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Mothra

Name: Mothra
Director: Ishirō Honda
Genre: Adventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy
Released: 1961
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Frankie Sakai, Hiroshi Koizumi, Kyōko Kagawa, Jerry Itō, Ken Uehara

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.

1961 · Directed by Ishirō Honda · 101 min · Adventure · Science Fiction · Fantasy · 11 frames

Tagline

Mightiest monster in all creation! Ravaging a universe for love!

Crew

Screenplay: Shinichi Sekizawa
Cinematography: Hajime Koizumi
Edited by: Kazuji Taira
Music: Yūji Koseki, Koji Kajita
Produced by: Tomoyuki Tanaka

Cast

Frankie Sakai as Senichiro 'Sen-chan' Fukuda
Hiroshi Koizumi as Dr. Shin'ichi Chûjô
Kyōko Kagawa as Michi Hanamura
Jerry Itō as Clark Nelson
Ken Uehara as Dr. Harada
Emi Ito as Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
Yumi Ito as Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
Takashi Shimura as News Editor
Akihiro Tayama as Shinji Chûjô
Akihiko Hirata as Doctor

Production

Country: Japan
Language: Japanese, English
Studios: TOHO, Far East Laboratory
Box office: $2,237,760
Themes: journalist, island, monster, ambassador, based on novel or book, cigarette, fairy, giant monster, dam, tokyo, japan

More by Ishirō Honda

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster — 1964
Godzilla — 1954
King Kong vs. Godzilla — 1962
Mothra vs. Godzilla — 1964
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! — 1956
Terror of Mechagodzilla — 1975
Invasion of Astro-Monster — 1965
Rodan — 1956
Destroy All Monsters — 1968
The War of the Gargantuas — 1966
King Kong Escapes — 1967

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