Mothra 1961

A gruesome marvel!

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Adventure Science Fiction Fantasy

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.

Release Date 1961-07-30
Runtime 1h 41m
Directors Ishirō Honda, Hajime Koizumi, Samaji Nonagase
Producer Tomoyuki Tanaka
Writers Shinichi Sekizawa, Yoshie Hotta, Shinichirô Nakamura, Takehiko Fukunaga, Tomoyuki Tanaka