MusukoGoji

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MusukoGoji Type Suit Nicknames Godzilla 1967 Portrayed by Seiji Onaka, Hiroshi Sekita (land), Haruo Nakajima (water) Used in Son of Godzilla, All Monsters Attack (publicity stills), Godzilla vs. Gigan (water scenes), Terror of Mechagodzilla (publicity stills)

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The MusukoGoji (息子ゴジ) is the Godzilla suit design used in the 1967 Godzilla film Son of Godzilla

Name

The MusukoGoji's name comes from Son of Godzilla's Japanese title, specifically the word musuko (息子), meaning son, and Goji, which comes from Godzilla's Japanese name, Gojira (ゴジラ).

Detail

The MusukoGoji has a somewhat human-like head with big, high-set eyes, heavy lids and a stubby nose, which was done to make the suit more closely resemble Minilla. Godzilla's overall look was changed to still look intimidating, but at the same time look like a father figure. A much longer and thicker neck was given to this Godzilla to try and make him look much taller than his son. This suit would be used again in the film Godzilla vs. Gigan for the film's swimming scenes. When this suit was used in scenes where Godzilla was sitting, parts of the suit's legs appeared to concertina inwards, making the suit's legs look stumpy.

Use in other media

Video games

• Godzilla Defense Force (2019) - Android and iOS

Gallery

Son of Godzilla

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  Kamacuras, Godzilla, Minilla, newborn Minilla and Kumonga maquettes
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  Storyboard depicting Godzilla confronting Kumonga by Yasuyuki Inoue
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  Storyboard by Yasuyuki Inoue of a scene deleted from the final film, where Godzilla would leave Minilla behind but later turn back
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Production

Son of Godzilla

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All Monsters Attack

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Godzilla vs. Gigan

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Terror of Mechagodzilla

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Screenshots

Son of Godzilla

Trailers

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Film

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Godzilla vs. Gigan

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Post-production

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  MusukoGoji at McDonald's
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  Mark Jaramillo looks at Godzilla's concept maquette for Son of Godzilla in 2014.

Merchandise

Covers

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  The cover for the soundtrack of Son of Godzilla

Toys

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  Y-MSF Godzilla 1967
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  Bandai Godzilla 50th Anniversary Memorial Box Godzilla 1967
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  X-Plus 25cm Large Monster Godzilla 1967
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  X-Plus 30cm Godzilla 1967
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  Bandai Godzilla Complete Works Godzilla 1967 with Minilla
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  Godzilla 2-Inch Mini Figures by WizKids
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  Godzilla 1967 Sofubi Figure
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  Godzilla 1967 6-inch resin paper weight
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  Bandai Godzilla 1967 and minilla finger puppet

Books

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Trivia

• This suit was made much larger than previous Godzilla suits in order to make Godzilla appear taller than Minilla. For this reason, veteran Godzilla suit actor Haruo Nakajima was limited to playing Godzilla in water tank footage using the previous Godzilla costume. Baseball player Seiji Onaka was instead cast as the main Godzilla performer. Onaka injured his hand early in filming, however, and subsequently was replaced by Hiroshi Sekita, better known for playing Sanda opposite Nakajima in The War of the Gargantuas. Incidentally, Nakajima would later don the MusukoGoji for the filming of swimming scenes in Toho's "Big Tank" for Godzilla vs. Gigan.

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