Frankenstein's monsters hunt Godzilla's son
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| German title | Frankenstein's monsters hunt Godzilla's son | ||
| Original title | 怪 獣 島 の 決 戦 ゴ ジ ラ の 息 子 | ||
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| Country of production | Japan | ||
| original language | Japanese | ||
| Publishing year | 1967 | ||
| length | 86 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 16 | ||
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| Director | Jun Fukuda | ||
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Shinichi Sekizawa , Kazue Shiba |
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| production | Tomoyuki Tanaka | ||
| music | Masaru Satō | ||
| camera | Kazuo Yamada | ||
| cut | Ryohei Fujii | ||
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Frankenstein's monsters hunt Godzilla's son ( Japanese 怪 獣 島 の 決 戦 ゴ ジ ラ の 息 子 , Kaijūtō no kessen: Gojira no musuko ) is a Japanese film by director Jun Fukuda . It is the eighth part of the Godzilla series of the Tōhō Studio.
action
On the fictional island of Sollgell Island , a team of scientists under the direction of Dr. Tsunezou Kusumi at a weather control system. During a test, radioactive gas escapes from the machine. This increases the body size of the giant praying mantis (originally Kamakirasu ) living on the island . Some scientists then observe how three of these creatures attack a giant egg. As a result of these attacks, it breaks and a cute baby, vaguely reminiscent of Godzilla, appears. Because of this baby's cries for help, Godzilla appears shortly afterwards, killing two of the praying mantises and devastating the scientists' base.
The baby quickly grows to about half the size of Godzilla and trains in one scene together with his parent how to roar and exhale atomic fire. Here the junior only produces smoke rings at first. This Godzilla offspring, called Minilla, comes to Reiko's aid when she is attacked by the remaining third praying mantis. This wakes up a huge spider (originally Kumonga ), in whose web Minilla gets caught. It comes to a fight between the rushed Godzilla and the giant spider.
After Godzilla and son have defeated Kumonga, he and Minilla are snowed in on what is actually a tropical island by a sudden change in the weather created by the weather control machine.
Worth mentioning
Even if the German title is "Frankenstein's monster chasing Godzilla's son", this film has no relation to the Frankenstein films.
The film was obviously made for a younger audience than the previous parts. If the first Godzilla film was a horror film , this no longer applies to this film. Minilla's “learning scene” in particular is more like a slapstick film. The American version ( Monster Island's Decisive Battle: Godzilla's Son ) is about two minutes shorter than the original version and contains some minor changes.
The German synchronization was created in 1971.
World premieres
- Japan: December 16, 1967
- Germany: July 15, 1971
reception
The film grossed around $ 8.4 million worldwide.
The film received a relatively mixed review on the Rotten Tomatoes website . There the film liked 60 percent of the critics. The film received a poor rating from the audience, where 30 percent liked the film.
“Carefree staged, imaginatively naive science fiction fairy tale with Disney borrowings. (Alternative TV title: "Godzilla's Son") "
Web links
- Son of Godzilla in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Son of Godzilla at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Comparison of the cut versions FSK 12 VHS - FSK 16 DVD of Frankenstein's monsters chasing Godzilla's son at Schnittberichte.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Frankenstein's monster chasing Godzilla's son . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , April 2007 (PDF; test number: 43 664 DVD).
- ↑ synchrondatenbank.de (accessed on March 8, 2010)
- ↑ World premieres according to IMDb
- ^ Son of Godzilla (1967) | Ultimate Movie Rankings. Retrieved November 30, 2019 (American English).
- ^ Son of Godzilla (1967). Retrieved August 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Frankenstein's monsters hunt Godzilla's son. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .