Mothra vs. Godzilla( 1964)

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A massive Mach 3 moth! The heavy missile tank Godzilla! The sky, sea, and land quake in the fierce battle of the century!

Overview

Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the journalists in a plea for its return. As their requests are denied, Godzilla arises near Nagoya and the people of Infant Island must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's own pleas for help.

Top Billed Cast

Akira Takarada
Ichiro "Ichi" Sakai
Yuriko Hoshi
Junko Nakanishi
Hiroshi Koizumi
Professor Shunsuke Miura
Yū Fujiki
Jiro Nakamura
Kenji Sahara
Jiro Torahata
Emi Ito
Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
Yumi Ito
Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
Jun Tazaki
Editor Maruta
Yoshifumi Tajima
Kumayama
Kenzō Tabu
Prefectural Assembly Member
Yutaka Sada
School Principal
Akira Tani
Amimoto, Shizunora Village Leader
Susumu Fujita
Head of JSDF Task Force
Ikio Sawamura
Shinto Priest
Ren Yamamoto
Sailor at the Dock
Kōzō Nomura
JSDF Member
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Police Officer at the Dock
Yoshio Kosugi
Infant Island Chief
Shin Ōtomo
Police Chief
Senkichi Ōmura
Shizunoura Fisherman
Miki Yashiro
Ms. Kobayashi
Wataru Ōmae
Happy Enterprises Employee
Kôji Uno
Shizunoura Fisherman
Yutaka Nakayama
Shizunoura Fisherman
Toshihiko Furuta
Soldier
Hideo Shibuya
Journalist
Tadashi Okabe
JSDF Member
Seishirō Kuno
JSDF Member
Terumi Oka
Hamakaze Hotel Waitress
Shirō Tsuchiya
Shizunoura Fisherman
Takuzō Kumagai
Shizunoura Fisherman
Yukihiko Gondô
Happy Enterprises Employee
Kôichi Satô
Happy Enterprises Employee
Haruya Sakamoto
JSDF Member
Ikuo Kawamura
Transport Aircraft Pilot
Rinsaku Ogata
Transport Aircraft Operations Assistant
Haruo Suzuki
JSDF Correspondent
Katsumi Tezuka
Godzilla
Haruo Nakajima
Godzilla
Robert Dunham
US Navy Soldier (uncredited)

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A review by Skeleturtle

Written by Skeleturtle on Mon Aug 17 2020

**The Definitive Giant Monster Fantasy** Among the plethora of Godzilla sequels Mothra vs Godzilla is simply one of the finest. The best of the Godzilla films work by having a thematic purpose underneath the spectacle of kaiju mayhem. Godzilla, an unstoppable force of destruction against the benevolent Mothra, a fragile and delicate creature. A frequent motif in the films of Ishiro Honda was the notion of the brotherhood of man. Here this is put to the test as greed and mistrust take a hold of our characters. Our human villain seeks to exploit Mothra for profit while the islanders of Mot...