Mothra poster
Screenplay Shinichi Sekizawa
Director Ishirō Honda

Mothra

Original Title: モスラ

Tagline: A gruesome marvel!

Release Date: 1961-07-30

Duration: 101 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Takashi Shimura
    News Editor
  • Frankie Sakai
    Senichiro 'Sen-chan' Fukuda
  • Yoshio Kosugi
    Ship Captain
  • Akihiko Hirata
    Doctor
  • Seizaburō Kawazu
    General
  • Yoshifumi Tajima
    Military Advisor
  • Ken Uehara
    Dr. Harada
  • Kyōko Kagawa
    Michi Hanamura
  • Osman Yusuf
    Nelson's Rolisican Henchman
  • Emi Ito
    Shobijin (Twin Fairy)