Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Akira Takarada
Ichiro Sakai
Yuriko Hoshi
Junko Nakanishi
Hiroshi Koizumi
Professor Miura
Yū Fujiki
Jiro Nakamura
Kenji Sahara
Jiro Torahata
Emi Ito
Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
Yumi Ito
Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
Yoshifumi Tajima
Kumayama
Jun Tazaki
Murata, Newspaper Editor
Jun Matsui
Murata, Newspaper Editor
Yutaka Sada
School Principal (uncredited)
Kenzō Tabu
Mayor
Ishirō Honda
Director
Akira Tani
Village Leader
Susumu Fujita
Head of JSDF Task Force (uncredited)
Shinichi Sekizawa
Writer
Ikio Sawamura
Shinto Priest
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Ren Yamamoto
Sailor at the Dock (uncredited)
Akira Ifukube
Composer
Hajime Koizumi
Cinematographer
Yoshio Kosugi
Infant Island Chief (uncredited)
Ryôhei Fujii
Editor
Kōzō Nomura
JSDF Member (uncredited)
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Police Officer at the Dock (uncredited)
Takeo Kita
ProductionDesigner
Shin Ōtomo
Police Chief (uncredited)
Senkichi Ōmura
Shizunoura Fisherman (uncredited)
Miki Yashiro
Ms. Kobayashi
Wataru Ōmae
Happy Enterprises Employee (uncredited)
Kôji Uno
Shizunoura Fisherman (uncredited)
Yutaka Nakayama
Shizunoura Fisherman (uncredited)
Toshihiko Furuta
Soldier (uncredited)
Hideo Shibuya
Journalist (uncredited)
Tadashi Okabe
JSDF Member (uncredited)
Seishirō Kuno
JSDF Member (uncredited)
Terumi Oka
Hamakaze Hotel Waitress (uncredited)
Shirō Tsuchiya
Shizunoura Fisherman (uncredited)
Takuzō Kumagai
Shizunoura Fisherman (uncredited)
Yukihiko Gondô
Happy Enterprises Employee (uncredited)
Kôichi Satô
Happy Enterprises Employee (uncredited)
Ikuo Kawamura
Transport Aircraft Pilot (uncredited)
Rinsaku Ogata
Transport Aircraft Operations Assistant (uncredited)
Haruo Suzuki
JSDF Correspondent (uncredited)
Haruya Sakamoto
JSDF Member (uncredited)
Haruo Nakajima
Godzilla (uncredited)
Katsumi Tezuka
Godzilla (assistant)
Robert Dunham
US Navy Soldier (uncredited)
Sanezumi Fujimoto
Executive Producer
Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects / Visual Effects
Sadamasa Arikawa
Special Effects
Boku Morimoto
Production Manager
Hisashi Shimonaga
Sound
Fumio Yanoguchi
Sound Recordist
Yôichi Manoda
Special Effects
Kôji Kajita
Assistant Director
Seishichi Kojima
Lighting Technician
Sadamasa Nishimoto
Sound Effects
Tadashi Koike
Production Manager
Mototaka Tomioka
Special Effects
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 29, 1964
Original Nameモスラ対ゴジラ
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 29m
Box Office$10,000,000
Filming LocationsJapan
Genres
Wiki.
Mothra vs. Godzilla (Japanese: モスラ対ゴジラ, Hepburn: Mosura tai Gojira) is a 1964 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd., it is the fourth film in the Godzilla franchise. The film stars Akira Takarada, Yuriko Hoshi, Hiroshi Koizumi, Kenji Sahara, and Emi and Yumi Itō, with Haruo Nakajima and Katsumi Tezuka as Godzilla. In the film, humans beseech the aid of the insect god Mothra to stop Godzilla from destroying Japan.
Due to the success of Mothra (1961) and King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962), Toho chose to pair Godzilla against Mothra for the following film. The film was intended for children as well as adults, as a way to compete with television's growing popularity in Japan. A new Godzilla suit and Mothra prop were built although the 1962 Godzilla suit was used for water scenes. At Tsuburaya's insistence, Toho purchased an Oxberry 1900 optical printer to remove damages in composite photography shots. It is the final film in the franchise's Shōwa era to depict Godzilla as the antagonist.
Mothra vs. Godzilla was released theatrically in Japan on April 29, 1964. An edited version titled Godzilla vs. the Thing was released by American International Pictures in the United States on August 26, 1964. The film received generally positive reviews from early and contemporary American critics. American film historians have praised the film's themes of unity, greed, and Honda's depiction of Godzilla as a "specter of nuclear annihilation" and a symbol of moral judgement.The film was followed by the fifth film in the Godzilla franchise Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, released on December 20, 1964.