Mothra vs. Godzilla

Mothra vs. Godzilla

89 mins | Drama, Action, Science Fiction | April 29, 1964

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.

Mothra vs. Godzilla

89 mins | Drama, Action, Science Fiction | April 29, 1964

Mothra vs. Godzilla
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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Toho Company, Ltd.
Original title モスラ対ゴジラ
Directors Ishirō Honda
Writers Shinichi Sekizawa

Cast

Akira Takarada

as Ichiro "Ichi" Sakai

Yuriko Hoshi

as Junko Nakanishi

Hiroshi Koizumi

as Prof. Miura

Yū Fujiki

as Jiro Nakamura

Kenji Sahara

as Jiro Torahata

Emi Ito

as Shobijin (Twin Fairy)

Yumi Ito

as Shobijin (Twin Fairy)

Jun Tazaki

as Editor Maruta

Yoshifumi Tajima

as Kumayama

Kenzô Tabu

as Prefectural assembly member

Yutaka Sada

as School principal

Akira Tani

as Amimoto, head villager of Shizunoura

Susumu Fujita

as Head of JSDF task force

Ikio Sawamura

as Shinto priest

Ren Yamamoto

as Sailor at the dock

Yoshio Kosugi

as Infant Island chief

Kôzô Nomura

as JSDF member

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

as Police officer at the dock

Shin Ôtomo

as Police chief

Senkichi Ômura

as Shizunoura fisherman

Miki Yashiro

as Ms. Kobayashi, teacher at Iwa Island

Wataru Ômae

as Happy Enterprises employee

Kôji Uno

as Shizunoura fisherman

Yutaka Nakayama

as Shizunoura fisherman

Toshihiko Furuta

as Soldier (uncredited)

Hideo Shibuya

as Journalist

Tadashi Okabe

as JSDF member

Seishirô Kuno

as JSDF member

Terumi Oka

as Hamakaze Hotel waitress

Shirō Tsuchiya

as Shizunoura fisherman

Takuzō Kumagai

as Shizunoura fisherman

Yukihiko Gondô

as Happy Enterprises employee

Kôichi Satô

as Happy Enterprises employee

Ikuo Kawamura

as Transport aircraft pilot

Rinsaku Ogata

as Transport aircraft operations assistant

Haruo Suzuki

as JSDF correspondent

Haruya Sakamoto

as JSDF member

Haruo Nakajima

as Godzilla

Katsumi Tezuka

as Godzilla (assistant)

Robert Dunham

as US Navy Soldier (uncredited)