First appearing in the 1967 film “Son of Godzilla”, Kumonga, the giant spider, along with the three Kamakiras also featured in that film, was definitely the highlights of the film. Being excellently made to closely resemble its arachnid inspiration, Kumonga, or Spiega as it is also known, looked incredible. Kumonga even had beautiful multiple bright blue eyes, an excellent color scheme, and even had tufts of hair on its legs and body. Kumonga was 100% performed by marionettes that were controlled with dozens of overhead wires manipulated by large teams of puppeteers working in unison. They controlled the giant spider as well as the giant mantises from a platform mounted over the stage and took direction as they motioned the arachnid kaiju as it battled Godzilla or attacked the humans.
