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Release Date:
10 May 1962 (USA) moreTagline:
Incredible! Inconceivable! World wrecked as monster hunts human mates! morePlot:
Shipwreck survivors are found on Beiru, an island previously used for atomic tests. Amazingly free of radiation effects... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(6 articles)
Weekly DVD & Blu-Ray Chopping List 8/18/2009 (From Fangoria. 15 August 2009, 10:00 PM, PDT)
Cover Art and Stills from Sonys Upcoming Icons of Sci-Fi: Toho
(From Dread Central. 12 August 2009, 4:07 PM, PDT)
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An anti-monster movie. Lots of fun. more (25 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Frankie Sakai | ... | Journalist Senichiro 'Sen-chan' Fukuda (AKA: 'Bulldog') | |
| Hiroshi Koizumi | ... | Dr. Shin'ichi Chûjô | |
| Kyôko Kagawa | ... | Photgrapher Michi Hanamura | |
| Ken Uehara | ... | Dr. Harada | |
| Emi Ito | ... | Shobijin (Twin Fairy) | |
| Yûmi Ito | ... | Shobijin (Twin Fairy) | |
| Jerry Ito | ... | Clark Nelson | |
| Takashi Shimura | ... | News Editor | |
| Tetsu Nakamura | ... | Nelson's Henchman | |
| Akihiro Tayama | ... | Shinji Chûjô | |
| Obel Wyatt | ... | Dr. Roff | |
| Akihiko Hirata | ... | Doctor | |
| Seizaburô Kawazu | ... | General | |
| Yoshifumi Tajima | ... | Military Advisor | |
| Robert Dunham | ... | Rolisican Cop |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
101 min | Japan:62 min (re-issue) | USA:88 min | USA:91 min (re-issue) | Germany:86 min (TV)Country:
JapanColor:
Color (Eastmancolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)Certification:
USA:GFun Stuff
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Jerry Ito and Robert Dunham both spoke their lines in both English as well as Japanese. moreGoofs:
Crew or equipment visible: When Dr. Shinichi is showing the symbols he discovered in the cave to Senchan, you can see someone in black pants and shoes walking down the stairs behind Senchan's head. moreSoundtrack:
Mosura ya Mosura moreFAQ
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MOSURA (1961, released in the USA as MOTHRA) is like no other monster movie. It's colorful. Most of it's settings are bathed in storybook like colors, has a pleasent, happy ending where the monster lives!
A greedy showman/explorer Clark Nelson (Jerry Ito) finds twin fairies on an island off Japan. He displays them on the Tokyo stage, where they sing what sounds like a lullaby. It is actually a telepathic distress call to their god and protector, Mothra, a giant caterpillar. Mothra comes to Tokyo, searching for the girls and Nelson, destroying most of the city in it's path. The chase goes from Tokyo to Newkirk City (I guess this is suppose to be a little real life hamlet just south of Yonkers!) What I really love about MOTHRA is that it has many things most other monster movies don't. The hero is a comical, older, tubby reporter, a sort of Japanese Lou Costello. The monster is actually pretty. In the Japanese version, there is some wonderful slapstick and odd humor. THese elements make this film so unique. Director Inoshiro Honda was best friends with more famous and more respected Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. Kurosawa loved Honda's monster movies and according to rumor, yearned to make one himself.