Editing Son of Godzilla (section)

===Writing===
For the second ''Godzilla'' film in a row, Toho produced an island themed adventure with a smaller budget than most of their monster films from this time period.{{sfn|Kabushiki|1993|p=62}} While the a-list crew of talent was hired to work on that year's ''[[King Kong Escapes]]'', ([[Ishirō Honda]], [[Eiji Tsuburaya]], and [[Akira Ifukube]]), the second string crew of cheaper talent was once again tapped to work on this project as they had done with ''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]''. This included [[Jun Fukuda]] (director), Sadamasa Arikawa (special effects), and Masaru Sato (composer).  This was the first film where Arikawa was officially listed as the director of Special Effects,{{sfn|Kabushiki|1993|p=63}} although he did receive some supervision from Tsuburaya when he was available.{{sfn|Kabushiki|1993|p=63}}

The early draft of the film, done by Kazue Shiba, titled Two Godzilla's: Japan S.O.S. (2つのゴジラ：日本S.O.S.!, Gojira: Tsu no Nihon S.O.S.!). The overall plot is the same but Kumonga and the Kamacuras are not in the story.

[[File:sonofG.jpg|thumb|Sadamasa Arikawa gives instructions to Marchan the Dwarf (Minilla). "Marchan the Dwarf" was hired to play the character partially for his ability to perform athletic rolls and flips inside the thick rubber suit.]]