Japan Synopsis
怪獣島の決戦 ゴジラの息子
“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.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Son of Godzilla. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From TOHO
Action + Adventure in Japan
1030 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Son of Godzilla itself).
The 1966–1968 Japan Window
Son of Godzilla holds position #41 of 70 Japan films in the 1966–1968 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1960s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1960s in Japan, 202 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Son of Godzilla premiered alongside 20 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 20 other Japan films in 1967.
The 278th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
172 audience reviews — more than 84% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (84th percentile) outruns trending popularity (68th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Son of Godzilla, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- giant spider · 5
- weather manipulation · 3
- praying mantis · 2
- native · 1
- godzilla · 30
- cave · 8
- sequel · 143
- monster · 91
- kaiju · 77
- giant monster · 64
- island · 41
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,264 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (29th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.5 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,275 of 1,714 (top 74%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | TOHO |
| Runtime | 1h 26m |
| Release Date | December 16, 1967 |
| IMDb | tt0061856 |