Japan Release: 1967
Running Time: 86 minutes

Son of Godzilla

怪獣島の決戦 ゴジラの息子
[Kaijuto no Kessen Gojira no Musuko]

A plane traveling over the Pacific Ocean has its controls scrambled by interference. The source of the disruption is Godzilla, traveling toward Sollgel Island. On the isle, an experiment is being run to see if the weather can be controlled. Relatively uninhabited, save for a species of giant mantis, the island is the perfect testing ground. However, the experiments have faced many setbacks and the team is on edge. The surprise arrival of a reporter, Goro Maki, only agitates things more. Despite difficulties, though, the experiment is launched. Unfortunately, the mysterious interference disrupts the test, just as the Radioactive Sonde is in the air. The resulting explosion devastates much of the plant life as violent storms rage. The radioactivity also mutates the mantis species into giant creatures called Kamacuras. After four days, the team leaves their encampment, spotting the Kamacuras. The creatures convene on a small mountain, destroying it to reveal an egg. After a day of attacking the object, the insects break the shell, revealing a baby Godzilla. Realizing this is the source of the interference, the team watches in awe. The spectacle is interrupted, though, by the arrival of Godzilla on the island...

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Son of Godzilla

Son of Godzilla
US Distributor: Walter Reade Organization (1969) / Time: 84 Minutes

Monster Island's Decisive Battle: Godzilla's Son
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• Toho submitted the film to the US copyright office on September 27th, 1982 with the registration number of PA0000152334. The movie was submitted with the Romaji title Gojira no Musuko: Kaijushima no Kessen, which reverses the order of the phrases. The other name on the application is Son of Godzilla, Toho's preferred English title for the production.
• Was re-released in August of 1973 as part of the Toho Champion Festival. The version shown was edited down for length.
• Producer Tomoyuki Tanaka was the one who had the idea to create a movie around Godzilla having a son. He told this to writer Shinichi Sekizawa, who wrote a treatment around the concept. This information is found in the 1997 book Age of the Gods (self-published).
• The movie was largely shot in Guam. This fact is located in the book Monsters Are Attacking Tokyo (ISBN: 0922915474). In addition to Guam, additional location shooting was done around Lake Yamana, Gotemba, Oshima and the Fuji Five Lakes region as noted in The Sons of Godzilla: From Destroyer to Defender (ISBN: 1724667270).
• Despite being credited for the special effects in the movie's credits, the actual direction was done by Sadamasa Arikawa rather than Eiji Tsuburaya. This account is found in Age of the Gods (self-published).
• Walter Reade Organization picked up the rights in the US for the movie, but released it direct to TV for its debut in 1969. For this version they cut out most of the opening sequence, starting at the moment that Godzilla walks toward the camera before showing the title.
• For the home video release of the movie in Italy, it was retitled Il Ritorno di Gorgo (The Return of Gorgo) and incorrectly cites the cast as John Wembley, Dick Kennedy and Charles Simon. It also mentions the director as Ishiro Honda rather than Jun Fukuda. Noted in Japan's Favorite Mon-Star (ISBN: 1550223488).

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