Mothra (1961)
Mosura
Mightiest monster in all creation! Ravaging a universe for love!
90 min
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 date
- July 30, 1961
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Box office
- $2,237,760
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Cast
- Furankī Sakai as Senichiro 'Sen-chan' Fukuda (AKA Bulldog)
- Hiroshi Koizumi as Dr. Shin'ichi Chûjô
- Kyōko Kagawa as Photographer Michi Hanamura
- Jerry Itô as Kurâruku Neruson
- Ken Uehara as Dr. Harada
- Emi Itô as Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
- Yumi Itô as Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
- Takashi Shimura as News Editor
- Akihiko Hirata as Doctor
- Tetsu Nakamura as Nelson's Henchman
- Seizaburô 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 Katô as Ship Survivor
- Shôichi Hirose as Dam Worker
- Teruko Mita as Rest House Owner's Wife
- Kôji Iwamoto as Nelson's Henchman
- Tadashi Okabe as Surveyor
- Yutaka Nakayama as Radio Communicator
Crew
- Ishirō Honda · Director
- Shin'ichi Sekizawa · Writer
- Shin'ichirô Nakamura · Writer
- Takehiko Fukunaga · Writer
- Yoshie Hotta · Writer
- Tomoyuki Tanaka · Producer
- Yūji Koseki · Composer
- Hajime Koizumi · Cinematographer
- Kazuji Taira · Editor