All Monsters Attack (1969)

All Monsters Attack (Gojira-Minira-Gabara: Oru kaijû daishingeki)
Directed by Ishiro Honda and Jun Fukuda
Written by Shinichi Sekizawa
1969/Japan
IMDb link
First viewing/Criterion Channel

[box] Minira: Godzilla says that I should learn to fight my own battles, y’know.

Ichiro Miki: Against big guys?

Minira: Uh-huh. [/box]

Utterly lame Godzilla movie perfect for mindless Lockdown viewing.

A little boy is beset by bullies at school.  In his dreams, he goes to Monster Island where he befriends Minira, Godzilla’s son, who is also beset by bullies.  Minira resembles an athropomorphic otter and speaks Japanese.  The two, and eventually Daddy ‘Zilla, must fight various monsters off.

As the Godzilla franchise got older, the films were made for younger and younger audience..  Is this the nadir of the franchise?  Time will tell.  There is a fair amount of unintentional hilarity in the miniature work.

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