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Mothra(Movie, 1961)

Original title: "モスラ" (Japanese/JA)
FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 41min | Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
MothraRating: 3.6/5 (with 6767 votes)
Mothra (Japanese: モスラ, Hepburn: Mosura) is a 1961 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd, it is the first film in the Mothra franchise. The film stars Frankie Sakai, Hiroshi Koizumi, Kyōko Kagawa, Jerry Ito, and The Peanuts. In the film, an expedition to an irradiated island brings civilization in contact with a primitive native culture. When one sensationalist entrepreneur tries to exploit the islanders, their ancient deity arises in retaliation. In 1960, producer Tomoyuki Tanaka hired Shin'ichirō Nakamura to write an original story for a new kaiju film. Co-written with Takehiko Fukunaga, and Yoshie Hotta, The Glowing Fairies and Mothra was serialized in a magazine in January 1961. Screenwriter Shinichi Sekizawa later adapted the story into a screenp... ()
Part of the Mothra Collection
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About Mothra

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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Additional Information

Production country: Japan
Plays in: Tokyo
Made by: Toho Company
Original language: Japanese (JA)
Spoken languages: English (EN), Japanese (JA)
Translated into 11 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 02/13/1994 (World premiere: 07/30/1961)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Mothra, a Deusa Selvagem"
"Mothra bedroht die Welt"
"Mosura"
"モスラアタック東京!"
"大怪獣モスラ"
"Mothra la indestructible"

4 movies in the Mothra Collection

1961 Mothra
1996 Rebirth of Mothra ("モスラ")
1997 Rebirth of Mothra II ("モスラ2 海底の大決戦")
1998 Rebirth of Mothra III ("モスラ 3 キングギドラ来襲")

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:29781, Added: 03/03/2018, Last updated: 03/13/2024