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Son of Godzilla

怪獣島の決戦 ゴジラの息子

1967 · 1h 26m · Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction · Japan · Rated PG (US)

A great duel against a new monster by a parent-child combination!

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.

Directed by
Jun Fukuda
Written by
Shinichi Sekizawa, Kazue Kiba
Starring
Tadao Takashima, Bibari Maeda, Akira Kubo, Akihiko Hirata
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