Mothra
“Mightiest monster in all creation! Ravaging a universe for love!”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 53, rated by 1 admin.
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An exploitative businessman kidnaps two tiny island priestesses and prompts a giant creature to retrieve them. Ishiro Honda gives the destruction a clear moral cause and a memorable musical identity. This accomplished monster fantasy makes an excellent companion to more chaotic kaiju adventures.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 3/10
- Plot
- 7.5/10
- Effects
- 2.5/10
- Dialogue
- 5/10
- Rewatchability
- 8.5/10
“The show-business contract has offended something much larger than the promoter.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 53
Synopsis and movie facts
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.
- Released
- 1961
- Directed by
- Ishirō Honda
- Running time
- 101 min
- Original title
- モスラ
Starring
- Frankie Sakai as Senichiro 'Sen-chan' Fukuda
- Hiroshi Koizumi as Dr. Shin'ichi Chûjô
- Kyōko Kagawa as Michi Hanamura
- Jerry Itō as Clark Nelson
- Ken Uehara as Dr. Harada
- Emi Ito as Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
- Yumi Ito as Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
- Takashi Shimura as News Editor
Research behind this pick
Researched . Explore the film references and reviews below.
- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 39410. Review uses a different release year; the catalogue follows the canonical TMDB release date.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review praises the way the effects sequences are built into a strong story.
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