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    Mothra

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    Poster of the movie Mothra
    Mosura
    Japan
    1961     Fantasy action adventure    
    1h 28min

    Members of a joint Japanese-Rolisican expedition to Infant Island, the site of significant H-Bomb testing by the Rolisican government, find that the heavily radiated island still holds life -- two beautiful young women, the Shôbijin, only a foot high and singing guardians of Mothra, a sacred egg. Nelson, one of the Rosilican members, returns to the island to kidnap the young Shôbijin and plans to exhibit them around the world. But his actions set in motion a terrifying chain of events, as the mammoth egg hatches a giant moth larva that immediately heads for Tokyo, driven by a primal instinct to save the Shôbijin at all costs. While a ragtag group (including two intrepid reporters and a linguist) try to convince Nelson to return the women, Mothra creeps closer and closer to an explosive showdown with the Japanese and Rosilican militaries.

    Directed byIshirô Honda
    Written byTakehiko Fukunaga, Yoshie Hotta
    CompanyColumbia PicturesColumbia PicturesColumbia Pictures

    Starring

    Furankî Sakai
    Hiroshi Koizumi
    Kyôko Kagawa
    Yumi Itô
    Emi Itô
    Jerry Itô
    Ken Uehara
    Akihiko Hirata
    Kenji Sahara
    Seizaburô Kawazu
    Takashi Shimura
    Yoshio Kosugi
    Yoshifumi Tajima
    Ren Yamamoto
    Haruya Katô
    Kô Mishima
    Tetsu Nakamura
    Shôichi Hirose
    Hiroshi Takagi
    Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
    Teruko Mita
    Kôji Iwamoto
    Mitsuo Tsuda
    Masamitsu Tayama
    Toshio Miura
    Tatsuo Sakai
    Yutaka Oka
    Mitsuo Matsumoto
    + MORE

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