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Rating: 7 stars

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All movies seen on 06/15/2012

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Mothra (1961)

Directed by Ishirō Honda

Science Fiction | Fantasy | Adventure

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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.

Length 101 minutes

Actors

Frankie Sakai | Hiroshi Koizumi | Kyôko Kagawa | Jerry Itô | Ken Uehara | Emi Ito | Yumi Ito | Takashi Shimura | Akihiro Tayama | Akihiko Hirata | Tetsu Nakamura | Obel Wyatt | Seizaburô Kawazu | Yoshifumi Tajima | Robert Dunham | Kenji Sahara | Yoshio Kosugi | Ren Yamamoto | Haruya Katô | Shôichi Hirose | Hiroshi Takagi | Yasuhisa Tsutsumi | Teruko Mita | Kôji Iwamoto | Mitsuo Tsuda | Masamitsu Tayama | Toshio Miura | Tadashi Okabe | Akira Wakamatsu | Yutaka Nakayama | Osman Yusuf | Akira Yamada | Kôji Uno | Wataru Ômae | Toshihiko Furuta | Keisuke Matsuyama | Takeo Nagashima | Mitsuo Matsumoto | Hideo Shibuya | Kazuo Hinata | Shigeo Katô | Rinsaku Ogata | Yutaka Oka | Kô Hayami | Hiroyuki Satake | Kazuo Imai | Hiroshi Akitsu | Akio Kusama | Gorô Sakurai | Haruo Nakajima | Katsumi Tezuka

Viewing History (seen 5 times)

Viewing Notes

TCM ran a series of Ishiro Honda flicks tonight and I decided to drop in on Mothra having seen Rodan recently (and saving up my next viewing of Gojira for the Criterion). I really dig Mothra in so many ways. I think the last time I watched was at a movie night. I still feel the Mothra vs Godzilla film is superior.

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