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Mothra
Sign in to save1961 Japanese adventure/sci-fi film directed by Ishirō Honda
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7.1Shipwreck 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.
Released: 1961-07-30101 minDir: Ishirō HondaAdventure, Science Fiction, FantasyBox office: $2.2M
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Cast
- 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)
Themes
- journalist
- island
- monster
- ambassador
- based on novel or book
- cigarette
- fairy
- giant monster
- dam
- tokyo, japan
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 101
- FilmAffinity ID
- 295424
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- publication date
- 1961-07-30
- title
- モスラ
- review score
- 80%
- capital cost
- 200000000
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1960s monster movies1961 fantasy films1961 films1961 Japanese films1961 Japanese-language films1961 science fiction filmsColumbia Pictures filmsFiction about twinsFilms about fairiesFilms directed by Ishirō HondaFilms produced by Tomoyuki TanakaFilms scored by Yūji KosekiFilms set in fictional countriesFilms set in JapanFilms set in TokyoFilms set on fictional islandsFilms with screenplays by Shinichi SekizawaGiant monster filmsJapanese kaiju filmsJapanese science fantasy filmsMothra filmsRotten Tomatoes ID same as WikidataTemplate film date with 1 release dateToho films