Mothra
“Mightiest monster in all creation! Ravaging a universe for love!”
Original title: モスラ
Director
Ishirō Honda
Screenplay
Shinichi Sekizawa
2 nominations
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.
Release
Jul 30, 1961
Budget
—
Country
Japan
Revenue
$2M
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
Akihiko Hirata
Doctor
Tetsu Nakamura
Nelson's Henchman
Seizaburō Kawazu
General
Yoshibumi Tajima
Military Advisor
Robert Dunham
Rolisican Official
Kenji Sahara
Helicopter Pilot
Yoshio Kosugi
Ship Captain
Ren Yamamoto
Ship Survivor
Shōichi Hirose
Dam Worker
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Woodcutter
Teruko Mita
Rest House Owner's Wife
Tadashi Okabe
Surveyor
Akira Wakamatsu
Nelson's Henchman
Yutaka Nakayama
Radio Communicator
Osman Yusuf
Nelson's Rolisican Henchman
Wataru Ōmae
Official
Hideo Shibuya
Journalist
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