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Mothra vs. Godzilla
Monsters, Genre Hybrids

Mothra vs. Godzilla

1964

A massive Mach 3 moth! The heavy missile tank Godzilla! The sky, sea, and land quake in the fierce battle of the century!

Directed by Ishirō Honda

User Rating

3.5
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241

Intensity

4.0
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1 rating

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.

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Details

Cinematographer
Hajime Koizumi
Studio
TOHO
Origin country
Japan
Runtime
1h 29m
Language
Japanese
Rating
NR
Also known as
Godzilla 4 - Mothra vs. Godzilla, Godzilla vs. Mothra, Godzilla vs. The Thing
TMDB
7.0/10 (352 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
92% Fresh
IMDb
6.5/10 (11,501 votes)
Released April 29, 1964·モスラ対ゴジラ·$10,000,000 revenue

Cast

Crew

Ishirō Honda

Ishirō Honda

Director

Shinichi Sekizawa

Shinichi Sekizawa

Screenplay

Akira Ifukube

Akira Ifukube

Original Music Composer

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Hiroshi Miyagawa

Music

Yūji Koseki

Yūji Koseki

Music

Hajime Koizumi

Hajime Koizumi

Director of Photography

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Ryôhei Fujii

Editor

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Takeo Kita

Production Design

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Sanezumi Fujimoto

Executive Producer

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Executive Producer

Score

Akira Ifukube

Mothra vs. Godzilla Original Soundtrack

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Godzilla (Showa) Collection

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