Mothra

Mothra (1961)

A gruesome marvel!

  • Genre: Adventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy
  • Release Date: 1961-07-30
  • User Rating: 7.1/10 from 164 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 41min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: TOHO
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Ishirō Honda
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From 164 Ratings

Summary

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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  • 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

  • Tetsu Nakamura

    as Nelson's Henchman

  • Obel Wyatt

    as Dr. Roff

  • Seizaburō Kawazu

    as General

  • Yoshifumi Tajima

    as Military Advisor

  • Robert Dunham

    as Rolisican Official

  • Kenji Sahara

    as Helicopter Pilot

  • Yoshio Kosugi

    as Ship Captain

  • Ren Yamamoto

    as Ship Survivor

  • Haruya Katō

    as Ship Survivor

  • Shōichi Hirose

    as Dam Worker

  • Hiroshi Takagi

    as Nelson's Henchman

  • Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

    as Woodcutter

  • Teruko Mita

    as Rest House Owner's Wife

  • Kōji Iwamoto

    as Nelson's Henchman

  • Mitsuo Tsuda

    as Surveyor

  • Masamitsu Tayama

    as Shinji Chûjô

  • Toshio Miura

    as Nelson's Henchman

  • Tadashi Okabe

    as Surveyor

  • Akira Wakamatsu

    as Nelson's Henchman

  • Yutaka Nakayama

    as Radio Communicator

  • Osman Yusuf

    as Nelson's Rolisican Henchman

  • Akira Yamada

    as Island Worshipper

  • Kôji Uno

    as Police Officer

  • Wataru Ōmae

    as Official

  • Toshihiko Furuta

    as Dam Worker

  • Keisuke Matsuyama

    as Shipmate

  • Takeo Nagashima

    as Island Dancer

  • Mitsuo Matsumoto

    as Police Officer

  • Hideo Shibuya

    as Journalist

  • Kazuo Hinata

    as Official

  • Shigeo Katô

    as Dam Watchman

  • Rinsaku Ogata

    as Ship Survivor

  • Yutaka Oka

    as Captain of Transport

  • Kô Hayami

    as Island Dancer

  • Hiroyuki Satake

    as Police officer

  • Kazuo Imai

    as Announcer

  • Hiroshi Akitsu

    as Nelson's henchman

  • Akio Kusama

    as Surveyor

  • Gorô Sakurai

    as Member of Task Force

  • Haruo Nakajima

    as Mothra

  • Katsumi Tezuka

    as Mothra
Writing Shinichi Sekizawa Screenplay
Directing Ishirō Honda Director
Production Tomoyuki Tanaka Producer
Sound Yūji Koseki Original Music Composer
Camera Hajime Koizumi Director of Photography
Art Takeo Kita Art Direction
Writing Takehiko Fukunaga Novel
Editing Kazuji Taira Editor
Writing Yoshie Hotta Novel
Writing Shinichirô Nakamura Novel
Production Shin Morita Production Manager
Art Teruaki Abe Art Direction
Visual Effects Yukio Manoda Visual Effects
Crew Tadaaki Watanabe Pyrotechnician
Sound Yumi Ito Vocals
Writing Ishirō Honda Lyricist
Directing Teruyoshi Nakano Assistant Director
Directing Ken Sano Assistant Director
Crew Masakatsu Asai Special Effects
Visual Effects Hiroshi Mukoyama Visual Effects
Directing Hiroyasu Sunahara Assistant Director
Crew Masakatsu Asai Special Effects Assistant
Visual Effects Yukio Manoda Visual Effects Camera
Writing Shinichi Sekizawa Lyricist
Visual Effects Sadao Iizuka Visual Effects
Sound Emi Ito Vocals
Directing Masaji Nonagase First Assistant Director
Directing Hiroshi Haryu Assistant Director
Lighting Toshio Takashima Lighting Technician
Sound Masanobu Miyazaki Sound Recordist
Sound Shoichi Fujinawa Sound Recordist
Writing Tomoyuki Tanaka Lyricist
Visual Effects Eiji Tsuburaya Visual Effects
Writing Iwao Mori Original Story
Visual Effects Eiji Tsuburaya Visual Effects Director
Crew Eiji Tsuburaya Special Effects
Visual Effects Masakatsu Asai Visual Effects
Visual Effects Masakatsu Asai Visual Effects Director
Visual Effects Hiroshi Mukoyama Visual Effects Compositor
Sound Koji Kajita Original Music Composer

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