Mothra vs. Godzilla | |
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Credits | |
Title: | Mothra vs. Godzilla |
Director: | Ishirô Honda |
Writers: | Shin'ichi Sekizawa |
Producers: | Sanezumi Fujimoto Tomoyuki Tanaka |
Composer: | Akira Ifukube |
Cinematography: | Hajime Koizumi |
Editors: | Ryôhei Fujii |
Production | |
Distributed by: | Toho Company, Ltd. |
Released: | April 29th, 1964 |
Rating: | Unrated |
Running time: | 89 min. |
Country: | Japan |
Language: | Japanese |
Gross: | ¥2,200,000,000 |
Navigation | |
Previous: | King Kong vs. Godzilla |
Next: | Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster |
Mothra vs. Godzilla is a Japanese science fiction feature film of the tokusatsu ("suitmation") and daikaiju ("giant monster") genres. It is the fifth film in Godzilla film series. It was directed by Ishirô Honda with a screenplay written by Shin'ichi Sekizawa. It premiered in Japan on April 29th, 1964. It was first screened in the United States on September 17th, 1964.
Cast[]
Actor | Role |
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Akira Takarada | Ichiro Sakai |
Yuriko Hoshi | Junko Nakanishi |
Hiroshi Koizumi | Professor Miura |
Yû Fujiki | Jiro Nakamura |
Kenji Sahara | Jiro Torahata |
Emi Itô | Shobijin |
Yumi Itô | Shobijin |
Yoshifumi Tajima | Kumayama |
Jun Tazaki | Murata |
Kenzô Tabu | Mayor |
Yoshio Kosugi | Chief of Infant Island |
Akira Tani | Village headman |
Susumu Fujita | JSDF general |
Yutaka Sada | School principal |
Ikio Sawamura | Priest |
Ren Yamamoto | Sailor |
Kôzô Nomura | Soldier |
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi | Police officer |
Mitsuo Tsuda | Unknown |
Shin Ôtomo | Police officer |
Senkichi Ômura | Villager |
Miki Yashiro | School teacher |
Kôji Iwamoto | Unknown |
Terumi Oka | Unknown |
Wataru Ômae | Islander |
Shirô Tsuchiya | Unknown |
Takuzô Kumagai | Unknown |
Kôji Uno | Villager |
Yutaka Nakayama | Islander |
Toshihiko Furuta | Soldier |
Hideo Shibuya | Journalist |
Kôji Uruki | Unknown |
Kenzô Echigo | Unknown |
Yukihiko Gondô | Unknown |
Kôichi Satô | Unknown |
Hiroshi Akitsu | Unknown |
Tadashi Okabe | Soldier |
Haruya Sakamoto | Unknown |
Seishirô Kuno | Aide |
Hiroshi Takagi | Unknown |
Keisuke Yamada | Unknown |
Shinjirô Hirota | Unknown |
Shigemi Sunagawa | Unknown |
Ikuo Kawamura | Unknown |
Rinsaku Ogata | Unknown |
Katsumi Tezuka | Mothra |
Haruo Nakajima | Godzilla |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The original Japanese title for this film is Mosura tai Gojira (モスラ対ゴジラ). Both links redirect to this page.
- The character of Godzilla was created by director Ishirô Honda and writers Shigeru Kayama and Takeo Murata. He first appeared in the 1954 science fiction film Gojira.
- The character of Mothra was created by director Ishirô Honda and writer Shin'ichi Sekizawa. It first appeared in the 1961 film Mothra.
- Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) redirects to this page.
- There are a total of forty-eight credited cast members in this film.
- Parts of this movie were filmed in Nagoya, Aichi in Japan.
- This movie was released during the Shōwa period.
- For the American release of the film, the title was changed to Godzilla vs. the Thing.
- This movie was released the same year as Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, which premiered in December.
- This movie is thematically remade in 1992 as Godzilla vs. Mothra, which is part of the Heisei period.
- The newspaper editor, Murata, may be named after Takeo Murata, who was a co-writer on the original Gojira.
Recommendations[]
See also[]
Media
The World of Godzilla
Godzilla miscellaneous
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Index[]
Godzilla Film Series This article relates to the films within the Godzilla franchise. This template will categorize articles that include it into the Godzilla Films category. |