Mothra
Sign in to save1961 Japanese adventure/sci-fi film directed by Ishirō Honda
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7.1Shipwreck 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.
Released: 1961-07-30101 minDir: Ishirō HondaAdventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy
Cast
- Frankie Sakai as Senichiro 'Sen-chan' Fukuda
- Hiroshi Koizumi as Dr. Shin'ichi Chûjô
- Kyōko Kagawa as Michi Hanamura
- Jerry Itō as Clark Nelson
- Ken Uehara as Dr. Harada
- Emi Ito as Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
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Key dates
- Published
- 30 July 1961
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Mothra vs. Godzilla
- Director
- Ishirō Honda
- Screenwriter
- Shinichi Sekizawa
- Cast member
- Katsumi Tezuka
- Composer
- Yūji Koseki
- Producer
- Tomoyuki Tanaka
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Categories
1960s monster movies1961 fantasy films1961 films1961 Japanese films1961 Japanese-language films1961 science fiction filmsColumbia Pictures filmsFiction about twinsFilms about fairiesFilms directed by Ishirō HondaFilms produced by Tomoyuki TanakaFilms scored by Yūji KosekiFilms set in fictional countries