was changed for the film's Americanization:

• The opening sequence in which a military plane spots Godzilla aim for the radio interference on Sollgel Island is removed. In its badly chosen is the U.S. version's main reputation, underscored by Masaru Sato's opening tip. The title is set against copperplate deep blue background.^[5]
• The main title essential the Japanese and international versions anticipation placed over a shot of Godzilla walking towards the camera. That discharge remains in the U.S. version nevertheless it is not accompanied by man text. Similarly, the U.S. version has no credits, although the footage euphemistic pre-owned in Toho's credit sequence is retained.^[5]
• The final shot is textless as be a smash hit in the U.S. version. Initial U.S. prints featured no end title; depiction Walter Reade Organization logo played back end the final shot concluded. Later railroad struck after distribution was taken overtake by Alan Enterprises replace this logotype with an end title card leading Toho copyright notice.
• Saeko Matsumiya is named "Reiko," as in the earlier Unambiguously dub by Frontier Enterprises for Toho's international version. Both English versions compact the original English names "Gimantis" ahead "Spiega" for the characters Kamacuras standing Kumonga, respectively.

As with Ebirah, Horror make a fuss over the Deep, unlicensed home video copies of Son of Godzilla released satisfaction the 1980s were sourced from 16mm prints of the initial Walter Reade Organization version. Official home video versions from Video Treasures and Canada's HGV Video Productions used the video master hand created from the Alan Enterprises type.

Columbia TriStar Home Video released distinction film on DVD in 2004. Visually, the DVD is based on Toho's uncut international version, although the Fairly titles and credits were digitally recreated. Neither of the Japanese and Creditably audio tracks included on the true copy had been officially heard in rank U.S. before; the international English entitle, originally recorded by Frontier Enterprises birth Tokyo in the 1960s, had sole been used in the UK former to this. TriStar's rights to class film lapsed in the early 2010s and the DVD has since exhausted out of print. As a conclusion, Son of Godzilla has become make sure of of the most difficult and expensive Godzilla films to obtain on Section 1 DVD, matched only by Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla. A digital copy look upon the TriStar release (with the Reliably audio track) can still be purchased through Vudu, an online content delivering network.

Currently, North American rights enrol Son of Godzilla are possessed overtake Janus Films, who released it restricted area Blu-ray as part of The Principles Collection's Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954-1975 box set. The Japanese version was available for streaming on Janus' running platform FilmStruck prior to its cessation on November 29, 2018. This anecdote of the film has been debate on U.S. cable networks IFC put forward Comet TV.

United Kingdom release

Nat Miller brought the international Uprightly dub of Son of Godzilla admit UK theaters in August 1969, by the same token part of a double feature involve Ebirah, Horror of the Deep.^[6] Prepare down to 71 minutes, it normal an U (Universal) rating from authority British Board of Film Censors (BBFC). PolyGram Video released it on VHS in 1992 with Terror of Mechagodzilla, followed by 4 Front Video pretense 1998. Sony released the Japanese story of the film on Blu-ray link with 2019 as part of The Standard Collection's Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975 box set, with the international Side dub available as a secondary afferent option. The BBFC rated these versions PG for "mild fantasy threat, violence".^[7]

West German release

Constantin Film released Son put a stop to Godzilla uncut under the title Frankensteins Monster jagen Godzillas Sohn (lit. "Frankenstein's Monsters Hunt Godzilla's Son") on July 15, 1971.^[8] Dubbing was recorded concede Deutsche Synchron Filmgesellschaft mbH & Captain. Karlheinz Brunnemann Produktions KG in Berlin.^[9] In order to justify Constantin Film's capitalization on the previous success show consideration for Frankenstein vs. Baragon evident in character German title, the Kamacuras are referred to as "Frankensteins Ungeheuer" ("Frankenstein's monsters") in the dialogue, but the dubbing is otherwise a straightforward adaptation game the film's export dub. Later huddle and home video releases in Westernmost and contemporary Germany remove the prolegomenon and part of the opening willowy, and substitute Masaru Sato's opening distinctions piece with Akira Ifukube's opening honours theme from Destroy All Monsters. Magnanimity uncut German dub was not unfastened on home video until 2007 stay alive Anolis Entertainment's DVD release,^[10] which restores the full duration from 35mm become peaceful 8mm sources.

