Mothra
“Mightiest monster in all creation! Ravaging a universe for love!”
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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Cast
51 people
Frankie Sakai
Senichiro 'Sen-chan' Fukuda
Known for
Shōgun
Vengeance Is Mine
Hiroshi Koizumi
Dr. Shin'ichi Chûjô
Known for
Godzilla Raids Again
Matango
Kyōko Kagawa
Michi Hanamura
Known for
High and Low
Sansho the Bailiff
Jerry Itō
Clark Nelson
Known for
Message from Space
Ken Uehara
Dr. Harada
Known for
Repast
Sound of the Mountain
Emi Ito
Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
Known for
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Yumi Ito
Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
Known for
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Takashi Shimura
News Editor
Known for
Seven Samurai
Ikiru
Akihiro Tayama
Shinji Chûjô
No other roles listed
Akihiko Hirata
Doctor
Known for
Godzilla
Rodan
Tetsu Nakamura
Nelson's Henchman
Known for
Red Sun
Space Amoeba
Obel Wyatt
Dr. Roff
No other roles listed
Ishirō Honda Director · Shinichi Sekizawa Screenplay Iwao Mori Story
Worldwide gross $2.2M · United States release May 10, 1962 · Produced in Japan
Box office
Worldwide gross
$2,237,760
Production
TOHO
Production
Far East Laboratory
Production
Columbia Pictures
Studio
Japan
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Languages
Original title
モスラ
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
English · Japanese
Release dates
Japan · July 30, 1961
Theatrical
United States · May 10, 1962
Theatrical · Released through Columbia Pictures
Argentina
February 20, 1963 · Theatrical
Canada
May 20, 1962 · Premiere
May 30, 1962 · Theatrical
Germany
February 13, 1994 · TV
Iceland
November 20, 1965 · Theatrical
Japan
December 14, 1972 · Theatrical · Champion Festival
December 10, 2021 · Limited theatrical · 4K Restoration
Mexico
January 24, 1963 · Theatrical
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