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Mothra vs. Godzilla

Not Rated
Movie
1964
1h 29m
Japanese
Drama, Action, Science Fiction
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.
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Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) on IMDb
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87

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Akira Takarada
Ichiro "Ichi" Sakai
Yuriko Hoshi
Junko Nakanishi
Hiroshi Koizumi
Professor Shunsuke Miura
Y Fujiki
Jiro Nakamura
Kenji Sahara
Jiro Torahata
Emi Ito
Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
Yumi Ito
Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
Jun Tazaki
Editor Maruta
Kenz 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
Kz Nomura
JSDF Member
Yoshio Kosugi
Infant Island Chief (uncredited)
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Police Officer at the Dock
Shin tomo
Police Chief
Senkichi mura
Shizunoura Fisherman
Miki Yashiro
Ms. Kobayashi
Wataru mae
Happy Enterprises Employee
Kji Uno
Shizunoura Fisherman (uncredited)
Yutaka Nakayama
Shizunoura Fisherman
Directed By: Ishirō Honda
Written By: Shinichi Sekizawa (Screenplay)

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AlfieSGD says...
12 months ago
With "Mothra vs. Godzilla" from 1964, a certain formula was established for Toho's kaiju films. At first, there are 30 to 40 minutes in which the focus is almost exclusively on the human characters, after which the monsters increasingly take center stage and end up in a brawl. The formula can work if the individual elements hit the spot, but they only do so to a limited extent here. The story begins promisingly but then fails to maintain the tension. At least the humor worked reasonably well for me, though. The monster action is solid, at least in the fight between Mothra and Godzilla, but the larvae at the end are pretty stupid. Ultimately, "Mothra vs. Godzilla" ended up being a pretty mediocre Godzilla movie.
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Chinalover33 says...
7 months ago
You can tell the movies are starting to get sillier and sillier, but this one at least had a good vs evil story. The action was also solid.
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Medous says...
4 years ago
Note to people visiting Infant Island, radiation suits won't do you any good if you neglect to wear the included gloves and head gear. Also it looks like Godzilla gets to destroy the another castle as he did in King Kong Vs Godzilla, this time by tripping on it. the guy just loves to destroy landmarks.
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beardedmovienut says...
2 years ago
Mothra vs Godzilla is, after the original, one of my absolute favourites of the Showa Era Godzilla films. A Heart warming story, where the greedy bastards get what they had coming, two tiny fairy women with haunting singing, and of course a battle between the giant lizard and the moth...and the moth's babies. What's not to love?!?
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Featured User Reviews

LarZieJ
7/10  4 months ago
Ranked: Godzilla, the King of the Monsters

"Not all all. It's a fair price. Regular chicken eggs cost eight yen wholesale. I figured this egg was equal to 153,820 eggs. Multiply that by eight."

This is the one from the Shōwa era were things are getting silly. They leave in a take were the act More
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Whitsbrain
7/10  5 years ago
This is the fourth Godzilla movie in the series and it is the second straight following "King Kong Vs. Godzilla" that takes a decidedly silly turn. Looking for deep meaning in any Godzilla flick is ridiculous to begin with but this movie cements Godzilla's descent (or ascent if you choos More
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Whitsbrain
7/10  3 years ago
This is the fourth Godzilla movie in the series and it is the second straight following "King Kong Vs. Godzilla" that takes a decidedly silly turn. Looking for deep meaning in any Godzilla flick is ridiculous to begin with but this movie cements Godzilla's descent (or ascent if you choose) into the More
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corruptednoobie
7/10  4 years ago
==Please note: This review is for the original Japanese subbed version.==

This is a good return to form when it comes to story-telling in the Godzilla series. While it still has abandoned its horror roots. This new movie highlights aspects of commercialism and corrupt corporations and their views More
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