Mothra

Japan, 1961

Film
Mothra thumbnail image.

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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.

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Credits

director

Ishirō Honda

editor

Kazuji Taira

producer

Tomoyuki Tanaka

production company

TOHO

screenplay

Shinichi Sekizawa

visual effects

Eiji Tsuburaya

Duration

01:41:00

Production places
Japan
Production dates
1961

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-39410

Language

Japanese

Subject categories

Action

Adventure

Science Fiction

TMDB-Movie

39410

Wikidata

Q2333996

Collected

57 times

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