Mothra
1961 · Movie · 101 min. · Japan
Shipwreck survivors are found on Beiru, an island previously used for atomic tests. Amazingly free of radiation effects, they believe they were protected by a special juice given to them by the natives. A joint expedition of Rolithican and Japanese scientists explores Beiru and discovers many curious things, including two women only a foot high. Unscrupulous expedition leader Clark Nelson abducts the women and puts them in a vaudeville show. But their sweet singing contains a telepathic cry for help to Mothra, the gigantic moth worshiped as a goddess by the island people. Mothra seeks the women in Tokyo, wreaking the usual havoc and special effects.
Direction Ishirô Honda
Cast Frankie Sakai · Hiroshi Koizumi · Kyôko Kagawa · Ken Uehara · Emi Ito · Takashi Shimura · Akihiko Hirata · Tetsu Nakamura · Seizaburô Kawazu
Soundtrack Yuji Koseki
Screenplay Yoshie Hotta · Shinichirô Nakamura · Shinichi Sekizawa · Takehiko Fukunaga
Cinematography Hajime Koizumi
Original title Mosura (Mothra)
6.0
134 votes (FilmAffinity)
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