Editing Son of Godzilla (section)

==Release==

=== Theatrical ===
''Son of Godzilla'' was distributed theatrically in Japan by [[Toho]] on December 16, 1967.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=245}} The film was released theatrically in the United Kingdom in August 1969, as a [[double feature]] with ''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]''.<ref name="1954-1999" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Monsters From An Unknown Culture: Godzilla (and friends) in Britain 1957-1980 by Sim Branaghan - Part 2|url=http://www.smguariento.com/monsters-from-an-unknown-culture-godzilla-and-friends-in-britain-1957-1980-by-sim-branaghan-part-2/|access-date=July 30, 2021|website=SMGuariento.com|language=en-US}}</ref> ''Son of Godzilla'' was never released theatrically in the United States,{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=245}} instead being released directly to television by [[Walter Reade Sterling]] as well as [[American International Pictures]] (AIP-TV) in some markets in 1969.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=245}} The American television version was cut to 84 minutes.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=245}}

===Home media===
In 2005, the film was released on DVD by [[Sony Pictures]] in its original uncut length with the original Japanese audio and Toho's international English dub.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=245}} In 2019, the Japanese version and export English version was included in a Blu-ray box set released by the Criterion Collection, which included all 15 films from the franchise's [[Godzilla (franchise)#Shōwa era (1954–1975)|Shōwa era]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2019/7/25/8930381/godzilla-criterion-collection-showa-era-films-release-date|title=Criterion reveals the collection's 1000th disc: the ultimate Godzilla set|last=Patches|first=Matt|date=July 25, 2019|website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|access-date=July 25, 2019|url-status=live|archive-date=December 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217223541/https://www.polygon.com/2019/7/25/8930381/godzilla-criterion-collection-showa-era-films-release-date}}</ref>