✗ SKIP — Not worth it

Son of Godzilla

Name: Son of Godzilla
Director: Jun Fukuda
Genre: Adventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy
Released: 1967-12-16
Duration: 86 min
Cast: Tadao Takashima, Bibari Maeda, Akira Kubo, Akihiko Hirata, Kenji Sahara

1967 · 1h 26m · Adventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Skip it unless you're a hardcore Godzilla completist—this 1967 entry trades the King of Monsters' raw destruction for cutesy daddy-monster hijinks that fundamentally misses what makes the franchise fun. The giant mantis fights and isolated-island plot sound quaint, but the goofy tone and amateur pacing make this a slog even for kaiju fans.

Plot

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.

Director: Jun Fukuda

Cast: Tadao Takashima, Bibari Maeda, Akira Kubo, Akihiko Hirata, Kenji Sahara

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