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Mothra

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

19611h 41mAdventure · Science Fiction · Fantasy

Released

July 30, 1961

7.2

TMDB Score

72% match · 195 votes

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About the Movie

Mothra poster

AdventureScience FictionFantasy

Synopsis

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.

DirectorIshirō Honda

Released: July 30, 1961
Runtime: 1h 41m
Status: Released
Original language: Japanese
Box office: $2.2M
Studios: TOHO, Far East Laboratory

Top Billed Cast

Frankie Sakai

Senichiro 'Sen-chan' Fukuda

Hiroshi Koizumi

Dr. Shin'ichi Chûjô

Kyōko Kagawa

Michi Hanamura

Jerry Itō

Clark Nelson

Ken Uehara

Dr. Harada

Emi Ito

Shobijin (Twin Fairy)

Yumi Ito

Shobijin (Twin Fairy)

Takashi Shimura

News Editor

AT

Akihiro Tayama

Shinji Chûjô

Akihiko Hirata

Doctor

Tetsu Nakamura

Nelson's Henchman

OW

Obel Wyatt

Dr. Roff

Seizaburō Kawazu

General

Yoshibumi Tajima

Military Advisor

Robert Dunham

Rolisican Official

Kenji Sahara

Helicopter Pilot

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