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Seen on: 06/15/2012 (rewatch)

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Mothra (1961)

Directed by Ishirô Honda

Science Fiction | Fantasy | Adventure

Most recently watched by sleestakk

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

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

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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