Mothra
モスラ1961
Mightiest monster in all creation! Ravaging a universe for love!
- Ishirō Honda
- 1h 41m
- July 30, 1961 · Japan
Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 30, 1961
- Original language
- Japanese
- Spoken languages
- Japanese, English
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- TOHO,Far East Laboratory
- Cast
- Frankie Sakai,Hiroshi Koizumi,Kyōko Kagawa,Jerry Itō,Ken Uehara,Emi Ito,Yumi Ito,Takashi Shimura,Akihiro Tayama,Akihiko Hirataand 41 more
- Director
- Ishirō Honda
- Writer
- Shinichi Sekizawa,Takehiko Fukunaga,Yoshie Hotta,Shinichirô Nakamura,Ishirō Honda,Tomoyuki Tanaka,Iwao Mori
- Producer
- Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Cinematography
- Hajime Koizumi
- Music
- Yūji Koseki,Koji Kajita
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- $2,237,760
- IMDb
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