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Mothra vs. Godzilla

Original title: モスラ対ゴジラ

A massive Mach 3 moth! The heavy missile tank Godzilla! The sky, sea, and land quake in the fierce battle of the century!

1964 · NR · 1h 29m

Directed by Ishirō Honda

7.0

TMDB audience score
365 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the journalists in a plea for its return. As their requests are denied, Godzilla arises near Nagoya and the people of Infant Island must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's own pleas for help.

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Cast

  • Akira Takarada
    Ichiro "Ichi" Sakai

  • Yuriko Hoshi
    Junko Nakanishi

  • Hiroshi Koizumi
    Professor Shunsuke Miura

  • Yū Fujiki
    Jiro Nakamura

  • Kenji Sahara
    Jiro Torahata

  • Emi Ito
    Shobijin (Twin Fairy)

  • Yumi Ito
    Shobijin (Twin Fairy)

  • Jun Tazaki
    Editor Maruta

  • Yoshibumi Tajima
    Kumayama

  • Kenzō Tabu
    Prefectural Assembly Member

  • Yutaka Sada
    School Principal

  • Akira Tani
    Amimoto, Shizunora Village Leader

  • Susumu Fujita
    Head of JSDF Task Force

  • Ikio Sawamura
    Shinto Priest

  • Ren Yamamoto
    Sailor at the Dock

  • Kōzō Nomura
    JSDF Member

  • Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
    Police Officer at the Dock

  • Yoshio Kosugi
    Infant Island Chief