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Mothra vs. Godzilla
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1964 film directed by Ishirō Honda
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Mothra vs. Godzilla is a 1964 Japanese science fiction and fantasy film directed by Ishirō Honda and produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka for Toho. The screenplay was written by Shinichi Sekizawa, with music composed by Akira Ifukube. The film stars Akira Takarada, Kenji Sahara, Haruo Nakajima, and Yū Fujiki. It follows King Kong vs. Godzilla and is part of the Godzilla media franchise.
The narrative is set in Nagoya and features the main subjects of Godzilla, Mothra, and a dinosaur. The movie has a runtime of 89 minutes and was released on April 29, 1964, with subsequent releases in September and October of that year, and November 1966. It was distributed by Toho and is available on video on demand through providers such as HBO Max and the Criterion Channel. The film was followed by Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster.
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7.0Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the journalists in a plea for its return. As their requests are denied, Godzilla arises near Nagoya and the people of Infant Island must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's own pleas for help.
Cast
- Akira Takarada as Ichiro "Ichi" Sakai
- Yuriko Hoshi as Junko Nakanishi
- Hiroshi Koizumi as Professor Shunsuke Miura
- Yū Fujiki as Jiro Nakamura
- Kenji Sahara as Jiro Torahata
- Emi Ito as Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
Themes
- japan
- monster
- giant monster
- giant insect
- sequel
- dinosaur
- moth
- nuclear threat
- kaiju
- mothra
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- adventure film
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- Japanese
- Followed by
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
- Follows
- King Kong vs. Godzilla
- Main subject
- Mothra
- Director
- Ishirō Honda
- Screenwriter
- Shinichi Sekizawa
- Cast member
- Jun Tazaki
- Composer
- Akira Ifukube
- Producer
- Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Production company
- Toho
- Narrative location
- Nagoya
- Filming location
- Japan
- Duration
- 89
- FilmAffinity ID
- 399611
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1995-01-25
- title
- モスラ対ゴジラ
- distributed by
- Toho
- media franchise
- Godzilla
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 92%
- Commons category
- Mothra vs. Godzilla
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