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Mothra (1961) [N/A]

Release Date:
July 30, 1961

Original Title:
モスラ

Alternate Titles:
Giant Monster Mothra
Mosura
Mothra Attacks Tokyo!
Mothra bedroht die Welt
Mothra la indestructible
Mothra the Monster God
Mothra, a Deusa Selvagem
The Giant Monster
モスラアタック東京!
大怪獣モスラ
大怪獣物

Genres:
Adventure | Fantasy | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
Far East Laboratory
TOHO

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12 

Runtime: 101

A gruesome marvel!

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Art Direction:
Takeo Kita
Teruaki Abe

Assistant Director:
Teruyoshi Nakano
Ken Sano
Hiroyasu Sunahara
Hiroshi Haryu

Director:
Ishirō Honda

Director of Photography:
Hajime Koizumi

Editor:
Kazuji Taira

First Assistant Director:
Masaji Nonagase

Lighting Technician:
Toshio Takashima

Lyricist:
Ishirō Honda
Shinichi Sekizawa
Tomoyuki Tanaka

Novel:
Takehiko Fukunaga
Yoshie Hotta
Shinichirô Nakamura

Original Music Composer:
Yūji Koseki
Koji Kajita

Original Story:
Iwao Mori

Producer:
Tomoyuki Tanaka

Production Manager:
Shin Morita

Pyrotechnician:
Tadaaki Watanabe

Screenplay:
Shinichi Sekizawa

Sound Recordist:
Masanobu Miyazaki
Shoichi Fujinawa

Special Effects:
Masakatsu Asai
Eiji Tsuburaya

Special Effects Assistant:
Masakatsu Asai

Visual Effects:
Yukio Manoda
Hiroshi Mukoyama
Sadao Iizuka
Eiji Tsuburaya
Masakatsu Asai

Visual Effects Camera:
Yukio Manoda

Visual Effects Compositor:
Hiroshi Mukoyama

Visual Effects Director:
Eiji Tsuburaya
Masakatsu Asai

Vocals:
Yumi Ito
Emi Ito

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