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Mothra

Original title: モスラ

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

1961 · 1h 41m

Directed by Ishirō Honda

7.2

TMDB audience score
195 votes, out of 10

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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.

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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

  • Akihiro Tayama
    Shinji Chûjô

  • Akihiko Hirata
    Doctor

  • Tetsu Nakamura
    Nelson's Henchman

  • Obel Wyatt
    Dr. Roff

  • Seizaburō Kawazu
    General

  • Yoshibumi Tajima
    Military Advisor

  • Robert Dunham
    Rolisican Official

  • Kenji Sahara
    Helicopter Pilot

  • Yoshio Kosugi
    Ship Captain

  • Ren Yamamoto
    Ship Survivor