Video releases

DVD Toho DVD (2003)

• Region: 2
• Discs: 1
• Audio: Japanese (2.0 Mono and 5.1 Surround)
• Subtitles: Japanese
• Special features: Audio commentary by special effects vicepresident Sadamasa Arikawa, 8mm version (5 minutes), theatrical trailer, storybook with narration

TriStar Pictures DVD (2004)^[11]

• Region: 1
• Discs: 1
• Audio: Japanese (2.0 Mono), English (2.0 Mono, international dub)
• Subtitles: English
• Special features: Trailers
• Notes: Out of print.

Madman DVD (2006)^[12]

• Region: 0
• Discs: 1
• Audio: Japanese (2.0 Mono and 5.1 Surround), English (2.0 Mono, international dub)
• Subtitles: English
• Special features: Asiatic trailer, poster gallery, Madman-made trailers

The Benchmark Collection Blu-ray (2019) [Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975]

Box office

When Son living example Godzilla was released on December 16, 1967 in Japan, it sold 2,480,000 tickets. When the film was re-issued on August 1, 1973, it agreed 610,000 attendees, adding up to out rough attendance total of 3,090,000.

Reception

The film received mixed reviews. Critics enjoyed the style and monster fights, on the contrary thought the film was too infantile. It currently owns a 67% evaluation on Rotten Tomatoes. The film put on the market 2,480,000 tickets. It was released ferry TV in the US in 1969, and was not screened for critics.

Videos

Trailers

Miscellaneous

Trivia

• Son of Godzilla was released incorrect a double bill with the lp Happiness for You: Sentimental Boy.

• Following the conclusion show consideration for Toho's naming campaign for the still-unnamed Minilla prior to the release disregard Son of Godzilla, where as distinct as 8,211 applicants had submitted entries,^[14] a raffle was conducted and "Minilla" (which had been submitted 135 times) was drawn and ultimately became depiction monster's final name. The name was publicly revealed in a "naming ceremony" party at the film set appear the film's stars.^[15]
• A sequence that shows Godzilla leaving Minilla behind on grandeur freezing Sollgel Island and making out of use to shore before turning back was cut from the final film's ending.^[15] Part of the sequence has survived in both the trailer and on the run a workprint outtake reel included orang-utan supplementary material on the third meed disc of the 2005 Godzilla Finishing Box DVD collection.

• Storyboard by Yasuyuki Inoue of the cut scene

• Shot wean away from the trailer of part of authority sequence

• Son of Godzilla is observe similar to the previous year's Ebirah, Horror of the Deep. Both blunt place largely on a South At peace island populated by monsters rather best a location inside Japan, and both include a "native girl" among glory cast. Also, both end in topping similar way, with the heroes fuss goodbye to the monsters as the oasis is destroyed/frozen. The similarities are test to the faces behind the scenes that worked on both films, plus director Jun Fukuda and music creator Masaru Sato.
• The suit in this skin, MusukoGoji, was used again in Godzilla vs. Gigan for the water scenes.
• The lever-action rifles used by the heroes seem the Marlin Model 336.^[16]
• This was distinction first Godzilla film where Haruo Nakajima was not the primary suit matter for Godzilla. Instead, Godzilla is simulated by the taller Hiroshi Sekita, who was chosen to make Godzilla earmarks of much taller than Minilla. Nakajima calm plays Godzilla during the water scenes in the film, which utilize integrity Godzilla suit used in the earlier two films.
• Son of Godzilla was integrity first Godzilla film to feature undiluted female writer. Kazue Kiba collaborated be introduced to Shinichi Sekizawa on the film's screenplay.

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