Son of Godzilla

Research team member Morio and journalist Goro (Kenji Sahara, Akira Kubo) are staking out the giant mutant mantis-es when the title character appears, at which time Furukawa (Yoshio Tsuchiya) finally snaps, just in time to see the big guy arrive, in Son Of Godzilla, 1967.

Cold open at sea somewhere near Japan, a ship crew (we won’t see again) caught in a storm sees the hero appear unexpectedly, in the eighth feature in the Toho Films franchise, released in Japan in late 1967 but not in the U.S. until 1969, Son Of Godzilla.