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Son of Godzilla

Japan, 1967
Son of Godzilla
Starring Tadao Takashima, Akira Kubo, Bibari Maeda.
Directed by Jun Fukuda.

Godzilla finally has a reason to smoke! On a remote island scientists find Godzilla and new member of his species, recently hatched from a egg. The scientists run some weather experiments which result in giant insects that threaten the other monsters. No city stomping in this one, but the giant insect puppets are very impressive.

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Destroy All Monsters

Japan, 1968
Destroy All Monsters
Starring Akira Kubo, Jun Tazaki, Yoshio Tsuchiya.
Directed by Ishiro Honda.

Destroy All Monsters was probably the last great Godzilla movie. In the year 1999, all of the world's monsters have been imprisoned on one island. Aliens release the monsters and demand all governments surrender to them. Earth's scientists release the monsters from alien control, but the aliens retaliate by unleashing King Ghidorah. The climactic monster battle is the most ambitious kaiju scene ever filmed.

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Godzilla's Revenge

a.k.a. All Monsters Attack
Japan, 1969
Godzilla
Starring Tomonori Yazaki, Eisei Amamoto, Sachio Sakai.
Directed by Ishiro Honda.

All the monster action in this movie takes place in one little kid's dream. He dreams that he flies to Monster Island, meets Minilla and helps him overcome a monster called Gabra. Then the kid applies the lessons he learned to the real world.

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Godzilla: Final Wars

Japan, 2004
Godzilla: Final Wars
Starring Masahiro Matsuoka, Rei Kikukawa, Akira Takarada.
Directed by Ryuhei Kitamura.

Allegedly the last Godzilla movie for the foreseeable future, Godzilla: Final Wars is a big budget blow-out with Godzilla and twelve other monsters.It was supposed to be in honor of the 50th anniversary of Godzilla (1954) but it's more in line with the 30th anniversary of Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) in terms of goofy tone.

Giant monsters appear all over the world, overwhelming the Earth Defense Forces. Earth's salvation comes in the form of aliens from Planet X, who make all the monsters disappear and warn humanity that an astral body called Gorath is on a collision course with our planet. Are the aliens sincere? Of course not! When the aliens' true motives are uncovered the only force on earth that can stand up to them is Godzilla!

Among the classic monsters appearing (at least briefly) are Anguirus, Ebirah, Gigan, Hedorah, Kamacuras, King Seesar, Kumonga, Manda, Minilla, Mothra, and Rodan. There's also a new monster called Monster X which is revealed to be a new version of King Ghidorah.


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