Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
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) / Vocals
Yumi Ito
Shobijin (Twin Fairy) / Vocals
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 / Stunts
Robert Dunham
US Navy Soldier (uncredited)
Sanezumi Fujimoto
Executive Producer
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Hajime Koizumi
Director of Photography
Ishirō Honda
Director / Lyricist
Shinichi Sekizawa
Screenplay / Lyricist
Takeo Kita
Production Design / Art Direction
Boku Morimoto
Production Manager
Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects / Visual Effects Director / Visual Effects
Ryôhei Fujii
Editor
Fumio Yanoguchi
Sound Recordist
Sadamasa Nishimoto
Sound Effects
Sadamasa Arikawa
Special Effects / VFX Director of Photography
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Executive Producer / Lyricist
Yôichi Manoda
Special Effects / Special Effects Assistant / Visual Effects Camera
Seishichi Kojima
Lighting Technician
Teruyoshi Nakano
Visual Effects / Special Effects Assistant / Visual Effects Director / Special Effects
Yoshiyuki Tokumasa
Visual Effects Camera / Visual Effects
Sadao Iizuka
Visual Effects / Visual Effects Camera
Koichi Kawakita
Special Effects / Visual Effects Camera / Special Effects Assistant
Motoyoshi Tomioka
VFX Director of Photography / Special Effects
Akira Watanabe
Visual Effects Art Director
Kuichirô Kishida
Lighting Technician / VFX Lighting Artist
Hiroshi Mukoyama
Visual Effects Compositor / Visual Effects
Takashi Nakao
Still Photographer / Visual Effects Camera
Koji Kajita
First Assistant Director
Hisashi Shimonaga
Sound Recordist
Tadashi Koike
Visual Effects Production Manager
Yukio Manoda
Visual Effects / Visual Effects Camera
Kyuzo Yamamoto
Special Effects
Mitsuru Toriumi
Special Effects Assistant / Visual Effects Camera / Special Effects
Fuchimu Shimakura
Matte Painter / Background Designer
Takeshi Yamamoto
Visual Effects Camera / Special Effects Assistant / Special Effects
Takeharu Ikebuchi
Special Effects / Set Dresser
Takao Tsurumi
Special Effects / Special Effects Assistant / Visual Effects Camera
Kenya Mukai
Visual Effects Camera / Special Effects Assistant / Special Effects
Kanju Yagi
Modeling / Costume Design
Yasuyuki Inoue
Visual Effects Art Director / Special Effects Assistant
Tokimaro Karasawa
Visual Effects Camera / Special Effects Assistant / Special Effects
Takeshi Miyanishi
Special Effects Assistant / Visual Effects Camera / Special Effects
Jiro Shirasaki
Special Effects Assistant / Visual Effects Art Director
Toshiro Aoki
Set Dresser / Special Effects
Sadao Kudo
Special Effects / Set Dresser
Yoshio Irie
Visual Effects Art Director / Special Effects Assistant
Keizô Murase
Sculptor / Costume Design
Teizô Toshimitsu
Costume Design / Modeling / Sculptor
Eizo Kaimai
Modeling / Costume Design
Nobuyuki Yasumaru
Costume Design / Modeling
Yasuei Yagi
Modeling / Costume Design
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
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This Movie Is About.
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.