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Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)

Directed by Ishirō Honda

Fantasy | Science Fiction | Action

Most recently watched by AllAboutSteve, sleestakk, Javitron, seanCduregger

Overview

Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra’s fairies arrive and are aided by the journalists in a plea for its return. As their requests are denied, Godzilla arises near Nagoya and the people of Infant Island must decide if they are willing to answer Japan’s own pleas for help.

Rated NR | Length 89 minutes

Actors

Akira Takarada | Yuriko Hoshi | Hiroshi Koizumi | Yû Fujiki | Kenji Sahara | Emi Ito | Yumi Ito | Jun Tazaki | Yoshifumi Tajima | Kenzô Tabu | Yutaka Sada | Akira Tani | Susumu Fujita | Ikio Sawamura | Ren Yamamoto | Kôzô Nomura | Yasuhisa Tsutsumi | Yoshio Kosugi | Shin Ôtomo | Senkichi Ômura | Miki Yashiro | Wataru Ômae | Kôji Uno | Yutaka Nakayama | Toshihiko Furuta | Hideo Shibuya | Tadashi Okabe | Seishirô Kuno | Terumi Oka | Shirô Tsuchiya | Takuzô Kumagai | Yukihiko Gondô | Kôichi Satô | Haruya Sakamoto | Ikuo Kawamura | Rinsaku Ogata | Haruo Suzuki | Katsumi Tezuka | Haruo Nakajima | Robert Dunham

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Pretty fluffy, as I remembered. I’m fascinated by why they named it Mothra vs. Godzilla instead of the other way around. I assume because Mothra is the hero here but would love to know more.

Loved the wave pool SFX of the typhoon at the beginning, so well done! And Godzilla rising out of the sand!

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