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.
Release Date
July 30, 1961Runtime
101 minDirected by
Ishirō Honda, Teruyoshi Nakano, Ken Sano, Hiroyasu Sunahara, Masaji Nonagase, Hiroshi HaryuScreenplay by
Shinichi SekizawaLanguage
JapaneseBudget
$0Revenue
$2,237,760Status
Released
Cast
Frankie Sakai
Senichiro 'Sen-chan' Fukuda
Hiroshi Koizumi
Dr. Shin'ichi Chûjô
Kyōko Kagawa
Michi Hanamura
Jerry Itō
Clark Nelson
Ken Uehara
Dr. Harada
Emi Ito
Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
Yumi Ito
Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
Takashi Shimura
News Editor
Akihiko Hirata
Doctor
Tetsu Nakamura
Nelson's Henchman
Seizaburō Kawazu
General
Yoshifumi Tajima
Military Advisor
Robert Dunham
Rolisican Official
Kenji Sahara
Helicopter Pilot
Yoshio Kosugi
Ship Captain
Ren Yamamoto
Ship Survivor
Haruya Katō
Ship Survivor
Shōichi Hirose
Dam Worker
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Woodcutter
Teruko Mita
Rest House Owner's Wife
Tadashi Okabe
Surveyor
Akira Wakamatsu
Nelson's Henchman
Yutaka Nakayama
Radio Communicator
Osman Yusuf
Nelson's Rolisican Henchman
Hideo Shibuya
Journalist
Shigeo Katô
Dam Watchman
Rinsaku Ogata
Ship Survivor
Akio Kusama
Surveyor
Gorô Sakurai
Member of Task Force
Haruo Nakajima
Mothra
Katsumi Tezuka
MothraImages
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Official Trailer
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