Product Details

• Actors: Tadao Takashima, Akira Kubo, Bibari Maeda, Akihiko Hirata, Yoshio Tsuchiya
• Directors: Jun Fukuda
• Writers: Kazue Shiba, Shinichi Sekizawa
• Producers: Tomoyuki Tanaka
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
• VHS Release Date: September 30, 1997
• Run Time: 84 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000039LT
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #164,113 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Godzilla family values, March 29, 2001

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Michael J. Mazza - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Son of Godzilla [VHS] (VHS Tape)

"Son of Godzilla," directed by Jun Fukuda, is one of the most fun of the Godzilla movies. In this film, a group of scientists encounter the legendary "King of the Monsters" while conducting weather experiments on a tropical island. When a mysterious egg hatches into a "baby Godzilla," the big monster becomes a reptilian father figure to the playful youngster. A horde of monstrous bugs show up for the traditional monster battles.

This "Godzilla" movie seems to be directed towards a younger audience; it is more exciting and funny than scary. The enjoyable antics between "Dad" and baby are enthusiastically portrayed. The film as a whole is well complemented by Masaru Satoh's funky, energetic score. And the monster battles are well done. Although the "silly" quotient of the film may turn off fans of the serious original Godzilla, I think that this sequel should be enjoyed for what it is: an entertaining sci-fi fantasy.

The final scenes of "Son of Godzilla" contain some of the most haunting and poetic images ever filmed for a giant monster movie. If you are a fan of the Japanese giant monster genre, you won't want to miss this delightful film.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SON OF G ON DVD!!!! A new version in America!, November 29, 2004

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A. C. Cronvich (Planet Zeist) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Son of Godzilla (DVD)

The Columbia/Tristar (SONY) release of SON OF GODZILLA is the "International" version. It is in wide screen. It also has dubbing done in Japan. This is similar to the recent DVD releases of Destroy All Monsters. So it is different from the version most fans grew up with. (The version that had Peter (Speed Racer) Fernandez as the voice of Goro.) The good news is that it is UNCUT and features a 3 min. prologue cut from the american TV version, which features Godzilla frightening coast guard pilots in a tropical storm at sea. Incidently, Tere has always been some confusion over which island is "Monster Island". Well, the original japanese title of Son of Godzilla is "Monster Island's Decisive Battle". So that settles it. Monster Island is Sorgel Island from Son of Godzilla. Im sure this is just a western arguement and every Japanese fan knows Monster Island is Sorgel island.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Picture Quality, Re-Dubbed Audio, December 19, 2004

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SC "G-Fan" (G-fan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Son of Godzilla (DVD)

The picture quality is excellent on this DVD but the audio is not the original audio tracks
from the original released movie. So if you are a Godzilla fan you may be disappointed by the re-dubbing of the monster movie classic.