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Mothra
Mightiest monster in all creation! Ravaging a universe for love!
Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population along with the Shobijin, tiny twin fairy priestesses of the island's mythical deity called Mothra. After the fairies are kidnapped by an exploitative businessman named Clark Nelson, Mothra sets out to rescue them.
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Cast
Frankie SakaiSenichiro 'Sen-chan' Fukuda
Hiroshi KoizumiDr. Shin'ichi Chûjô
Kyōko KagawaMichi Hanamura
Jerry ItōClark Nelson
Ken UeharaDr. Harada
Emi ItoShobijin (Twin Fairy)
Yumi ItoShobijin (Twin Fairy)
Takashi ShimuraNews Editor- Akihiro TayamaShinji Chûjô
Akihiko HirataDoctor
Tetsu NakamuraNelson's Henchman- Obel WyattDr. Roff
Seizaburō KawazuGeneral
Yoshibumi TajimaMilitary Advisor
Details
- Director
- Ishirō Honda
- Writers
- Shinichi Sekizawa, Yoshie Hotta, Shinichirô Nakamura
- Release date
- July 30, 1961
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Box office
- $2.2M worldwide
- Original language
- Japanese
- Studios
- TOHO, Far East Laboratory
