Released
Mothra
July 30 1961 (over 63 years ago)Rating
71
Based on
166 reviews
A gruesome marvel!
- Director: Ishirō Honda
- Writer: Shinichi Sekizawa
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy
- Runtime: 1 h 41 m
- Box office: $2,237,760
- Country: Japan
- Companies: TOHO, Far East Laboratory
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.
