Mothra (1961)
July 30, 1961Release Date
Mothra (1961)
July 30, 1961Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Frankie Sakai
Senichiro 'Sen-chan' Fukuda (AKA Bulldog)
Hiroshi Koizumi
Dr. Shin'ichi Chûjô
Kyōko Kagawa
Photographer Michi Hanamura
Yumi Ito
Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
Emi Ito
Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
Jerry Itō
Kurâruku Neruson
Ken Uehara
Dr. Harada
Takashi Shimura
News Editor
Akihiro Tayama
Shinji Chûjô
Tetsu Nakamura
Nelson's Henchman
Akihiko Hirata
Doctor
Seizaburō Kawazu
General
Ishirō Honda
Director
Obel Wyatt
Dr. Roff
Shinichi Sekizawa
Writer
Shinichirô Nakamura
Writer
Yoshifumi Tajima
Military Advisor
Takehiko Fukunaga
Writer
Robert Dunham
Rolisican Official
Yoshie Hotta
Writer
Kenji Sahara
Helicopter Pilot
Yoshio Kosugi
Ship Captain
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Ren Yamamoto
Ship Survivor
Yūji Koseki
Composer
Hajime Koizumi
Cinematographer
Haruya Katō
Ship Survivor
Kazuji Taira
Editor
Shōichi Hirose
Dam Worker
Hiroshi Takagi
Nelson's Henchman
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Woodcutter
Teruko Mita
Rest House Owner's Wife
Kōji Iwamoto
Nelson's Henchman
Mitsuo Tsuda
Surveyor
Masamitsu Tayama
Shinji Chûjô
Toshio Miura
Nelson's Henchman
Tadashi Okabe
Surveyor
Akira Wakamatsu
Nelson's Henchman
Yutaka Nakayama
Radio Communicator
Osman Yusuf
Nelson's Rolisican Henchman
Akira Yamada
Island Worshipper
Kôji Uno
Police Officer
Wataru Ōmae
Official
Toshihiko Furuta
Dam Worker
Keisuke Matsuyama
Shipmate
Takeo Nagashima
Island Dancer
Mitsuo Matsumoto
Police Officer
Hideo Shibuya
Journalist
Kazuo Hinata
Official
Shigeo Katô
Dam Watchman
Rinsaku Ogata
Ship Survivor
Yutaka Oka
Captain of Transport
Kô Hayami
Island Dancer
Hiroyuki Satake
Police officer
Kazuo Imai
Announcer
Hiroshi Akitsu
Nelson's henchman
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 30, 1961
Original Nameモスラ
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 41m
Box Office$2,237,760
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Wiki.
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 screenplay, patterning his version after King Kong (1933) and Godzilla (1954).
Mothra was theatrically released in Japan on July 30, 1961. An edited, English dubbed version was released theatrically in the United States on May 10, 1962, by Columbia Pictures. The titular monster, Mothra, would become Toho's second most popular kaiju character after Godzilla, appearing in eleven Godzilla films and her own trilogy in the 1990s.